This is Exploring the Marketplace podcast. I'm Sean Bowles. And I'm Bob Hassan, and together

we're inviting you into conversation about what God is doing with entrepreneurs, influencers,

and everyday career fields. Get a fresh perspective with our commentary and stay for the main

chorus from our handpicked guests who are vulnerable, transparent, and sharing how their faith affects their career in powerful ways.

If a picture's worth of a thousand words, then their life stories with a thousand sermons. Here we go.

Welcome to exploring the marketplace. My name is Bob Hassan. I'm with my good friend, Sean Bowles.

Sean, are we doing anything interesting today?

You always ask that. You know, it's so interesting in our audience. You guys love these topics

that we're going to talk to these incredible guests, incredible topics. And today we're going to be

talking about some of it's more and more relevant right now, which some are calling a generosity

crisis. I've never heard that term before. But it happening specifically in America but all over the world we'll be

discussing a recent article from box magazine I found that gives insights from giving

the USA which shows fewer Americans are donated nonprofits into the poor than ever

before and if you remember Sodom and Gamora failed not because of the terrible

lifestyles people were living,

but because they stopped supporting the poor, the orphan, and the widow.

So a total amount of giving us dropped significantly when adjusted for inflation.

But then we're going to explore how in the face of decline Christians, especially evangelicals,

are still Bob, leading the charge in how we can continue to set the example of generosity in

2024, 2025, and beyond.

And we're going to answer one of the world's biggest problems about finances, which is generosity.

And then our interview today, we have Stephen Diaz, who leads this incredible community

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