"And if we are really serious about moving the poverty needle, we will institute a new type of missionary – the economic missionary. The pews of the western church are filled with business people whose expertise is creating successful, profitable enterprises. They are the ones uniquely qualified to create jobs in under-developed places, jobs that would enable families struggling to survive to begin to thrive. These entrepreneurial members to whom God has entrusted the ability to create wealth are seldom asked to use their best gifts in direct Kingdom work. We ask them to fund our service projects and mission trips but rarely do we ask them to use their business ability in mission. Yet, in fact they are the only ones equipped to ignite a self-sustaining economy that enables a community or region to thrive. It’s time to change the paradigm."
-Bob Lupton, author and founder of FCS Ministries in Atlanta, GA
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