Economic Enterprise
Economic Enterprise is one of The Four Modes of mission Contextualization for church outside of the Institution-Building Mode the dominated the Modern Era. Economic Enterprise uses business and the pursuit of human thriving through the creation of value as a driver for life-on-life discipleship and mutual investment in individual and community prosperity. Simply put: people spend a lot of time at work. Work requires growth in order to be effective and efficient. This creates a powerful context for discipleship as personal and leadership development.
Resources for Economic Enterprise
- Emergent Leadership — this map-like framework describes positions on the journey into leadership as participation in the strategic and cultural layers of a business or organization. Compliments The Journey Map framework for personal and communal spiritual journey.
- PATRALA — this map-like framework describes positions on the journey of stakeholders as they encounter the mission of a business or organization. Useful for thinking through relationship building and Kingdom encounter in marketing, sales, and user/customer-support. Compliments The Journey Map and Emergent Leadership.
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