I believe that Christian business is called to attend to the welfare of the community within which it operates.
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Approximately 2,000 private businesses in the United States are currently owned by committed Christians who provide varying levels of support for domestic and international ministry and missions within and outside the company.
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Give someone a fish and they’ll eat for a day, but invest in a for-profit commercial fishery and their community could prosper and flourish for a lifetime. Well, that’s not exactly how the old proverb goes, but it’s no less true.
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Much of the capital available to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) around the world, especially in the U.S., is in the form of private equity. The majority of this capital is allocated via Private Equity (PE) firms that are generally structured with 10-year terms, and the investment target is 3x to 5x return in 3 to 5 years on each investment they make.
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Jeff Shafer and Jerome Garciano talk Opportunity Zones—what they are and why they matter for Faith Driven Investors.
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Economic growth can be the single biggest contributor to poverty reduction. Christian entrepreneurs and investors need to redeem the marketplace. The choices that Africa makes today will have an impact for many generations.
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The Impact Investing space has grown substantially over the past decade. The idea that our capital and businesses can be used for good has deeply resonated with retail investors all the way to family offices and institutions.
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Ordinary people, responsible for leveraging the powerful force of investing, can change the world for the better. But investing for the common good will only succeed if those ordinary people recognize and accept the responsibility.
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Efosa Ojomo, the co-author of Prosperity Paradox, shares how to create sustainable prosperity in developing countries.
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Social impact investing bridges the gap between tithing and secular investing—and is a more sustainable method than solely relying on charity to build communities. Engaging in this practice can be, Silvestri noted, a form of Christian stewardship.
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Mike Silvestri shares the power of Social Impact Bonds and the potential for upward mobility.
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Noelle Marcus started Nesterly because she and her family have witnessed how difficult it can be to access affordable housing. She learned about the desire many aging adults have to stay in their homes but the economic, social and physical challenges to doing so, the solution of Nesterly seemed like common sense.
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Today, about 37% of the population lives in multifamily communities. That number is likely to skyrocket due to shifts in multifamily living and even more as Gen Z-ers graduate from college and move to new cities. This presents an opportunity for FDIs in multifamily to increase their impact and reach people of all nations, ages, and family situations.
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God designed humans for community. You already know this. Scripture uses the metaphor of one body with many parts everywhere—each part with different roles and skills and all of them supporting the overall mission of the body. A hand on its own cannot throw a ball and your right big toe is pretty purposeless without a connection to the rest of your foot.
But when connected and supported properly, you can pitch a curveball and run a marathon.
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Discipleship and training in the faith-driven business world is much more than expanding followers and organizational reach. It’s recognizing the context, knowledge, skills, and similar mission that brings people together to advance the kingdom.
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How do we understand if a company is creating value for society? One way is to ask intuitive questions of the company—questions like "If you walked into a supply center, would you be proud of the quality of the product and working conditions?"
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Graphs! Charts! Phases! Never in all my life have I seen (or sent) so many. With the onslaught of pandemic analysis, we’re awash in models attempting to make sense of our world.
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