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Creasy Dean, a professor of youth, church, and culture and director of Princeton Theological Seminary's Teaching Spiritual Entrepreneurship (TSE) Project.
"Other studies show that Americans have significantly more confidence in small businesses making a positive difference in our communities than churches or other nonprofits."
The TSE Project, funded by Trinity Church Wall Street, aims to make spiritual entrepreneurship a more intentional component of theological education by pairing it with the seminary's mission to equip Christians for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.
"We hope the TSE Project will accelerate seminaries' interest in, and capacities for, helping faith leaders mobilize congregations to lead change in their communities," Dean says.
Fifteen years ago, the phrase "social entrepreneur" was largely unknown.
"But this has changed swiftly over the past several years," the TSE project coordinator says.
"Not only do secular universities now have full-blown programs in social entrepreneurship, they are introducing programs in 'faith-based' social entrepreneurship," and those resources are most visible and tangible in seminaries, Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
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Foundation: GlobalGiving
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Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment 
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Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment 
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Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation 
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Social Entrepreneurship: Meet the Disruptors of The World Of Philanthropy
William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”
