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Vocation - what does it look like to follow the call of Jesus within the context of our work and particularly as we are called to steward our resources towards a better tomorrow of justice and renewal?

Your idea isn’t developed in a vacuum. It exists within a larger system. Within that larger system there is a group of stakeholders who affect and influence your idea, as well as those who will be influenced and affected by it. The stakeholder map is a simple but...

Seed’s foundational belief is that all Gods people are called to be agents of redemptive change in whatever contexts God has placed them. The problem is that most current approaches by Christians to engaging the public space are: Highly reactive & negative –...

This is the foundation of who you are as an individual or organisation. It is your sense of why you were created and what role(s) you play in the world. It flows out of your story (see Purpose Storyboard tool) and is worked out in a context. We believe you flourish...

Our Foundation for purpose – Who God made me to be. We often think that discovering purpose is about working out what we should do. What we do is important, but the foundation for purpose is about who we are not what we do. God created and calls us to be someone...

When you start designing a redemptive solution one of the key principles is knowing who you are designing for. A foundation for good design is that you start with your customers and create according to their needs and what they value, rather than starting with your...

Spend some time outlining your aspirations and dreams for the future. Consider your life as you would like it to be 5-10 years from now. Some suggestions on how to do this are: Draw a picture that captures the main elements of that imagined future. It can be a...

This tool is one of a number in our Redemptive Design toolkit that is designed to give you a clear understanding of the Current Reality of your context. In particular, it sits alongside an analysis of the felt needs/issues that your beneficiaries are facing. Asset...

Our God-given purpose connects to our context, but in order to fully understand this connection we must first understand the ways that our own work connects with God’s work in the world. Robert Banks, in his book titled “Faith Goes To Work” says: “Few Christians see...