Jay Hein writes about the Prison Entrepreneur Program (PEP), which focuses on Christ-centered character formation for entrepreneurs interested in transforming their hustle from illegal trade to redemptive entrepreneurship. His article was one of CEF’s 2019 White Papers.
Read MoreThis article was from a collection of White Papers compiled for attendees of the CEF’s 2019 Global Event. We share Luke’s White Paper as the start of many 2019 CEF White Papers launching in the future! Luke is a Managing Partner at Sovereign's Capital.
Read MoreThis week, the team chats with Ed Silvoso, author of several books including Anointed for Business, Transformation and Ekklesia.
Read MoreWe need a new kind of job profile for anyone venturing out to start, build, and grow a great company: ecclesiopreneurship.
Ecclesiopreneurship is a created word—a combination of ekklesia (the Greek word commonly translated as “church”) and entrepreneurship (a technical term to describe the designing, launching, and running of a new business). Ecclesiopreneurship combines the theological role of the church with the drive and passion of entrepreneurs who create new businesses.
Read MoreThe first of two parts, this week’s episode finds the team speaking with Mike Sharrow, President and CEO of C12, an organization that provides a confidential and intimate environment where like-minded peers share ideas, discover and plan for areas in their business that need improvement, hold each other accountable, and encourage one another to conduct business in a God-honoring way.
Read MoreLast week, I talked a bit about who our heroes might be, and how that might be contrarian to the way that the rest of society saw things. Success in faith and success in business don’t always go hand in hand, and we need to make sure that those we seek to emulate are those who know God first and success in business second.
There are, of course, many folks that hit that role together and I can’t think of a better example of Pete Ochs.
Read MoreYesterday I shared the motivation that I discovered in the four-part gospel as I wrestled with why my work mattered to God. Today I touch on how that vision applies to the faith-driven entrepreneur, and I try to make it a bit more actionable.
Why does the four-part gospel matter for the faith-driven entrepreneur? Because the framework charges us to reflect the world as it should be, and business has the power to shape the world in meaningful ways.
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