Ending 2016 with Gratitude, Angst, and Hope
Each year in December the IDF team takes time to reflect back on the year that’s ending and plan for the coming year. This is usually a favorite time for all of us. For reasons Read More
For the Love of Humankind
Welcome to the Inukshuk Blog! Our “business” at the Imago Dei Fund is philanthropy, a word that means “love of humankind.” It is derived from the Greek philanthrōpos: philos meaning love and anthropos meaning humankind. Read More
“Band of Brothers”: The Very Young, Very Male Face of Boston’s Church Planting Movement
This is the first in a series of articles published by Misseo Alliance. Did you know that since the year 2000, over one hundred church plants have been started in Boston, by over ten networks, most Read More
Belief-based Social Innovation: Gender-Lens’ Next Frontier
Philanthropists and for-profit investors alike today are apt to talk of using a gender lens when screening opportunities to fund social change. When my husband and I (Emily) began our foundation—the Imago Dei Fund—in 2009, I Read More
Glimpsing “Adam”: Faith-Based Family Values and Social Change
Within the global backdrop of women’s empowerment as central to humanitarian, economic, and social progress, this article explores the intersection of faith, gender, and family values with a focus on two very different masculinities trending Read More
Peering Under Our Collective Burqa: How Do Our Own Religious “Personal Status” Codes Cov...
March 8th came and went, the 39th observation of International Women's Day, a day set aside to collectively take stock of how the world’s women are doing. The theme for this year--Equality for women is Read More
Don’t Just Aggregate Funds, Unleash Them!
Helen LaKelly Hunt, a builder and shaper of the women’s funding movement, and her colleague, Emily Nielsen Jones, are committed to building a world where women are not enslaved, abused, or denied rights to an Read More
Gender-Balancing Our Institutions
Emily Nielsen Jones is the co-founder and president of the Imago Dei Fund, which has just launched, in conjunction with Gordon College, a “landscape” study measuring the gender gap within evangelical ministries and organizations. What Read More