Spiritual transformation

Genuine transformation can not occur through mere material gain. Though sin can lead to economic inequalities and people are often driven away from God, true change does not take place without God’s transformative power.

One of the entrepreneurs said it best in this quote: “Many people want to come to Jesus, but in order to do so many know they must give up their old way of life, including their old way of earning income (i.e. selling drugs, alcohol, exploitation, corruption, illegal trade).

This creates a huge need for Christians to demonstrate and provide ways for them to earn an honest living. Without this, many will not enter the Kingdom, or poverty and desperation drive them back to their old ways and away from God. This is why I encourage and train people, especially young families, to start their own business and be faithful with it, because this expands and sustains the Kingdom of God.”

Many of our activities are developed in partnership with the local churches. Some of these are:

Character assessment of the potential borrowers;
Entrepreneur’s accountability to the local church;
Training sessions for entrepreneurs combined with evangelism;

Trainings are often hosted or otherwise supported by the local church. To achieve spiritual and social transformation we partner with churches and other like-minded organizations. At every point from the loan approval process to the evangelistic outreach activities, CAMED tries to appropriately integrate a Christian message. This results in many different facets of spiritual and social transformation, as briefly outlined below.

Spiritual Transformation

Strengthening the local church. CAMED’s work results in an increase in tithing, more focused and disciplined people, people with tangible visions and dreams, stronger relationship with God, and new business skills that can be applied in church-related ministries.

Bringing people to Christ. CAMED’s work facilitates this goal through personal examples, sponsorship of evangelistic events, and witnessing to clients, employees, and business partners

Learning to submit to God. Through the trainings, CAMED clients learn to submit their businesses and lives to God. Rather than seeing themselves just as owners of a business, they learn to be stewards of God’s resources

Giving a hand up to others. Many clients are now building up others around them, through mentorship, encouragement, use of personal resources, and experience. This builds up the leaders and stronger communities.

Advocating for justice and biblical values. As the clients grow and develop, they are advocates in their communities for previously unknown biblical values, such as honesty, integrity, faith, diligence, and many more.

Social Transformation

Becoming socially responsible. Clients learn and find success by paying taxes, providing jobs to people in their community, and being generous to the poor and needy.

Learning self-discipline. Clients become more disciplined as they learn how important it is to keep their promises and pay back on time, to be accountable, and to be better stewards of the resources they have.

Discovering teamwork. Clients learn social skills of interaction and begin to understand the true value of social partnership, where everybody can benefit while working together.
Presenting positive examples. Clients are often a source of encouragement and inspiration to many hopeless people, through their personal examples in business and community involvement.