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Real estate is a place where people live and work and as such is a great place to partner with ministry services. These include properties like shopping centers and co-working spaces, as well as multi-family and adult care communities owned by Christ followers. Other owners have also seen the presence of chaplains decrease tenant turnover and improve online reputation, which ties to improved tenant acquisition. Check out this quick video from Apartment Life a leader in the multi-family space that explains the concept. You can also see the best podcasts, posts, and places to get involved, all in one place.
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Recent Podcasts about Real Estate Investing
Podcast Episodes
Join David Snyder and Steve Vecchitto as they talk about the changes in multifamily real estate and the potential for social and spiritual impact in local communities.
Ken Barnes works as the Director of the Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He joined us to share a history of the relationship between capitalism and morals, where the two began to separate, and what we can do to bring them back together.
Today’s guest is Greg Lernihan. He is the Co-Founder of Convergint Technologies, which started in a basement in 2001, and is now the world’s largest electronic security firm with over 5,000 colleagues globally. As a thought leader in the Faith Driven movement, Greg shared his insights for those just starting the journey toward faith-driven investing…
We’re so excited to share a conversation today that we think is long overdue. If you’ve been following the website, you’ve no doubt seen the name Jerry Bowyer as we’ve featured several of his blog posts, all of which are must-reads. Jerry is a leading thinker in finance and economics and a frequent contributor for Forbes and Townhall. His writing has been influential in the Faith Driven Investor movement, and we think you’ll enjoy our conversation about reading the Bible, following Jesus, and investing as faithfully as we can…
If you’re worried about COVID-19, today’s special podcast episode might be the resource you need! Todd Wagner is the lead pastor at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas. If that name sounds familiar to you it’s probably because you’ve heard Henry mention it in the intro to this podcast as the location for where we will be hosting our Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Investor Conferences this fall. In addition to being our host and a speaker at the event, Todd is also a great voice in the faith-driven conversation. His words of wisdom—or as his Twitter handle calls them, words from wags—are encouraging, challenging, and uplifting to all who hear them. And with our current events, we could all use encouragement…
If you’ve been following the Faith Driven conversation, you’ve no doubt heard the name Tom Nelson. He’s been featured on the Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast twice, and we’re so glad to get to talk to him about the investing side of this conversation. Tom recently wrote a book titled, The Economics of Neighborly Love. In it, he brought his theological insight into the realm of finance, investing, and economics. Hear him talk more about it now…
Today’s episode takes us to jail. Well…not exactly. But we are interviewing a man who owns and operates a business that is run out of a high-security prison. His name is Pete Ochs, and in addition to working as founder and chairman of an impact investing company, he’s also working to make Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Kansas the best prison in America. How? Well, the answer has to do with his approach to multiple bottom line investing…
Today, we have not one special guest but two for you to hear from. We are talking with Will Thomas and Dean Macfarlan down in the heart of Texas. They’re both accomplished investors on their own, but what makes the story even more compelling is that they’re a part of a new movement of City Networks where like-minded Faith Driven Investors are uniting to do more together than they might be able to do apart. Tune in to hear their story, the mission of Ambassadors Impact Network, and what this venture could look like in your city.
Today’s episode finds us all the way down under—in Australia with our guest Tim Macready. Tim is Chief Investment Officer at Christian Super. He has been responsible for the development of the Fund’s Responsible Investment Approach, which is applied across the entire portfolio and now incorporates Negative Screening and Impact Investing. Tim shared about how he set out to create the “perfect, faith-driven fund”. But then he realized…We’re all sinners. He’s a sinner, every company is led by sinners, and every company is a sinner. He talks openly about how that shifted his perspective, some of the tough decisions it led him to, and how he stewards that calling today. Listen in today…
Today we are in Lancaster, Pennsylvania talking with Peter Greer, CEO of Hope International. Specifically, we’re talking to him about his new book, Rooting for Rivals. Peter is going to explain why he believes that leaders in the Faith Driven Investing community can multiple their impact when they focus on collaboration and cooperation. He raises an interesting topic that leads to a great conversation, and we think you’ll be glad you listened in…
Many of our listeners are familiar with Dr. Brian Fikkert as one of the bestselling authors of When Helping Hurts and several other books. He’s the President of The Chalmers Center for Economic Development, a research and training center that is dedicated to helping groups declare the kingdom of God by bringing economic development and spiritual transformation to the poor. He’s been a part of some fascinating new books that tackle some of the deep ideas of Gleaning and how it affects our view of Faith Driven Investing. Its an idea that they like to say is “Practicing the Kings Economy”. He’s on our podcast to share a little bit about what they learned in the process of writing these new books. Listen in to learn more…
We can’t think of a better place to start the Faith Driven Investor Podcast than with the great story of Apartment Life, led by Pete Kelly. Since 2000, Pete and his team have helped apartment owners care for residents by connecting them in relationships, which pays incredible dividends for everyone. Listen in to hear how Apartment Life delivers a great return and an even greater impact. We think the work they are doing has the potential to revolutionize the way businesses interact with real estate across the world, and we think you’ll be glad you heard about it now!
Welcome to the Faith Driven Investor podcast! This is a podcast specifically for fund managers, investors, business owners, and pastors who believe God owns it all and who care deeply about how we steward our investments for financial return and gospel-centered transformation. Today’s first episode features Henry Kaestner and Aimee Minnich. Listen in as they share what God has been doing in this movement and what’s to come.
Recent Posts about Real Estate Investing
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Faith-driven stewards, entrepreneurs, and leaders are an integral and critical part of how God will be able to work in the lives of people who live in Tomorrow’s World. I submit that we must fight this battle with leadership and intentional living.
The average church in a US city spends half of its finances on a building it only fully utilizes 5% of the week.
With revenues declining quickly and half of its finances going to real estate that is actually hindering its operations, the Church desperately needs to reduce its infrastructure cost and increase efficiency in its operations.
Derrick Morgan, former Tennessee Titans linebacker and founding partner of KNGDM Group, demonstrates that community roots are incredibly important.
Jeff Shafer and Jerome Garciano talk Opportunity Zones—what they are and why they matter for Faith Driven Investors.
Welden Field’s spiritual integration model is rooted in the idea that unreached people groups exist in local communities; that developing countries are not the only worthy or glorious mission fields. One of the local fields most ripe for harvest is multifamily living.
Join David Snyder and Steve Vecchitto as they talk about the changes in multifamily real estate and the potential for social and spiritual impact in local communities.
It’s estimated that Christians manage over 150 trillion dollars. That’s over half the world’s wealth. That’s 200-300x what is given (around the world) philanthropically each year. Capital has influence. Yet many of us are content to let others determine our investment strategy.
One year ago, a small group of us gathered in Deer Valley to dream about how the Gospel might advance through Faith Driven Investing. This movement of investors, fund managers, and leaders believes that God owns it all and that He cares deeply about how we steward His investments.
Here are some of the people operating in this space
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Jeff Shafer and Jerome Garciano talk Opportunity Zones—what they are and why they matter for Faith Driven Investors.