Agape Series

The COVID-19 Pandemic has created worldwide turbulences in health, economy, politics, education, religious answers and much more. Allocation of resources: capital, natural, human and religious resources with the best impact on development have become even more important. Churches, church-related partners and investors have great potential to contribute to faith driven and impactful investing. The focus of the two online conferences 2021 was on ‘Walk the Talk' by sharing experiences of successful and challenging investment projects, strengthening impactful cooperation between faith partners and investors, and presenting tools to make projects investable in Africa and Asia. This report summarises rich presentations and discussions on subjects such as health, agro food, renewable energy, finance fintech (financial technology), covered by experts around the world.

简介基督徒每一天都需要与主亲近，听神的话语；作为一名基督徒商人应该如何从神的话语中体会他的旨意，指引自己在世界中、在商场上活出神的样式来，是每一位基督徒商人必修的功课。本书可能是第一部以基督徒企业家角度写作的灵修日记，是作者面向爱的忏悔，是心路历程的记录，也是每日的灵修内容。作者们从圣经的经文出发，默想经文及其对当今世界政治及经济关系、企业发展的趋势、企业经营面临的困境及出路、企业的社会责任和公益慈善等方方面面的指引，以圣经的原则指导自己、以圣灵的感动带领自己、以圣徒的劝勉激励自己，时刻行在神的旨意中！本书的出版，将为同样渴慕神指引的基督徒商人带来启发和鼓励，愿每一位基督徒商人都能如此每日灵修，一面用神的话语原则来指导经营与生活，一面从工作和生活中经历神、亲近神！

当今全球性的信仰与伦理、道德缺失，虽然已经成为人们的普遍共识，但相较于生态环境问题，还远没有引起足够的关注和建设性投入，物质空前丰富与精神相对匮乏的不平衡已经成为当代社会不得不解决的基础性问题。本书揭示了信仰与价值观危机、伦理与道德危机是一切社会危机的根源。企业和企业家是当代经济社会的主体和领导力量，然而企业家这一团体的价值观现状恰恰是最不容乐观的。本书用一个崭新的视角回答信仰在企业家和企业的效用，找寻企业家信仰与企业绩效之间的联系，发掘企业家价值观与价值创造的内在联系，并总结了有爱的企业家类型。这本书可为构建有爱的企业家价值观提供有益借鉴。

Churches and church-related institutions with their pension funds and capital invest billions of dollars worldwide. How can these investments become more consistent with the Christian values and have positive impact on development? And how can Christian development agencies with their expertise and partners match the needs of investors? This report includes the presentations and discussions of the international conference 16-18 January 2020 in Geneva. The conference strengthened impactful cooperation, enabled sharing of experiences and presenting innovative investments and platforms.

Corruption is as old as humanity, though the costly and large-scale efforts to address it have only been developed in recent decades. Despite the numerous standards, regulations and laws that exist, corruption is everywhere and may well be on the rise. Christian faith teaches that, while we cannot be perfect, we can become ‘better sinners'. This book offers advice on how to overcome corruption especially in business.

《爱+经济学》简介
当今世界面临三重危机：人与社会关系的危机、人与人关系的危机、人与其生存环境的危机。这三重危机有愈演愈烈之势，已经危机到当今的社会秩序，而原有的经济学框架对此解释发力更无法提供解决之道。本书认为危机爆发的原因是正外部性缺失，同时本书综合各个学科对爱的研究，认为爱的本质是正外部性，并在此基础上构建"爱+经济学模型"，提出了"爱+经济学原理"，对当前的社会危机进行深刻解读，同时分别从微观的消费、旅游、企业、教会和宏观的教育、垄断、专利和创新等关乎经济发展和人民福祉的方面进行分析，并给出应对之策。