Edify's mission is to improve and to expand sustainable, affordable Christ-centered education in the developing world. They partner with entrepreneurs who need access to training, capital, and technology to grow their schools.
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“There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”
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There are so many needs in the world and so many requests that tug at my heart. On the surface, they all seem to be the “right” thing to do. But they can also be overwhelming, bringing on what feels like a lose–lose scenario: If I give, I feel pressured and off purpose, but if I don’t give, I feel badly.
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One of the big things we're passionate about at Faith Driven Investor is going back to "The Book". We believe that God speaks to us through His Word and that all of Scripture is useful for instruction on how to formulate and execute an investment strategy.
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What would Jesus buy?
That question is spreading in the investing world, as evangelicals and other Christians seek investment management and financial planning to match their interpretation of biblical principles.
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I 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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In my 20s, I faced a decision: accept a job at a large, multinational corporation or pursue vocational ministry. With a freshly minted degree from an international MBA program in the Arabic language track, I was certainly more strategically positioned for the corporate job.
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“Before we can even ask how things might go wrong, we must first explain how they could ever go right.”
These words from Friederich August Hayek, the Australian-born economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974, set us on our path.
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I had invested in an early childhood business that operated on a close-knit ecosystem. The accountant, auditor, uniform and food suppliers, lawyer, trainers, and bus drivers were friends of the founders and met regularly at the religious place of worship for weekly prayers.
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The purpose of the study was to better understand what widows experience and thus build a service model that engages, educates, and equips them to make wise financial decisions for their lives.
In October 2013, Ronald Blue & Co. asked selected widowed clients who are served out of their Atlanta office to participate in a small, intimate focus group.
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We know intuitively that leadership and governance matter. Whether you are referring to a nation or a company, the manner in which people are led and governed greatly influences their creativity and productivity.
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Yesterday, Molly Worthen of the New York Times wrote an article highlighting the works of Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor and many other friends!
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Money is very emotional, and the markets are very emotional. And so a client will own a portfolio and see a portfolio sell off and not know what to do. It just has been a very important lesson for me to realize that it’s not just numbers on a spreadsheet – it’s someone’s dreams and it’s someone’s livelihood. I need to be respectful of that and a good steward of that.
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Intel Corporation [ticker: INTC] is the largest semiconductor chip manufacturer in the United States (second largest in the world behind #1 Samsung) and ranks number 46th in the 2018 Fortune 500 ranking of largest companies in the United States by revenue.
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Christians know God cares deeply about His children who are trapped in poverty. The Bible has more than 300 verses on the topic of poverty and social justice. Jesus quoted these words from Isaiah 61:1-2 at the start of His earthly ministry.
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My time of service at Crown Financial Ministries was a life-changing experience. Through this I felt the Lord had given me Matthew 25 as my “life chapter” to live out in all areas of my life.
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Faith-based investments (FBI) are generally considered as the first proponents of the responsible investing segment, which screens out companies with businesses not complying with a precise set of beliefs. On the other side, sustainable issues are affecting financial markets including environmental, social, and governance metrics into corporate valuation.
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All of us want to make wise investing decisions. For many today, that means focusing on profit. And while that may be the de facto understanding of wise investing, it isn’t wise.
What does wisdom mean?
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The confrontation with the moneychangers has been used to enlist Jesus into an ideological war against finance. There are many examples, but probably the best known of them is FDR's inaugural address in which he extensively referenced this text.
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