Discover God's Story for Investing
In this course for Christian wealth managers, you will learn to understand and practice biblically faithful investing while finding joy and purpose in your calling.
Course Curriculum
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Lesson 1 | The World's Story for Investing: The Problem
Learn to discern the story of the world. How did we get here? What are the dangers of investing just like the world?
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Lesson 2 | God's Story for Investing: Good Products
We look to the creation account in Genesis to understand God's story for work and its implications for business and investing. What does the Bible have to say about the products of a business?
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Lesson 3 | God's Story for Investing: Good Practices
We look back at the creation account to understand the social nature of work in God's design. How should this lead us to think about the practices of a business?
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Lesson 4 | God's Story for Investing: Good Profits
Understand the gift of wealth creation and its proper place within God's world. Are all profits good? Can profits become an idol?
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Lesson 5 | Living Out God's Story: Putting It Into Practice
Learn how to live out God's story for investing in your wealth management practice. What are the most important steps to getting started? What resources and tools are available to help us move toward God's story for investing?
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Lesson 6 | Living Out God's Story: Sharing With Clients
Learn how you can explain God's story for investing to your clients in language that they will both understand and find attractive.
What you will gain from this intensive:
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Understanding of the distinctives of faithful investing from the biblical story
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Resources on putting the theology into practice, including a list of faith-based funds, screeners, TAMPs, consultants, and firms that specialize in faith-based investing
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A "Christian Theology of Investing" certificate
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A white-labeled presentation deck you can use to share God's Story for Investing with your clients
Graduate Testimonials
"All financial advisors who consider themselves to be Christians should take this course to go deeper into the truth of God's story for investing. The course is incredibly insightful and will edify advisors and grow them in their personal walk with God through the journey of faith-based investing. Additionally, it will equip them with the tools necessary to implement and share Biblically faithful investing with clients, prospects, and anyone they engage with." (1)
"This course gives a robust theological framework for how Christians should engage with investing. I think it's crucial for any Christian advisor to understand the creation mandate we have as believers and how this pervades every aspect of our work. This course is not only biblically rich but gives practical tools for how to implement and have conversations with your clients about this topic. You will leave feeling refreshed and encouraged!" (2)
"Jason presented the deeply researched content in a very thoughtful and compelling way. The course does an exceptional job of laying out God's design for business and investing and provides actionable steps for advisors to take in response.” (3)
Instructor
Executive Director of ECFI Jason Myhre
Jason Myhre is the Executive Director of the Eventide Center for Faith & Investing, an educational initiative of Eventide Asset Management to help Christians understand and practice biblically faithful investing. He is also a Founding Member of Eventide Asset Management, an investment firm providing values-based investments rooted in a biblical worldview.
Outside his work at Eventide, Jason serves as a Fellow of the Center for Faithful Business at Seattle Pacific University. He also facilitates the Capital Stewardship Hub of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology.
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1. Endorsement provided by Nolan Dill, who received a discount for participation in ECFI’s Discover God’s Story for Investing course in the amount of $247.50 as a standard discount offered to members of the National Association of Christian Financial Advisors. Eventide prohibits discounts from being based on assets under management or for consideration of testimonials or endorsements and maintains policies and procedures to help ensure only appropriate criteria are considered in offering discounts. An endorsement, as defined by the Investment adviser marketing rule § 275.206(4), is a statement made by a person that is not a current client or private fund investor that indicates approval, support, or recommendation of the investment adviser or its supervised persons or describes that person's experience with the investment adviser or its supervised persons, directly or indirectly solicits any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser, or refers any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser.
2. Endorsement provided by Kyle Hurt, who received a discount for participation in ECFI’s Discover God’s Story for Investing course in the amount of $247.50 as a standard discount offered to members of the Kingdom Advisors organization. Eventide prohibits discounts from being based on assets under management or for consideration of testimonials or endorsements and maintains policies and procedures to help ensure only appropriate criteria are considered in offering discounts. An endorsement, as defined by the Investment adviser marketing rule § 275.206(4), is a statement made by a person that is not a current client or private fund investor that indicates approval, support, or recommendation of the investment adviser or its supervised persons or describes that person's experience with the investment adviser or its supervised persons, directly or indirectly solicits any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser, or refers any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser.
3. Endorsement provided by Candi Glazebrook, who received a discount for participation in ECFI’s Discover God’s Story for Investing course in the amount of $247.50 as a standard discount offered to members of the Kingdom Advisors organization. Eventide prohibits discounts from being based on assets under management or for consideration of testimonials or endorsements and maintains policies and procedures to help ensure only appropriate criteria are considered in offering discounts. An endorsement, as defined by the Investment adviser marketing rule § 275.206(4), is a statement made by a person that is not a current client or private fund investor that indicates approval, support, or recommendation of the investment adviser or its supervised persons or describes that person's experience with the investment adviser or its supervised persons, directly or indirectly solicits any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser, or refers any current or prospective client or investor to be a client of, or an investor in a private fund advised by, the investment adviser.