Spencer Haven

Spencer Haven grew up in Kansas and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he completed his Bachelors in Kinesiology at Calvin College. During this time, he participated in numerous leadership and volunteer positions, including initiating and leading a ministry to assist the homeless. After, Spencer volunteered for Peace Corps in Guatemala to help provide health resources for local schools. Since then, he has been involved in several international development opportunities, including work in Tanzania, Kenya, and Guatemala. Spencer is enjoying working at the Acton Institute as a Development Associate and is enrolled at Eastern University working toward an MBA in Social Impact and plans to pursue academic and professional work in business and social entrepreneurship.

Posts by Spencer Haven

September 09, 2019

The importance of searching for truth

“What is truth?” This question Pontius Pilate asked Christ moments before the Crucifixion is, in my opinion, the question that the rest of the Gospels spend answering. It is the reason why Jesus gives no specific answer to Pilate in John 18, and instead simply stands there as the answer Himself. Continue Reading...

August 20, 2019

Understanding the words we use

Today, we face a prevalent problem when making arguments about trending topics. Words such as capitalism, socialism, conservative, liberal and other broad categorical terms all have a wide range of meanings and emotions attached to them. Continue Reading...

August 02, 2019

The UK porn ban

In the United Kingdom, the government has taken many steps to ensure the protection of children from pornography and other adult material; most recently an Age Verification law was scheduled to be legislated on July 15 but has again been pushed back. Continue Reading...