The Social Entrepreneur

Social entrepreneurship, which involves starting an organization with the resolve of achieving positive social change, has been on the rise in recent decades

Thus, entrepreneurs are instrumental in the creation of new enterprises, the growth of the economy, the promotion of learning, and innovation in the world

creation of organizations attempting to impact positive social change. Professor J. Gregory Dees (1988) contended that social entrepreneurs develop organizations along a continuum of enterprises ranging from purely philanthropic to purely commercial (see Table One).

This problem is especially true in churches and religiously based organizations that tend to be made up of believers who live with a kind of readiness to be used of God to change the world.

♦ The Permission Problem—“Only Professionals Need Apply.”

My Pockets Aren’t Deep Enough.”

We think too easily that major donors have a major impact. We know some problems can be expensive.

result in the belief that only major infusions of cash will make a difference.

♦ The Passivity Problem

Test the Spirit and know that there are likely others God has been speaking to as well.