Metro Merge is a team of vocational neighbors (partners) co-investing with South Atlanta residents through local entrepreneurship.
In our brokenness, as God changes us, we are quietly joining God’s restorative work in the city through authentic relationships and economic opportunity.
A "Vocational Neighbor" is defined as a business or individuals who leverage professional skills and connections to empower less-resourced neighbors. It is also defined as one who stewards a calling for the benefit of others, co-investing with neighbors to transform distressed communities.
Guiding Principles
What guides their action:- Listening drives our action
- Dignity and character is equal to outcomes
- Real outcomes are only possible in real relationships
- The fullness of our creativity is found in diversity
- We need each other to transform our communities
- Freedom, hope and healing is found in Jesus Christ
- Small working groups give room for deeper relationships
- Neighbors are the foundation to community development
- Neighbor-leaders take the first risk as co-investors (financial investment)
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