Each year, I take the opportunity to review the environmental developments of the past year and evaluate the obstacles and progress we’ve seen.
Read MoreI’m excited for a new season that is dawning. There’s no doubt in my mind: Africa’s moment has arrived.
Read MoreRecent events have opened opportunities for a change in the stagnant status-quo, for market opportunities to be seized, and for driving innovation, prosperity, and hope to millions of people living in this historic region.
Read MoreThere are many high financial return investment opportunities in the faith driven space. However, for investors, it is also important to recognize that the financial return we require from a business is, in effect, “the price” we are charging for our investment dollars.
Read MoreI fully expected that, after some time of rest and a quieted spirit, God would lead me to my next exciting role in the impact investment world. And He did…though not at all via the path I would have chosen nor to a role I would have ever dreamt of.
Read MoreChristians have a unique perspective rooted in our steadfast faith in Christ that allows us to apply “already, but not yet” theology to the regulation and policy reform necessitated by new technical realities.
Read MoreInflation should enter your mind not as a statistic, but as a human experience.
Read MoreCharities and churches around the world should look at the assets (the biblical “talents”) that they do have and utilize this incredibly unique time to structure their assets (most often real estate) in a manner that supports and emboldens the mission of the charity.
Read MoreWould you feel comfortable receiving a donation in lieu of it going to a church? If not, why not? I can assure you that there is no difference in how God views money entrusted to either…it’s clearly all His.
Read MoreThere is a great disconnect between what people believe, especially about what people believe in relation to Biblical end times, and how they invest in their financial resources.
Read MoreWe think we understand because we work with money all the time. We use it to buy stuff, we earn it by working, we invest it and have lots of interactions with money, which makes us think that we understand it.
Read MoreObano and his team created the African Impact Challenge (AIC) with the goal of building a prosperous continent by investing in Africa’s aspiring entrepreneurs.
Read MoreChristian investors have both a moral and financial imperative to ensure that their investment strategy incorporates climate change. From a moral perspective, we want to ensure that we are good stewards of creation and that all mankind are able to live flourishing lives. From a financial perspective, climate change represents a considerable risk to our investments as well as an opportunity.
Read MoreHow then should our faith inform the way we invest in large companies? As with all aspects of investing, it should start with the question “What are the faith values most important to you that you wouldn’t want to profit from violating them?” Putting it another way, “What issues are most important to me and my faith?
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