The Red Letter Disciple 093: Peter Greer on Devoting His Life to Eradicating Poverty, How to Flip from a Scarcity to Abundance Mindset, and Why Hungry Hungry Hippos is the Worst Model for Life
Peter Greer is the president and CEO of HOPE International, a global Christ-centered economic development organization. With experience in microfinance across Africa and Asia, he holds degrees from Messiah University and Harvard. Passionate about serving entrepreneurs, he has co-authored over 10 books on faith, leadership, and poverty alleviation. He lives in Lancaster, PA, with his wife and children. To learn more about the podcast or access the show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com.
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Resources mentioned in the episode:
Ep 28 Red Letter Disciple Podcast Dr. Brain Fickert: When Helping Hurts
Rooting for Rivals by Peter Greer
Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter
Key insights from the episode:
We invest in the dreams of people as we proclaim the good news of Jesus. - Peter Greer
Business and finance are incredibly important tools in helping communities break the cycle of poverty. - Peter Greer
Business requires extreme creativity. - Zach Zehnder
Poverty isolates us, so our answer is community. - Peter Greer
We have loaned out 1.8 billion dollars and have a 98% repayment rate. - Peter Greer
You wanna know how to destroy joy? Become obsessed with comparison. - Peter Greer
There’s still a rival, but it is not among Christian sisters and brothers. - Peter Greer
Your success does not come at my expense. - Peter Greer
The way we make decisions is what is best for the collective Christian movement, not our company itself. - Peter Greer
Peter Greer’s Challenge: Read John 17 and go actively find ways of living that out!
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