Dwelling Place: The Calling of the Christian Entrepreneur By Chaya Braxton Introduction The founder of local grocery chain, Ukrop’s, Joseph Ukrop was devoted to his vocation of being Richmond’s local grocer. He put community first and used his grocery stores to build community. His legacy of entrepreneurship in Richmond was characterized by a distinct commitment to the Christian principles. For example although
Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University is a Christian college that has been operating for over 65 years. Since their founding in 1949, they have maintained their biblical mission to promote Baptist values. Today, they are an interdenominational university that welcomes all students. Although they identity as a Christian university and maintain their foundational convictions, they focus on establishing an accepting missional community. That is, they cultivate people who are united in carrying
Analysis Project Liberty University Penny LeBaron Busi 602 Carlson Hurst Part 1: Christian World View According to Del Tackett’s article on the Focus on the Family website, a person with a Biblical world view “believes his primary reason for existence is to love and serve God” (Tackett, 2012). Barna Research Group asks the following questions to determine if a person has a Biblical worldview: “Do absolute moral truths exist? Is absolute truth defined by the Bible? Did Jesus Christ live
Background 26 Current Situation 28 How Project Will Transform a Particular Aspect of this Context 33 CHAPTER 3. LITERATURE REVIEW 35 Impacts of Transformational Leadership 35 Leader Development 37 Flexible Framework 38 CHAPTER 4. BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL BASIS 40 Christian Change Agent 40 Servant Leadership 41 Shalom 42 CHAPTER 5. PROJECT DESIGN AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 44 Research Data Gathering Methods 44 Intervention Strategies 48 Evaluation Methods 49 CHAPTER 6. DESIRED OUTCOMES 50 Desired Outcomes
And, in what may have been some of the densest emigrations anywhere, more than 300,000 Pacific Islanders worked on plantations and as seamen throughout the region.29 Movement also continued in forms other than labor migrations. The millions of Christians who moved from the decaying Ottoman Empire into Greece and the Balkans, and Muslims who moved into Asia Minor were the precursors of the mass refugee movements of the twentieth century, as were the 1 million Armenians expelled from Turkey after
must cope. The suggested strategies included: • creating and communicating a shared vision • creating flatter less hierarchical organizations • generating flexibility and freedom by giving employees autonomy through empowering them • promoting entrepreneurship and risk taking amongst managers based upon their reading of the environment and anticipating change . The origins of new-wave management 151 • developing skills of remote management so that management control may be exerted from a