Core Vision: A decentralized, community-oriented economy rooted in biblical principles, where productive property is widely distributed, families and local communities thrive, and economic life serves human dignity, stewardship, and mutual flourishing rather than concentrated power or profit maximization.

What I Support ✅

Foundational Principles

• Ethical voluntary exchange and honest commerce (Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1)
• Private property as a biblical stewardship right, not absolute ownership (Exodus 20:15; Acts 5:4)
• Widely distributed productive property — including land, tools, workshops, and businesses — so that most families can own the means of their own livelihood (Leviticus 25:10-13; Ezekiel 46:18)
• Biblical standards of economic justice, including honest weights and measures, just prices, and fair dealings (Leviticus 19:35-36; Micah 6:8)
• Jubilee-style periodic restoration of productive assets (every 50 years) to prevent permanent concentration of land and capital (Leviticus 25:8-17, 23-28), and cancellation of all debts

Preferred Economic Structures

• Family-owned farms, small workshops, artisan businesses, and local shops as the backbone of the economy (Proverbs 13:22; Deuteronomy 14:28-29)
• Small, local, and regionally self-reliant communities with strong house-to-house and church-based networks (Acts 2:44-46)
• Cooperative and community-owned enterprises, including worker co-ops, credit unions, and mutual aid societies (Acts 4:32-35; 2 Corinthians 8:13-15)
• Decentralized economic power and local decision-making, following the principle of subsidiarity (Exodus 18:13-26)
• Finance that serves productive work, families, and local communities — including low-interest or interest-free lending among believers (Nehemiah 5:1-13)

Social and Moral Foundations

• Strong mutual aid, community solidarity, and personal responsibility — caring for the widow, orphan, stranger, and poor within the local community first (Acts 2:44-45; Galatians 6:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:10)
• Protection of family inheritance and economic independence so that land and productive assets stay within families across generations (Numbers 27:1-11; Proverbs 13:22)
• Stewardship of land and natural resources with active environmental conservation — caring for creation as God’s good gift (Genesis 2:15; Leviticus 25:23-24)
• Markets guided by biblical moral principles rather than corporate profit or state control, including just wages and opposition to economic exploitation (Amos 8:4-6; Zechariah 7:9-10)

What I Oppose ❌

Concentrations of Power

• Concentrated wealth and economic domination by a small elite (James 5:1-6; Micah 2:1-2)
• Monopolies, oligopolies, and corporate gigantism that crush small producers (Isaiah 5:8; Ezekiel 22:29)
• Absentee ownership of productive property, especially farmland and housing by distant investors or corporations (Isaiah 5:8)
• Permanent concentration of land and productive assets in the hands of fewer and fewer people (Leviticus 25:23; Micah 2:2)

Corrupt Financial Practices

• Usury and interest-based exploitation, especially against the vulnerable (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20; Ezekiel 18:8, 13, 17)
• Centralized banking monopolies and control of currency that benefit elites at the expense of local economies (Proverbs 22:7; Ezekiel 18:13)
• Speculative finance detached from real productive work, including derivatives, excessive leverage, and rent-seeking (Proverbs 28:8; Habakkuk 2:6-7)
• Generational debt bondage that traps families and communities (Nehemiah 5:1-13)

Harmful Economic Systems

• Unregulated markets that enable exploitation, fraud, and injustice (Amos 5:11-12; Jeremiah 22:13)
• Industrial agriculture and factory farming that treat land, animals, and workers as mere inputs (Genesis 1:28; Deuteronomy 22:6-7)
• Profit maximization at the expense of justice, stewardship, and human dignity (Luke 12:15-21; 1 Timothy 6:9-10)
• Economic systems that undermine family life, community cohesion, and local independence (Malachi 2:13-16; Psalm 127:1-3)
• Dependency on distant corporations, financiers, or centralized institutions for basic needs like food, housing, and employment (Proverbs 22:7; Hosea 12:7-8)
• Crony capitalism where big business and big government collude for special privileges