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Matt Overton: Should your social enterprise be for-profit, nonprofit or a hybrid?
By: Matt OvertonOctober 26, 2017
This article was first published in Faith & Leadership on September 5th. You can find the original article here. This week’s post comes from our friend Matt Overton, associate pastor for youth and family ministry at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington and founder of Mowtown Teen Lawn Care and Columbia Teen Enterprises. In this article, he talks about why […]
Processing Harvey
By: Meredith MillsOctober 19, 2017
This week’s blog post is from Meredith Mills, a 2015 Hatch-a-thon participant who started a great ministry called gastrochurch based in Houston, Texas. She was kind enough to write a post that talks about her experience with a non-traditional ministry in the midst of Hurricane Harvey. Gastrochurch is not a normal church. We don’t have a building. […]
Tags: Hatch-a-thon
Matt Overton: Why I started a social enterprise at my church
By: Matt OvertonOctober 12, 2017
This article was first published in Faith & Leadership on April 18th. You can find the original article here. This week’s post comes from our friend Matt Overton, associate pastor for youth and family ministry at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington and founder of Mowtown Teen Lawn Care and Columbia Teen Enterprises. In this article, […]
Tags: Church, entrepreneurship, Ministry, motivation, social enterprise, youth ministry
Project Funding Within the United Methodist Church
By: Ministry IncubatorsOctober 5, 2017
For the last couple of weeks, we have been talking quite a bit about finding funding for your project. If you missed those posts, we talked about a couple different sources of funding. You can find those posts here and here. If you weren’t already aware, Ministry Incubators’ cofounder and Permissionary Kenda Creasy Dean, is […]
Tags: Church, Funding, Ministry, United Methodist
Need Help Finding Funding?
By: Ministry IncubatorsSeptember 28, 2017
Finding funding for your project isn’t always easy, but we’re here to help! We absolutely love working with people at our Hatchathons and other events, but we particularly treasure the opportunity to take that relationship further. When we establish a coaching relationship with an individual or organization, one of the topics that we often discuss is […]
Funding Your Project
By: Ministry IncubatorsSeptember 21, 2017
So you have an idea. You have prayerfully considered the needs of those you plan on serving. You have gathered a great team to engage in your new venture. Now you need to work on funding. All too often projects get stuck in this phase. If you do not have a church or other ministry […]
New Partnership with Indiana Wesleyan University
By: Ministry IncubatorsSeptember 7, 2017
At Ministry Incubators, we are always excited to go beyond one-off interactions with ministry leaders. We have formed numerous partnerships with organizations around the world that allow us to engage with these leaders in ways that create lasting innovation. In that spirit of lasting innovation, we are excited to announce a new partnership with Indiana […]
Tags: Ministry, Partnerships
New Ministry Incubators YouTube Channel
By: Ministry IncubatorsAugust 17, 2017
We are excited to announce that you can now connect with Ministry Incubators on our YouTube channel! We are just starting to put up content, but check it out now to see a video about our Hatch-a-thons and to see two of Kenda’s lectures on missional entrepreneurship from the Payton Lecture series at Fuller. You […]
Tags: Hatch-a-thon, Ministry, Missional
The Three Phases of Launching a Church-based Social Enterprise
By: Matt OvertonAugust 10, 2017
Starting a Christian social enterprise is difficult and passion-filled work. It comes with a ton of setbacks and self-doubt. And a ton of excitement. I believe that social enterprise — a business with a social good in mind — can offer a new way forward for the church.
Tags: Church, Ministry, social enterprise
Get Your Hands Dirty by Starting Lean
By: Bryan MillerAugust 3, 2017
Do you have an idea that you feel in your bones is a great one? Maybe it will change the world or maybe it will simply change the world for 5 people. The problem is that while you know it is a great idea, you don’t actually know that it is a great idea. And, even if you did actually know that it is a great idea, you don’t have any clue how to get started.
Tags: Interview, Lean Startup, Ministry, Missional
Registration Open for Taste and See in DC!
By: Ministry IncubatorsAugust 1, 2017
Registration is now open for the Taste and See event in Washington DC on September 23, 2017! This event is designed to give you a taste of what is possible when you think about ministry outside the box. Our own Kenda Creasy Dean will be there, along with Shannon Hopkins, the Founder of Matryoshka Haus and […]
Find Your Team! Wisdom from a Fellow Missional Entrepreneur
By: Jessica WinderweedleJuly 25, 2017
We are continuing our summer blog series aimed at those who are either starting a missional enterprise or thinking about starting one. During this series, we will look at theological and practical concerns of missional entrepreneurs. This week’s post comes from Jessica Winderweedle with The Feed Truck in Kingston, NJ, with encouragement to incorporate teamwork […]
Need a Response? Face-to- Face Is 34 Times More Effective than Email
By: Kenda Creasy DeanJuly 13, 2017
We are doing a summer blog series aimed at those who are either starting a missional enterprise or thinking about starting one. During this series, we will look at theological and practical concerns of missional entrepreneurs. This week’s post in our series aimed at budding missional entrepreneurs comes from our own Kenda Creasy Dean with […]
The First Ingredient in Starting A Missional Enterprise
By: Sarah TurnerJuly 7, 2017
We are doing a summer blog series aimed at those who are either starting a missional enterprise or thinking about starting one. During this series, we will look at theological and practical concerns of missional entrepreneurs. The third post in this series is written by Sarah Turner, co-director of Try Pie in the Cedar Valley […]
Tags: Church, Ministry, social enterprise
Why Embrace Missional Entrepreneurship
By: Antonin FicatierJune 29, 2017
We are doing a summer blog series aimed at those who are either starting a missional enterprise or thinking about starting one. During this series, we will look at theological and practical concerns of missional entrepreneurs. The second post in this series is written by Antonin Ficatier. Antonin studied in three different continents and holds two Master Degrees […]
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