Why should economics be a matter of faith and practice for Christians? How can we privilege community over capital in our daily lives? What would it look like to build Sabbath economics into our personal giving, earning, banking, and investing? Dig into these questions and more when you join Faith and Money Network leaders in 2023 for an eight-month commitment to exploring the seven principles   [Read More …]

In October 2022, Faith and Money Network relaunched our Trips of Perspective with a visit to Wise County, VA, to learn about the devastating effects of mountaintop removal and how local leaders are organizing for racial, environmental and economic justice.   [Read More …]

Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on a Trip of Perspective to Central Appalachia this fall (Oct. 20-23) to Wise County, Va. to learn about the devastating effects of mountaintop removal and how local leaders are organizing for environmental and economic justice. We'll spend two days listening and building relationships with friends from Southern Appalachian Mountain   [Read More …]

Over the last ten years, the Exodus story of the manna jar and God’s provision for the Hebrew people escaping slavery in Pharaoh’s Egypt has become a powerful metaphor in the teaching ministry of Faith and Money Network. (Read more about this “living symbol” in this reflection by Paul Taylor and Lee Van Ham.) Through an arrangement with Kentucky artist and potter Mitchell Rickman, you can now   [Read More …]

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and Faith and Money Network’s own reckoning with a commitment to racial equity, the organization has committed to moving money to Hope Credit Union, a Black-led, government-insured financial institution based in Jackson, Mississippi. Faith and Money Network director Mike Little and board member Andy Loving of Just Money Advisors invite you to   [Read More …]

A trip to the emergency room. An unexpected death in the family. The loss of a job.  It’s moments like these that people often turn to crowdfunding websites, hoping friends, strangers, and neighbors will hear their story and respond with aid. Sometimes, people do. And once the goal is met, the page comes down.  But there are many needs that never make it on these pages. Needs that   [Read More …]

For years, purchasing a house has been intertwined with the vision of the “American dream.” A home was originally a place for putting down roots and raising families, a symbol of a promised future. Later, homeownership became an encouraged financial investment in a burgeoning market. Yet many Americans today don’t own homes and even more worry they never will. While the homeownership rate has   [Read More …]

When most people think of church and money, they often see offering plates and giving campaigns. But when Rev. Dr. Sidney Williams, Jr. talks about the church and money, he starts with a vision. “If God gives you a vision, it always exceeds your resources,” Williams said. “If it’s a vision that you came up with, you can probably fund it. But if it's a God-sized vision, there's no way you're   [Read More …]