an introduction to redemptive entrepreneurship

Host a Redemptive Imagination Dinner

Host a dinner gathering to inspire a reimagination of your vocation, life, and venture through a redemptive lens with your friends, co-workers, church members, and others. Redemptive Imagination Dinners aim to bring groups of people together for a warm meal and engage them in intentional conversation around redemptive entrepreneurship.

Before the dinner, guests will be asked to watch a short video that will introduce them to the core principles of redemptive entrepreneurship. During dinner, hosts will use provided questions to guide a thoughtful discussion around the exploitative pressures and ethical best practices that we face, then move into possibilities for redemptive action in the context of our own vocations, industries, and ventures.

Redemptive Imagination Dinners in Five Hours

As a host, you'll have everything you need to gather guests for a Redemptive Imagination Dinner. We'll provide a comprehensive host guide, as well as send you dinner conversation placemats and copies of Praxis Redemptive Playbooks so you can plan and host your dinner in 5 hours.


plan

75 minutes

pre-watch video

15 minutes

dinner & discussion

2.5 hours


follow up

1 hour

5 questions for the host:

  • When is it happening?

    The first decision is when you want to host. We recommend scheduling at least 30 days out for your own planning and for your guests’ calendars. The dinner should be about 2.5 hours in length.

  • Who's coming?

    As any great host knows, the people sitting around the table sets the tone for a memorable evening. We recommend dinners in groups between 12-18 people at a similar level of career experience or life stage who would enjoy meeting one another.

  • Where are we meeting?

    Decide if you will host at your home, office, communal space, or restaurant. We recommend finding a quiet and minimally disruptive space that is conducive to conversation.

  • What's for dinner?

    If you’re hosting at your home or office, decide whether you will cook or order-in. Be sure to ask your guests about dietary restrictions. If you're hosting at a restaurant, make necessary reservations and arrangements with the venue.

  • What's the format?

    The dinner is preceded by a 15-minute video that introduces redemptive entrepreneurship to set the framework for an imaginative discussion. Hosts have the option to have their guests watch the video before the dinner or play the video during the dinner.

Medium shot of a group of 4 Praxis Fellows engaged in deep discussion.