The Baylor Angel Network (BAN) began in 2009—intersecting the academy with the marketplace—with a desire to engage students in real-world financial analysis and give them hands-on experience in entrepreneurship. To say it was successful is an understatement.
Read MoreWhile research highlights the importance of an entrepreneurial identity in acquiring resources, our exploratory study advances research on identity, entrepreneurship, and resource exchange by highlighting the other side of the coin: the role of an investor identity.
Read MoreChristians know from 2 Corinthians 10:4 that the weapons with which we are called to fight with are “not the weapons of the world.” Specifically, we are called to employ spiritual weapons which “have divine power to demolish strongholds.” During this time of anguish and loss, believers can be praying and fasting for the demolition of the Coronavirus stronghold.
Read MoreA large reason why is investors greatly lagged the market is their tendency to ignore professional advice and panic sell when markets drop, only to buy stocks again when the market rises. Stick to your financial plan you’ve made with your financial advisor and do not panic, even when things look scary like they do now.
Read MoreI have worked in wealth management since 2004 and over the course of my career, I’ve experienced two big paradigm shifts that have dramatically changed how I see myself at work. The first of which was coming to understand God’s design for us to live integrated lives, combining the sacred and the secular, which has been discussed thoroughly on this website as well as the podcast and I am so grateful for Henry and William driving that conversation, because living compartmentalized lives does not lead to our flourishing.
Read MoreFrom an economic perspective, the Coronavirus pandemic is both a demand-shock and a supply-shock. So, as opposed to a significant hurricane or blizzard or even the 9/11 terrorist attack, this exogenous event may not simply push back economic activity, but rather may actually destroy it.
Read MoreIt’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 MoreIn the same way that the political ambassadors of our day serve as representatives of their home countries while living abroad, we, as followers of Christ, live on the earth as representatives of heaven.
Read MoreWhile Christian ethics around trade (be fair) and services (don’t cheat) and payments (don’t withhold them) is as old as Proverbs, the modern market is a complicated place.
“Most Christians are so removed from their money they don’t even know where it is.”
Read MoreWe often get the question ... it's probably I would say the number one question that I've gotten over the years is how I as a physician got into investing, and helping start a mutual fund company.
Read MoreWith an uncertain future, the Principle of Uncertainly tells us that it’s prudent for people to save and invest a reasonable amount of resources for their future provision. Hear how this principle relates to investment decision-making, since uncertainty is the most important reality that we must accept.
Read MoreOne 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.
Read MoreAdvisors are increasingly comfortable with Faith Driven Investing, are interested in recommending it, but have been slow to engage in conversations with investor clients.
Read MoreGod doesn’t need your money, but He does command your obedience. Droves of Christian investors are discovering biblically responsible investing (BRI) for the first time as the BRI movement continues to gain momentum around the country and around the globe.
Read MoreFinancial advisors struggle to keep up with the latest trends, grow their network of clients, and integrate their faith with their work. Balancing clients goals, a competitive return, and Christian principles of investing often feels like a juggling act.
Read MoreNow, why is it hard to see this ownership today? Why has this question been ... has it been so fundamentally obscured? Well, I think most of us, if we think about it, would agree that investing has long been divorced from this original and most basic purpose of simply supplying capital to support businesses.
Read MoreAs human beings, our capacity to worry is quite exceptional. In a worldly sense, this predilection towards fear is very understandable as bad things do happen in our lives and in the world around us. In fact, at times our worry has likely kept us from danger or harm.
Read MoreThe first thing Jesus says about investing is something which He doesn't explicitly say, but implies: that is, that investment is permitted, and even good. This is implied by the fact that Jesus tells parables in which the investor is 'the good guy'.
Read MoreWhen you have a master’s degree in economics, you get excited when you find economic concepts in unexpected places. Not everyone shares your enthusiasm.
Read MoreI first visited Nairobi almost 20 years ago, and it was there I first recognized the potential of businesses to drive Kingdom transformation. I was back and forth several times, working to establish a partnership with churches led by a group of remarkable Kenyan leaders who were creative, courageous, and whose redemptive influence across the entire city of Nairobi was extraordinary.
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