Aathmave supports those who are called to build meaningful work
as an expression of faith, vocation, and stewardship.
Aathmave is a formation accelerator for Malayali American Christian men pursuing vocational and missional work. The program supports participants as they commit to building meaningful work while undergoing intentional Christian formation ordered toward stewardship, responsibility, and continuity across generations.
Aathmave is currently designed for Malayali American Christian men who demonstrate a serious commitment to vocational and missional work. Applicants come from a range of denominational backgrounds and life paths, but share a desire to integrate faith, work, and responsibility.
At this stage, Aathmave is focused on the formation of young men in leadership, responsibility, and vocation. This focus reflects a specific need within the Malayali American Christian community. We recognize the importance of parallel formation spaces for women and intend to explore this in the future through distinct programs designed with equal seriousness and care.
Aathmave exists to steward a specific community at a critical generational moment. Malayali American Christians inherit a deep spiritual lineage, but often lack structured pathways for vocational formation, leadership development, and intergenerational continuity within the American context. This focus allows Aathmave to respond with clarity, cultural understanding, and responsibility rather than dilution.
Aathmave supports participants pursuing meaningful work as an expression of faith and vocation. This includes entrepreneurial ventures, creative practices, ministries, research, and other long term vocational paths. The program does not privilege a single industry or outcome. It prioritizes seriousness, discipline, and the integration of faith with daily work.
No. Aathmave does not operate as a conventional startup accelerator. It does not exist to produce companies, exits, or institutional return. Aathmave exists to form men capable of stewarding responsibility, influence, and faith through their work over time.
Formation refers to intentional Christian discipleship expressed through accountability, counsel, disciplined work, and the integration of faith with daily vocation. Formation is understood not as abstraction, but as lived practice shaping character, judgment, and responsibility.
No. Applicants do not need a formal company or institutional structure. They must demonstrate a genuine commitment to building meaningful work and a willingness to undergo formation with seriousness and humility.
Aathmave welcomes applicants from a broad range of Christian denominations, including but not limited to Pentecostal, Brethren, Mar Thoma, CSI, Jacobite, Malankara, and Syro Malabar traditions. Participants are expected to affirm core Christian beliefs while respecting denominational difference.
Aathmave affirms the historic Christian faith as articulated in the Nicene Creed and shared across the major traditions of Christianity. This includes belief in the Triune God, the incarnation of Jesus Christ, salvation through Him, the authority of Scripture, and the call to live faithfully in obedience, love, and service.
Aathmave may provide financial or material support when possible. The program does not take equity and does not seek financial return. An investment of formation is meant to be all encapsulating including spiritual, emotional, financial, and more.
Aathmave is structured as an ongoing formation community rather than a fixed term program. Participants engage during critical seasons of vocational development, with expectations calibrated to life stage and responsibility.
Those interested in serving as mentors, advisors, or supporters are encouraged to reach out directly. Aathmave seeks individuals who are willing to offer time, wisdom, and counsel in service of the next generation rather than institutional prestige.
Participants are expected to approach Aathmave with seriousness, humility, and consistency. This includes commitment to their work, openness to formation and counsel, and respect for the community and its purpose. Aathmave is not designed for casual participation.
Participants are selected through a discernment process that considers vocational clarity, seriousness of commitment, character, and readiness for formation rather than credentials or polish.