Faith-based investing has never been more ambitious but too many faith organizations struggle to express their values in their investments. Faith-based investing has long started from exclusion. Churches, mosques, synagogues and temples have kept their money out of tobacco, alcohol, gambling and weapons, often for generations, and for a long time that was largely the
Lauren brings institutional private credit and large-scale impact investment experience to the role; Paul O’Connell continues as CEO. WaterEquity recently announced that Lauren Ferstandig has been appointed President, effective October 1, 2026. Paul O’Connell, who has served as WaterEquity’s President and CEO since 2019, will continue as CEO. As President, Lauren will have responsibility for
For nearly 100 years, the historic James J. Hill Reference Library anchored the area overlooking Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Visitors entered the main space surrounded by shelves and shelves of books spanning three floors. Tall marble columns and massive wooden salon-style tables covered the main floor. Library workers would climb small spiral
When writing my book, Financially Unbroken for the Golden Years, one question kept resurfacing. Christians care about retirement and estate planning, but often don’t ask what their retirement money is actually doing. These are some of the most popular topics when I work with clients as well. The question is this: If we want to
In 1971, the Episcopal Church helped ignite the modern movement for shareholder activism. Holding just 0.004 percent of General Motors stock, the denomination filed a resolution calling on the company to cease operations in apartheid South Africa. It was supported by Dr. Leon Sullivan, GM’s first Black board member and a Philadelphia pastor. The resolution
I spent 4 years of my childhood in Kenya, where my parents worked at a mission school because they believed that was God’s calling on their lives. While there, I got a front-row view of suffering, looking into the eyes of kids my age living on the streets of Nairobi as they begged for money.
