Dimension, a network of Christian entrepreneurs in India, celebrates 4 years
New Delhi (AsiaNews) - More than 300 successful Christian entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate with Freddy Mendoca, the founder of Dimension, a movement that unites Christian business people, professionals and entrepreneurs. On the fourth anniversary of the birth of the movement, Mendoca observed that: "Keeping the best and brightest Christians at the forefront of the Indian economy is crucial to the development of the community."
Five years ago, the founder says, "I confided in some friends about different issues that tormented me. I did not understand, for example, why Christians were individually rich, but poor as a community; because they did they had no say in the decision making process, and why we continued to complain and do nothing. " A year later, "I contacted other Christian entrepreneurs who shared my ideas, and Dimension was born”.
The members of the movement come from different branches of industry and the professions. There are doctors, lawyers, professors and industry leaders. Their aim is to create wealth, then allocate it to the community: "Today we proudly celebrate our union. Numerically and individually we are insignificant, but united we are significant and powerful. Our dream is to become a voice for the whole of India. "
Speaking to AsiaNews Mendoca stresses: "the Holy Father, Benedict XVI acknowledged that for business, making a profit is a value that they can rightly put as an objective of their activity. We not only help the businesses of our members by becoming their clients, but also fund those ventures which we have faith in. At the same time the social teaching of the Church insists that businesses must also safeguard the dignity of the human person. Dimension takes this lesson and turns it into reality".
The businessman works in the field of logistics, and within the movement is responsible for selecting the most promising among the young Christians in the community. Echoing the theme of the Catholic Bishops he noted: "This work is crucial because young people are the future, of India and the world. Here, their numbers are increasing and by 2020 half of our population will be under than 29. A key resource".
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