Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
CategoriesFaith + Finance Faith on Main StreetIn Dave Kresta’s book, Jesus on Main Street, he outlines a path for Christian congregations to engage in community economic development. Unlike traditional economic development, which can result in marginalized communities being displaced and forced to move to make way for highways or housing projects for affluent homeowners or retail, community economic development includes the […]
CategoriesChurch Assets in Transition Faith + FinanceIf your church is under 100 members or the majority of your membership is over 70 years of age, you have some really remarkable choices about your next stage in life. You can refuse hospice care or be treated like less than a very sick, very expensive beloved cat – or you can make choices. […]
CategoriesAccess to Capital Faith + Finance“Why are you meeting?” That’s the first question Landis Graden asks of a dwindling congregation looking at options for their future when he engages with them. “What’s the purpose of your meeting, what’s at the center of your congregation, what’s your anchor?” Graden asks those congregations. “If I hear we’ve been worshiping together for 40 […]
When we held the transform conference a couple of years ago, we decided we would not focus on regenerative agriculture and forestry, though that, as has been shown, was the largest market opportunity; it’s been growing at an accelerating rate. At our core, however, we, the founders of SOCAP, realized that we care about, and […]
Originally posted on Faith+Finance on September 10, 2021 Nathaniel Willis was a gardener. He built educational gardens for public schools. When his project was up for renewal in the school district budget, he discovered what power was, and what it was like to not have any. His life changed that day. He got a few […]
CategoriesCatalytic Capital Faith + FinanceOriginally published at Faith+Finance on September 17, 2021 Sister Corinne Florek has been called the Godmother of Community Development Finance; leading Catholic women’s religious orders to invest into marginalized communities all over the country and the world, in response to the Gospel. She led in creating a fund that now includes channels the investments of […]
