The Significance Center is a faith based, non-sectarian, non-political educational wing of Sweeten Life Systems. It is dedicated to improving the spiritual, economic, creative, and educational welfare of organizations, families, and individuals. It will impact the world, but has a special focus on Greater Cincinnati.
To some extent, the center will replicate the ideas of Dr. Delyte Morris, who transformed Southern Illinois University (SIU) from a sleepy little teachers’ college to an internationally renowned undergraduate and graduate school by attracting numerous well-known professors to the campus who were willing to share their knowledge, experience, and wisdom at a small cost.
View this video to hear Dr. Sweeten's vision for the Significance Center and the role Dr. Morris, president of SIU, had in shaping that vision.
Here's more information on the inspiration of Dr. Morris.
Many have reached a point where business no longer fulfills their desire to use their talents, gifts, and experiences to add significantly to the expansion of the Kingdom of God. Many are financially secure and physically vital as well as organizationally wise. They have the capacity to provide years of extremely valuable service possible. All they need is a place where they can network with others of a like-mind and experience and share their wisdom with younger believers and non-believers alike.
The Significance Center will be such a place, focused on distributing spiritual, relational, and family resources to those who are in need.
Taking its lead from Dr. Morris, the Significance Center will recruit bright, capable, experienced, and internationally-known wise men and women in business, arts, music, religion, counseling, science, medicine, philosophy, evangelism, missions, and more. Through dialogue, discussions and papers presented and discussed over several days as a community, these men and women will give of their knowledge and wisdom in order to expand God’s work on earth. We are especially interested in recruiting, involving, and mobilizing entrepreneurs. Our processes will include communities of practice, retreats, visiting international thought leaders, and insightful scientists who are promoting the integration of faith and life. We will involve people in dialogue to develop networks of ministry and fellowships of creativity. Our hope and expectation is that new, creative forms of Christian practice will emerge. The Significance Center will hold regular sessions to help Seasoned Believers discover the next phase for using their gifts in answer to their call. There are millions of men and women from every walk of life whose talents are being buried. The Significance Center will resurrect the buried treasures and distribute them around the world.