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Business as Mission Network:: Turn Good Business and Missions into Great Ministry: Charity vs. Enterprise with Robert Sirico of PovertyCures.org
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Business as Mission Network:: Turn Good Business and Missions into Great MinistryTurn Good Business and Missions into Great Ministry with News, Resources, and Tools from the leading businesss leaders, authors, pastors around the world
Charity vs. Enterprise with Robert Sirico of PovertyCures.org
Acton Institute is a big voice in the conversation that happens at the intersection of Work and Worship. If you haven't already, check out their website, povertycure.org. Love the site, how they lay out the videos and love a lot of the language of the mission.
It is time to move:
From aid to enterprise
From poverty alleviation to wealth creation
From paternalism to partnerships
From handouts to investments
From seeing the poor as consumers or burdens to seeing them as creators
From viewing the poor as recipients of charity to acknowledging them as agents of change with dignity, capacity, and creativity.
From viewing people and economies as experiments to pursuing solidarity with the poor
From encouraging dependency to integrating the poor into networks of productivity and exchange
From subsidies and protectionism to open trade and competition
From seeing the global economy as a fixed pie to understanding that human enterprise can grow economies
The President of Rwanda, Peter Greer of HOPE International and many others are on there with some short video clips. I think Robert Sirico's video is a great message on "charity vs. enterprise".
Launching this network has been made possible by partnering with several ministries. If you're interested in information on how to be a featured business or ministry send us an email by clicking here.
Socially Responsible: The underlying goal is not pure profit, but rather a transformational business. Income-Producing Businesses: These are authentic businesses that create value-added products or services and are not sustained by donations. Managed by Kingdom Leaders: Critical decision-makers are Kingdom leaders who seek to reflect Jesus's teachings. Committed to The Local Church: The business supports partnership with the indigenous church in the community. Glorifying to God: The name of God is the ultimate object of praise, not the name of the business.
About the Network
For far too long I believe that as Christians we have assumed that a marketplace vocation and a passion for Jesus are mutually exclusive. Yet the Bible is full of people like Joseph who used their skills in administration and business to meet needs and be a light for God's kingdom.
As a business student preparing to graduate from Baylor University, I was faced with this age old assumption. It was one of those fork in the road moments. I had a passion for serving God but I also had a passion for business. Down one road lay the "American Dream" and the comfortable, defined path that corporate America had to offer. On the other hand was an opportunity to fuse a passion for business with ministry and live that life of adventure.
Since joining the team at BluefishTV and The RightNow Campaign in 2002, I've loved every moment of using an entrepreneurial drive and passion for business to further God's kingdom across the country and around the world.
As Vice President of Sales and Strategic Partnerships, I have the privilege of spending my time leading our team in ministering to over 93,000 churches that have used one of our small group studies through both Bluefish TV and The RightNow Campaign. I also have the great opportunity to facilitate partnerships with some amazing ministries and missions organizations who share a passion to help people teach.
With a passion to connect more people to the growing movement of Business as Mission this Network was started in early 2006. By providing news and information to over 5000 leaders on various resources and companies we hope to inspire and connect others to opportunities to get involved.
My wife, Sharee and I live in Allen, Texas and are actively involved at Allen Bible Church. We're also thrilled that we will be expecting a new addition to our family in just a couple of months.
