There is a lot of excitement nowadays about businesses that have multiple “bottom lines.” Whether one calls it "Social Entrepreneurship" (SE) or "Business as Mission" (BAM), the idea that businesses can be financially successful while also addressing social problems (and spiritual needs, in the case of BAM) is a popular one.
Read MoreSome 250 years after Martin Luther suggested that we are not only justified by faith but that it should permeate all areas of our lives, including enterprise, a young man in Mount Holly, New Jersey, opened a humble tailor shop.
Read MoreDavid Allman, owner of Regent Partners, shares his story about how he went from the end of his successful high school career feeling empty and unfulfilled, to becoming a follower of Jesus as a young adult, to getting involved in the poverty space, in real estate, and in impact investing.
Read MoreI’m honored to contribute my voice to this growing movement. About a year ago, I stepped away from being a Missions Pastor to co-found a family office with my parents. At times, I am humbled by the daunting yet joy-filled role of being a capital steward under Jesus.
Read MoreMany of you are familiar with our other ministry initiative, the Faith Driven Entrepreneur, a close cousin to the Faith Driven Investor. For those of you who might not have heard, we're excited to announce that we will also be hosting the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Conference in Dallas on Sept 24-25th, immediately following the investor event!
Read MoreFor most of the past 50 years, business leaders viewed financial capital as their most precious resource. They worked hard to ensure that every penny went to funding only the most promising projects. A generation of executives was taught to apply hurdle rates that reflected the high capital costs prevalent for most of the 1980s and 1990s.
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 MoreA growing trend in corporate America that is being embraced by some of the largest and most recognizable companies will be the topic of a first-of-its-kind conference in February. From Google to Facebook to Walmart, companies from a range of industries are recognizing that faith-friendly environments mean better workplaces and better businesses.
Read MoreMy genes make it tough to find jeans. I’ve got short legs, and finding a pair of trousers to fit them can be a challenge. They are either too short, too long, too tight or too baggy, so when I find a pair that actually fits, I end up buying several of them to stock up.
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 MoreWhat’s worth saying yes to? Every foundation and every venture capital firm have to answer this question on a perpetual basis. So do many people this time of the year facing requests for year-end giving show up in the mailbox or the inbox.
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 More“Every business has a field, every business has a harvest, every business has some form of work. Every business exists in a greater society. Every greater society on the face of the earth has people on the margins. Gleaning… is part of the natural operation of the business.
Read MoreOne of our favorite books that we read in the last year was Greg McKeown’s Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Essentialism is defined as “the relentless pursuit of less, but better.” How many of our individual and corporate lives are overloaded?
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 MoreScott Weiss, chairman and CEO of OCEAN Accelerator, explains the five capitals that God has endowed everyone with, and how to apply them. This interview is part of a series exploring how faith shapes the way companies treat their employees.
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