Bob Doll, Chief Investment Officer at Crossmark Global, and David Spika, who leads the GuideStone Investments Line of Business, have both served as guests and contributors to media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Moneywise, and Fox Business News. They join us for a look at market activity from July 2022. This is Marks on the Markets.

Jason Syversen serves as CEO of Sports Visio. He has a passion for making a difference in the world through tech, startups and giving back. Jason joins us today on the Faith Driven Investor Podcast.

Tim Macready, CIO of Brightlight, casts a vision for how (and why) Faith Driven Investors could be at the forefront of investing in environmental innovation.

Mart Green, Founder of Mardel, shares the power of what happens when competitors become collaborators.

David Batstone breaks down the $31 billion human trafficking epidemic and how business can fix it.

Founder and Chairman of Guardian Bank in India, Collin Timms, describes how banks can provide hope for people.

Ross Baird defines topophilia and why location matters for more reasons than just real estate.

Aimee Minnich, CIO, Founder, and General Counsel for Impact Foundation, shares how an Old Testament practice can still apply today.

Bryce Butler reminds us that both our investments and our giving can be filled with purpose when we see it all comes from the same place.

Chip Ingram asks us to consider how Scripture might inform and improve the way we view our financial endeavors.

Christians are slowly reawakening to a principle much of the rest of society has already embraced: All investing is impact investing. Every dollar we put to work has impact, positive or negative, on the world around us.

We live in the most exciting time in the history of medicine. Human creativity is being channeled to eradicate and treat devastating diseases. Here we find investment opportunities that can result in hope for patients and families.

We are in the midst of a movement in Renewable Energy, a movement that can not and will not be stopped.

Hear Henry Kaestner’s story, of how he started Impact Investing over a decade ago.

When we look beyond the socially constructed and restrictive barriers of race, class, faith, and gender, we may at first see the stranger, then we recognize our neighbor, and verily, we also see ourselves.

Derrick Morgan, former Tennessee Titans linebacker and founding partner of KNGDM Group, demonstrates that community roots are incredibly important.

Faith-based investors are natural leaders of the impact investing movement and we want to ensure they are fully equipped to reach their potential.

For an economy to function at its best, it needs to be equitable, dynamic, and resilient.

In the nonprofit space, we’re often making possible a fascinating and truly significant intangible known as life transformation. So how can we possibly measure people experiencing this kind of growth and development?

Does Jesus call everyone to leave their business or sell all they have to follow Him? No, certainly not. But He does call some people to that, and if He calls you there can be no room for deliberation, only counting the cost and immediately following Him.

What would you say if I told you that secular investors are far outpacing faith-based investors in the practice of impact investing?

Bentley says, “When you face a crisis, you have to ask yourself and your team, ‘What would the world lose if our company disappeared?’ For us, the answer is the heritage of a nation.

Venture capital is like a race car. With smooth, straight roads, good weather, and a pit crew, you can get places fast. It’s a beautiful vehicle designed for a very specific purpose under very specific circumstances. But too often, too many have copy-and-pasted it into other arenas too widely.

Listen as Eventide CEO Robin John explains how Eventide pursues the following investment ideals as we evaluate companies for our portfolios.

Companies large and small make a meaningful impact on the world, whether they want to or not. They employ hundreds, sometimes thousands and occasionally tens of thousands of people, while their services and products touch just as many, if not more.

Does this sound familiar? Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself. But why don’t we do it? Probably many reasons, but fear of risk and loss of control often keep us from moving forward and taking the next right step.

More than half of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, who make up the largest part of the population, are born into poverty, growing up in communities that visibly offer no hope, with few if any ethical role-models and mentors.

Hear the powerful story of successful Kingdom impact investing and community development in Philadelphia from Leonard Dow of Everence Financial.

Capital always has an agenda. Whether by design or default, explicit or subtle, positive or negative, the application of capital facilitates and drives a bigger agenda.

I believe that Christian business is called to attend to the welfare of the community within which it operates.

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.

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.

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.

Hear Andy Crouch, author and Partner at Praxis, share a redemptive model for investing.

Jeff Shafer and Jerome Garciano talk Opportunity Zones—what they are and why they matter for Faith Driven Investors.

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.

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.

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.