Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Progress, Progress, Progress for BDC Rwanda

February 9, 2012 Tonight we had open house, and I think we set a new record – We had 30 guests! We are running a contest among our entrepreneurs to see who can get the most interested people to attend an open house.  We know that the ability to be persuasive is key to entrepreneurial

RCE’s 2011 & 2012 At-a-Glance and Merry Christmas

By Hanisha Besant and Brittany Hoffman Wow! Looking back at 2011, it is fascinating to see all that God has done through the small team at RCE and our many, many partners. Two more cohorts graduated from the Business Development Center in Rwanda this year, not without mountainous hurdles, but overcoming them just goes to

OneMaker: Hope for a Jewelry Business for Deaf Artisans in Kenya

Blog post by Jana Harp Dean, President of OneMaker and consultant to organizations starting businesses to employ poor women in developing countries. OneMaker is a 501c3 organization that exists to be a tangible expression of God’s love to poor women and girls vulnerable to trafficking and other exploitation by giving them opportunities through education and

The Good Fight

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I Timothy 6:12 Temptation can be great in volatile economic times for individuals and businesses to be distracted from their primary mission or to give up

Fruitfulness in the Midst of the Storm

I’m the true vine, and My father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit (John 15:1-2). Imagine planting a garden in your backyard with strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries and so on; all these great

The Great Commission Strategy

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). I recently heard a story of a kingdom business steward who, after many years of sharing the Gospel with one of his employees who worked in the sales department, finally won him over to the Lord. During an event the employee

The 4 Principles of Leadership

Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Exodus 18:18-19 Does the world need another document written on leadership? So many people have written oceans books on every

Spiritual Convergence

originally published on the Kingdom Business Blog – October 17th, 2008 Update for The Africa Project: Regent Center for Entrepreneurship’s Tom Stansbury visited Opportunity International’s Board of Governors’ meeting in Chicago earlier this month. RCE has begun partnering with Os Hillman of MarketplaceLeaders.org, who sends 160,000 Marketplace Meditations each day to Christians in business worldwide.

What is Kingdom Business?

by Patrice Tsague But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33) We all know what business is; it is a commercial activity that is designed to generate a return for the owner(s) (at least that is how most people define it within a pure capitalist framework). Entrepreneurs start businesses so they

Regent SIFE Wins Regionals, Advances to National Championship

Back Row:Joseph Calandra, Hanisha Besant, Yuliya Paslavska, Jennifer Holland; Front Row: Stefanie Proctor, Regina Oakman April 9, 2008 // [Read full article] The Regent University SIFE team claimed victory as they won their sixth regional championship title at the SIFE Regional Competition held in Philadelphia, Pa. on April 8. Thirty-five SIFE teams, primarily from the

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