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.
Read MoreAt FDI, we are always looking for innovative and inspiring ways to approach finance and capital. In this story below, we get both from a different faith group. In the article, you’ll read about neighbors investing in their neighbors’ houses, avoiding interest, sharing the profits.
Read MoreSince adolescence, I’ve aspired to work toward a just and sustainable world. My motivation stems in part from feelings of dread and urgency about the trajectory of life on earth and in part from my desire to seek shalom, which I define as right relationships between humans, God, and the earth.
Read MoreHOPE International’s journey into deepened support for SME business owners across our network began in many ways with the Login family of Western Ukraine. We had the privilege of watching as their microbusiness – a bike shop – blossomed into a platform for real impact in their home village, namely, helping adolescents with a tendency to turn their backs on family and fall into drugs and alcohol addiction in their teenage years.
Read More“The goal is not to grow an organization—it’s to build the Kingdom of God.”
Now, if you’ve followed along with us for a while you may remember Peter Greer from an episode we did with him on the Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast.
Read MoreIn Scripture, when God’s people approach Him with their dreams and desires, He sometimes answers with an unexpected question: “What do you have in your hands?” In this short video, HOPE International explores how God invites His people, both in Scripture and today around the world, to play an active role in restoring brokenness.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what it looks like when HOPE invests in the dreams of families? This video will walk you through the process.
Read MoreNo matter where we live or what our income is, we’re all familiar with feelings of loneliness. And for all of us, God is inviting us to step out of our isolation into relationships, into His family the Church. Discover the power of Christ-centered community to fight poverty and call us out of isolation into flourishing.
Read MoreFor a while, microfinance was the hottest trend in global development, promising you could change a poor person’s life with a very small loan. Let them start their own business and get your money back. Then you can go on to transform someone else’s life. Though the promise was not fulfilled, new uses are being found for microloans, ideas we may be able to apply to our own favorite causes.
Read MoreMicrofinance loans, which took off in the decades between 1980 and now have had a different effect than originally expected, but this does not mean failure. To the contrary, research into the effects of microcredit show that these loans opened up a previously unknown financial world to the poor.
Read MoreA few years ago, while working for an international microfinance organization I had the privilege of undertaking an Executive MBA at the University of Oxford. I was able to combine working for a forward-thinking organization with living in a university town.
Read MoreTo understand the purpose and impact of Faith Based Investing, it is important to look at the fundamental relationship between our faith and money. God and money. Or perhaps more accurately, God or money?
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