Entrepreneurship, Calvinist Ethic and Regional Development

The objective of this paper is to analyze the relation between a Calvinist religion orientation and the economic impact in Los Altos, Chiapas. The religious diversity is the result of the anticlerical fight in the XIX century and the decision to abandon the state religion. The opening in the religious market is also due to socioeconomicl factors and education, size and location of the town, and ethnicity. The economic practices of the Presbyterian groups are related to the Calvinist ideas about work. The Presbyterians promote entrepreneurship and leadership, as well as a comprehensive overview between the material and spiritual; Presbyterians have enhanced the principles of solidarity and support a system of risk management within each church, which allows the economic development in the long term. The study uses a phenomenological qualitative methodology court, in order to understand the relationship between beliefs and economic actions,   as well as to understand   perception that individuals built about the predestination phenomena and the way that this construction is related with the entrepreneurship and the leadership. This study was carried out in Chiapas and Queretaro states during 2011.