FORGE Global Summit 2024

The FORGE 2024 Global Summit brought 260 leaders from nearly 40 nations to Cluj, Romania from April 22-26. Stewarded by Sinapis, Heron Ventures, and Angello, in partnership with Faith Driven Investor, FORGE convenes entrepreneurs, entrepreneur support organizations, academics, investors, and philanthropists, who believe in the unique role of entrepreneurs to bring God’s kingdom to earth. Our goal? Seek the Lord together, build strategic friendships, and share best practices in entrepreneurship ecosystem development within emerging and frontier markets.

We co-host FORGE in different countries each year to broaden our learning and showcase how God is using entrepreneurs to get to the roots of poverty, fuel the advance of the Gospel, and bring hope through the marketplace. After successful summits in Cairo in 2022 and Nairobi in 2023, the FORGE steering committee selected Cluj as our 2024 location because of the holistic impact of our host partner, Guild Faith. This group of Romanian entrepreneurs and business leaders have sparked a thriving prayer, discipleship, and generosity movement three decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Romania ranks in the top 20% of entrepreneurial economies in the world and has a growing community of business owners centered in Cluj who are striving to reflect Christ through their work. They, along with leaders in neighboring Moldova, have been pioneering a path for business development and Christian witness in a post-Soviet context.

Want a glimpse into FORGE 2024? Here’s a brief summary video.

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