What is Faith-based Investing?

What is Faith-Based Investing?

Let’s start with the basics.

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is an investment strategy which seeks to consider financial return and a positive social benefit.

Christian SRI is called Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) or Faith-Based Investing. Faith-Based Investing considers the investor’s financial return and aligns their investment decisions with their Christian values.

Faith-based funds are the individual mutual funds or ETFs that are managed with a faith-based perspective. There are a growing number of investment managers focusing on this important area. 

They avoid companies that manufacture or distribute things such as:

  • alcohol

  • anti-family entertainment

  • tobacco

  • gambling

  • and/or other potentially offensive practices.


Today, biblically responsible or faith-based funds are the fastest growing subset of the socially responsible investing category. Only a short time ago, many plan providers didn't recommend them because of their poor market performance and their high fees. Now, the fund performance and fees have improved significantly.

Is Faith-Based Investing Right for you?

As Christians, we are called to be wise stewards of our money. It is our desire to honor God in the everything we do. Because of that, many Christians choose to align their investments with their values. You can learn more about our faith-based investment options by contacting an Envoy Financial Specialist at 888-879-1376.

At Envoy we understand that you want to align your Christian values and beliefs with your investments. That’s why we provide the new FaithBased IRA. Contact us with any questions, or start now by opening and funding your IRA completely online.

How Do You Match Your Values With Your Investing?

What is Faith-Based Investing?

As Christians, it’s important to take a stand on our beliefs. Many of us will not support certain organizations, politicians, or groups of people based on what they stand for. We may even back away from a friendship because we don’t agree with the actions of our friend.

But what about your money? Have you ever thought about what your investments are supporting? Today, many people are starting to pay more attention to the investments they support and are looking for ethical, responsible, and impactful investing. They want their investment strategy to align with their personal beliefs. This could be everything from environmental sustainability to family values or religious beliefs. This is called Biblically Responsible Investing or Faith-Based Investing. The secular term for it is Socially Responsible Investing.

Where do you begin when you’re looking to support investments that align with your beliefs?

Take a minute and answer these important questions:

  • What are you for?

  • What matters to you?

  • What are you against?

  • What do you want to promote?

Now you can decide what companies you want to stand behind. Do your research. Don’t invest in something if you don’t feel comfortable doing so. Today, more and more people are equally as concerned about standing behind a company that supports their beliefs as they are growing their nest egg.

At Envoy, our mission is to provide business excellence with a Kingdom Purpose. To learn more about our faith-based IRA, contact us today!