HISTORY

The Bible records these words of John the Baptist in St. John 3:27: “To this John replied,
“A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.” ” In 1998 Apostle David A. Scott,
Sr., pastor of the Circle City Christian Center, received the revelation of Urban Entrepreneur
directly from heaven. After capturing the concept of the financial dynamo with a moral recovery
system designed for inner city youth, Scott allowed three years for marination and maturation.
The program developed to a launching point in 2001, after presenting the business plan for the
pilot to Barbara S. Wynne,founding publisher of Indy’s Child magazine. The initial investment of
$1.000.00 was received and the program was started. The Wynnes continue to play a major role in the expansion of this program.

The maiden voyage of Urban Entrepreneur consisted of a collaboration with ANSA Marketing, directed by Olujimi Akiboh and Leroy Decosta, to purchase new athletic shoes from Internet companies liquidating closeout items. Urban Entrepreneur catalogs were developed to display sales items and their respective costs. Adjustments to available inventory made daily updates of the catalog necessary.Training sessions took place at The Hermitage(Catholic Prayer Refuge) on East 46th Street of Indianapolis, IN, where the youth learned how to move merchandise and receive commissions as well as being taught basic behavioral and sales skills. The total number of youth involved in this summer session was fifty-seven.

The initial investment allowed Urban Entrepreneur to purchase 3½ pallets of shoes, yet some of the
merchandise had the size labels marked incorrectly. This caused a delay in transacting sales beyond the summer. The discrepancies in size labels became so problematic that it forced the program to modify its product line by seeking other product lines rather than shoes. Apostle Scott continued to build upon the successes and the relationships he made with these fifty-seven young people, but he knew in his heart that Urban Entrepreneur was much more than a group this size located just in Indianapolis. He worked, on paper and in prayer, on the program for two and a half years. Circle City Christian Center was the recipient of the NFL’s charities award sponsored by the Indianapolis Colts. The $4000 award facilitated the advent of the 4C’s Thrift-to-New Donation Center, a store with a Pay-What-You-Can-Afford philosophy, a new location for training was developed in January 2004. Relocating from Brookside Avenue and Rural Street, where the property was destroyed by fire, to New York and Rural Street brought a new, highly energized group of entrepreneurs.
This group quickly launched into the new tasks and the associated training and mentoring was very well received.

The 4C’s center and store offered all types of tasks for Saturday gatherings for program participants.
Twenty-three applicants were enrolled for the first three months with that number quickly growing to forty-seven. The youth were inspired being taught specific elements of corporate interaction with Biblical moral applications, then given a task to complete (typically 30 minutes or less) and paid a stipend out of the store’s profits. The number of youth participating would vary allowing 4C’s to fund the program. During school months the programs would be limited to Saturdays. But during the summer, three or four days of tasks would be available for the youth.

On Thanksgiving, 2005, the thrift store was closed as preparations began for the next, much larger endeavor that would characterize the future of Urban Entrepreneur. Since that time, efforts continue towards financial model design, new program development, completion of the business plan and planning the new building (The House of David Jr. Youth Center).

In the Summer of 2006, the office was re-located to a different part of the inner-city (Mapleton Fall
Creek). This location has benefitted the program by establishing new relationships and allowing individuals and groups previously worked with to join in the effort of expanding UEA.