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Crowdfunding the Church
Adam J. Copeland | @ajc123
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
A Definition
“Crowdfunding refers to the effortsof by entrepreneurial individualsand groups—cultural, social, andfor-profit—to fund their venturesby drawing on relatively smallcontributions from a relativelylarge number of individuals usingthe internet, without standardfinancial intermediaries.”
–Ethan Mollick in “Journal of Business Venturing”
Image CC license: http://venturevillage.eu/the-future-of-crowdfunding-in-europe
Image by Leo Reynolds
Sure…we not only funded the cd project but we get to give this art away for free to the big old world.
Artists got to write songs—our studio people got to do what they are created to do—we get to give it all
away. And we got to invite others along in the process.
– Rev. Jodi HogueHumble Walk Lutheran Church, St. Paul
Radical Hospitality & the Rooster Soup Company
Table Ministry at Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community Pittsburgh, PA
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CC image, “Word Processor” by Bachtiar Rahady
Crowdfunding the Church
Adam J. Copeland | @ajc123
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN