Yesterday we got into a very lively discussion on the topic of Religious Bureaucrats versus Religious Entrepreneurs around the dinner table. It’s been fun watching the facial reactions when I pose the question and even more enjoyable listening to the responses.
Let’s use these definitions as the basis of the discussion:
Bureaucrat: An administrator concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of the people’s needs. Someone who wants to perpetuate the status quo with the motive of safety and security.
Entrepreneur: someone who has a set of principles and is willing to take risks on behalf of those principles.