Tag: business
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Faith and Business – Michael Jinkins
Huffington Post Business: Faith and Business – Michael Jinkins The church has a knack for depreciating the vocations of the laity. Well, perhaps not all vocations of the laity. The church routinely blesses vocations like the helping professions and education, especially if they are in the not-for-profit realm. But the church is ambivalent, at best,…
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Business as Calling
Last summer, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Thom Thomson, professor of finance at the University of Texas. Dr. Thomson was in Toronto a week ago preaching at his brother's church, Every Nation, Greater Toronto. The topic was "Business as Calling." This is a wonderful presentation! You can find the 30 sermon at Faith…
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The Cutting Edge of Marketplace Ministries
Christianity Today: The Cutting Edge of Marketplace Ministries How businesses are doing more holistic ministry than ever. With all the twists and turns that led to his vocation, Chuck Proudfit might never have gotten there without the quest for more efficient toilet paper. He was fresh out of college working for Procter & Gamble at…
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Incubating women’s businesses in the Palestinian territories
Christian Science Monitor: Incubating women's businesses in the Palestinian territories Tomorrow’s Youth Organization based in Nablus, on the West Bank, helps promising new women's businesses survive. … TYO’s Women’s Incubation Services for Entrepreneurs (WISE) brought back six businesses that had developed a foundation from their initial women’s entrepreneurship program—Fostering Women Entrepreneurs in Nablus, and recruited…
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Are Religious Organizations Like Firms?
Black, White and Gray: Are Religious Organizations Like Firms? Can ideas from economics, such as that monopolies are lazy and that competition leads to better products, be applied to understand religion? Every year I teach my students–both those in my class on economic sociology and those in my class on sociology of religion–about the economistic…
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The Church and the World of Business
John H. Armstrong: The Church and the World of Business I have personally engaged in a number of attempts to connect the field of business with the redemptive mission of Christ. The typical evangelical approach to applying one’s faith to vocational activity is admittedly facile. It primarily emphasizes personal piety and evangelism within the workplace…
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After Cape Town: Still Learning to Talk About Business and Ministry
Acton Commentary: After Cape Town: Still Learning to Talk About Business and Ministry … The sad reality for far too many in the church is that “ministry” is sacred and “business” is secular. You do not have to be a theologian to grasp the logical conclusions that follow and that perpetuate these bifurcated realms. Christian…