Three Stories Coffee is the newest faith-based enterprise connected to 716 Ministries. 716 Ministries focuses on equipping churches to address the immediate and urgent needs of folk in their communities, and their coffee focused branch is no exception. The coffee shops (there are currently 2 brick and mortar locations) act as a way to bring jobs and stability to their respective communities. To quote one of directors, “We don’t hire people to sell coffee, we sell coffee to hire people.”
Not only is the enterprise intentionally built to benefit the community through job availability, but 100% of the revenue is reinvested into this program, assuring its longevity in the community. This model of “intentional economics” is meant to serve the immediate customers in a better and more meaningful way. This model creates intentionality and confidence between 716 Ministries and the people they are trying to reach.
Three Stories Coffee lines up with 716 Ministries overall goals of equipping communities with skills, stability, and opportunity to escape cycles of poverty and insecurity. 716 Ministries is very clear with its faith foundation and intention with Three Stories Coffee. The non-profit uses many other diverse methods (including training programs, revitalizing properties, and volunteer service teams) to care for the poor, the widow, and the orphan in neighborhoods in Buffalo and NYC.
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