Faithful Investing: The Power of Decisive Action and Incremental Change
Brand: Church Publishing
Categories: Books, Christian Books & Bibles, Christian Living



Dimensions: 6 x 0.44 x 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1640652446
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1640652442
Publisher: Church Publishing
Print length: 176 pages
Publication date: January 17, 2020
subtitle: Paperback – January 17, 2020
author: Visit Amazon's James W. Murphy Page search results James W. Murphy Donald V. Romanik
review: Editorial Reviews Review Faithful Investing provides thoughtful insights and practical guidance from experts who daily navigate the multifaceted labyrinth of faith-based investing. The variety of approaches will assure congregations, organizations, and individuals at all levels of expertise and understanding that there are ways to synergize their resources and their heart-felt desires as followers of Jesus in ways that witness to the local, national, and global communities of which we are a part. --Marcia Shetler, Executive Director/CEO Ecumenical Stewardship Center This volume brings together essential information and important insights from across the ecumenical community that individuals and institutions in the Church can use as they seek to act consistently with their faith commitments in making decisions about financial assets and investments. Church investors can, with some study and thoughtful, prayerful consideration, make faithful choices about assets and investments and that there is no single answer: different investors of faith can come up with different decisions of faith. Give thanks for what Jim Murphy and the contributors have given us! --Bill McKeown, member, Episcopal Church's Task Force on Theology of Money I invite every Rector, Minister, Pastor, Finance Chair, and Investment Chair in charge of a congregation s endowment to buy and read Faithful Investing. This book will help them learn about SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) and ESG (Environmental Social Governance). Then they ll be able to examine their church s endowment policy and determine how it is making an impact regarding compassion and justice, based on Christian values. They can do this without neglecting their fiduciary responsibility for both growth and return. I learned a great deal about SRI and ESG! I am thankful to Jim Murphy and his fellow authors for this outstanding book. --Charles Cloughen, Jr., author of One Minute Stewardship: Creative Ways to Talk about Money in Church Review " Faithful Investing provides a wealth of information, resources and context on the evolving opportunities that faith-based organizations have to invest in ways that more closely align with their respective missions and values. I highly recommend it for stewards of capital looking to navigate this important but sometimes complex path." ―Meredith Jenkins, Chief Investment Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street About the Author JAMES W. MURPHY , a Certified Fund Raising Executive, is Managing Program Director at the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) . Active in ecumenical collaborations, he works with congregations, dioceses, and other Episcopal organizations to grow their endowments and develop their planned giving programs and various philanthropic efforts and resources. He holds a Masters in Christian Spirituality from General Theological Seminary, and a Bachelors from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He is a member of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York (PPGGNY). He lives in New Jersey. DONALD V. ROMANIK has been President of the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) since 2005. Formerly, he has served as an attorney in both government and private practice and has been active in civic, charitable, and religious organizations. A strong advocate of the ministry of all the baptized, Donald frequently writes and speaks on topics relating to leadership and resource development for Episcopal organizations, working to develop new models of lay+clergy partnerships and effective leadership teams to empower future leaders for a changing church. He lives in New York. Greg Rousos is president of New Covenant Trust Company and executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Presbyterian Foundation. Katie McCloskey is the director of social responsibility for United Church Funds, which invests on behalf of United Church of Christ churches and institutions. She has convened the Jubilee Assembly, an interfaith group of investors searching for impact investing opportunities. She lives in New York, New York. Byrd Bonner is former president of the UMC Foundation and a licensed Texas attorney in private practice in family law and child protection. He served as the president/CEO of the United Methodist Church Foundation from 2000 to 2017. Byrd served the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility as vice chair of the board of directors, and as chair of its investment committee and development committee. He remains an individual member of the Socially Responsible Investment Coalition, and chairs the board of his local United Methodist congregation’s foundation in San Antonio, Texas. Read more