Rick Warren at Davos
Via Scoble's QIK video feed I discovered Rick Warren was at the Davos World Economic Forum. Worth watching. Quick summary:
He sees 5 problems that are facing the world right now:
1. poverty
2. disease
3. illiteracy
4. spiritual emptiness
5. political corruption
Here is the QIK video from Scoble. He talks a little about his church Saddleback Church and his book Purpose Driven Life.
He advocates a three-legged stool approach to solving these problems:
1. public sector - government must set the agenda and the priorities for their nations
2. private sector - business must bring innovation, expertise and investment to solving these problems.
3. faith-based sector - while not usually considered, there are several advantages of involving faith based organizations in solving for these problems:
a. universal distribution - in 10 mm villages and 1000 language groups more than the United Nations.
b. manpower - 2.3 billion Christians, 1.0 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, 700 mm Buddhists. Over 80% of the world population is part of one faith group or another.
c. local credibility - "NGOs may come and go, but the local village priest will always be there."
Great framing of the advantages of involving the faith-based sector in addressing the largest social issues facing the world today, and presented in a way that makes it understandable to people who ordinarily may not see things in a faith-based lens.
Here is the QIK video from Scoble. He talks a little about his church Saddleback Church and his book Purpose Driven Life.
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