The Role of the Christian Faith in the Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria

Christians are routinely recognised as pioneer social entrepreneurs in the social entrepreneurship literature. However, there are limited empirical studies exploring how the personal faith of Christian social entrepreneurs influences their engagement and persistence in the ventures they create to tackle chronic social problems. Ambrose explores the role the faith of Pentecostal social entrepreneurs plays in the founding and development of their ventures in Lagos, Nigeria. A complementary purpose of Ambrose was to theologically reflect on the potential of social entrepreneurship as an integrated aspect of faithful Christian ministry. His work contributes to a better understanding of the interrelationship between the Christian faith and social entrepreneurship and reveals the Christian faith as a prevalent but fluid logic interacting with multiple other logics to influence Pentecostal social entrepreneurs’ motivations, leadership, and venture organising in the founding and development of their social ventures in Lagos, Nigeria.