Henry Kaestner - Faith Driven Investing: Every Investment Has an Impact—Whats Yours?

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From the Faith Driven Investor team

The Faith Driven Investor movement is not new. Groups of Christ-followers have long gathered together to place their investment capital in ventures that are about Gods Kingdom. From the Moravians to the Guinness family and Larry Burkett to Ron Blue (just to name a few), this has been going on for hundreds of years. As a ministry, were excited to build on the work of the leaders who have paved the way for Gods redemptive work in and through capital investments.

For us, the newest phase of the Faith Driven Investor movement really began with a few dozen folks at a French bistro in Palo Alto after a Sovereigns Capital annual meeting. There were people from National Christian Foundation, TrustBridge, Praxis, Impact Foundation, and others who helped begin a conversation that spawned a movement that has led to this book.

Many of us in that group were and are investors, but we had a desire to make the movement about much more than any one fund. We shared a conviction that we werent doing enough to call peoples attention to a renewed sense of thinking; rather, we were calling peoples attention to a new fund. Frankly, we were being too small-minded and self-centered.

Its because of the people in that group, however, that something changed. Almost exactly one year later, those same people plus 150 others met for the first Faith Driven Investor gathering in Park City, Utah, at the tail end of the Christian Economic Forum to understand how we might work together to advance the work of God through the work of Faith Driven Investing professionals across all different investment classes.

When we gathered, we likened the Faith Driven Investing landscape to a 1980s Russian grocery store whose shelves were devoid of product. There was a sense that faith-driven ventures simply werent available to the public. But we also commented that, unlike a 1980s Russian grocery store, there didnt seem to be much demand for faith-driven investments either. Many people seemed to not even know that investing was something that had a faith component to it.

Fast-forward a few years, and the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor ministries provide regular online content, an annual conference, a book (now two!), and community-building resources focused entirely on helping people understand how faith in God can impact the way we lead our businesses and manage our investment portfolios.

In a lot of ways, that first gathering seems like a distant memory. But at the same time, as we invited some of the best leaders, thinkers, and investors to help us create this book, it feels like were back there all over again. The Faith Driven Investor movement is not new. It has been going on for centuries, if not millennia. And yet there is a new energy around Faith Driven Investing that has led to the creation of this resource.

The Faith Driven Investor team is growing. The movement is expanding beyond borders. We are so excited about what the future has in store. But none of this wouldve come together if it werent for the following people.

Thanks first and foremost to God, without whom none of this the book, the movement, the people would exist. We owe him everything.

Thanks to the contributors to this book. The unique ways God has gifted you to lift up this movement and the selfless way you bring the body of Christ together are beautiful to watch. Thank you for sharing your stories with us through conversations and interviews that have continued to inspire us along the way. We cant wait for your words to help lead and inspire people toward the life God is calling them to.

While we wanted this book to be an ensemble project that pulled together voices of the movement, theres no way we can fit all the stories in it. Were grateful for so many who have shared their stories through podcasts, conferences, and other channels. Specifically, thanks to friends like Brian Fikkert, Randy Alcorn, Chuck Bentley, Chip Ingram, J. D. Greear, and so many other leaders and pastors who have spent a lifetime challenging us to serve God and get this area of money and assets right.

Thanks to Daryl Heald, April Chapman, Todd Harper, Emanuel Bistrian, and the teams at Generous Giving and Generosity Path who help us understand how and where we might steward capital to know God more fully and participate in the work that he is doing.

For so many friends who have lived radical generosity out and have led all of us to see the potential to unlock our investable capital to make an impact, your inspiration and trailblazing are igniting a movement.

Thanks to Jeff Johns and Aimee Minnich and the Impact Foundation, David Wills and the team at National Christian Foundation, and Bob Collins and the team at TrustBridge for pioneering the way that Christ-followers can steward investment assets with their philanthropic capital.

Thanks to the many who are building out the practical businesses that allow the body of Christ to put capital to work, from Luke Roush, John Coleman, and Jake Thomsen at Sovereigns Capital to Wes Lyons at Eagle Venture Fund for the way you invest in leaders motivated by their Christian faith. Thanks to Robin John and Jason Myhre at Eventide Asset Management for helping us understand that every investment has an impact. Thanks to Tim Macready, Rachel McDonough, Mark Wesson, and so many others that lead in the advisory spaces and public markets. A special thanks to Pete Kelly, Ben Erskine, Jimmy Song, Jon Erwin, and Dallas Jenkins for helping us to understand how Faith Driven Investing impacts more than just equities.

Thanks to those who are changing the way investing will be seen in emerging economies, including friends like Pieter Faure, Ndidi Nwuneli, Neil Holzapfel, Johan du Preez, Malcolm Johnston, Craig Shugart, Don Simmons, Matthew Rohrs, and Peter Greer.