OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEMPTIVE INNOVATION (ORIs)

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

Luke 4-18:19 (ESV)

We believe that redemptive entrepreneurs with redemptive imagination, building redemptive businesses, can have a profound impact on the major issues of brokenness in our time. Each doing their part to renew & restore culture, thereby giving glory to God and pointing more people to Jesus.

What are the major issues of brokenness in our time - in our countries, our industries, our neighbourhoods, our companies, our employees, our families, ourselves?

Here is a working list divided into 5 topics on what we believe are some of the most pressing issues in South East Asia related to what matters to God and what we, as image bearers, have been called to do. We believe that redemptive entrepreneurs can have a profound impact on many of these issues. What issues do you feel a calling for?

Creation Care

1. Destruction of our environment

Evangelism/ Faith & Work

2. Lack of access to the Word
3. Separation of Faith & Work

Family Values/ Purity

4. Eroding Family Values
5. Excessive use of technology in everyday life
6. Pornography & over sexualized culture

Money/ Mammon

7. Corruption in business
8. Corruption in government
9. Excessive capital pursuing Mammon/ lack of faith driven capital

Social Issues/Oppression

10. Exploited foreign workers
11. Increasing mental issues
12. Lack of access to education
13. Lack of access to job/ economic opportunities
14. Lack of basic infrastructure
15. Poverty & Hunger
16. Run down neighbourhoods
17. Refugees
18. Child sex cyber trafficking