GuideStone’s inaugural Kingdom Impact Report highlights more ways Christians can help transform the world

GuideStone’s impact investing initiatives made significant contributions across a range of global ministry areas last year, with results highlighted in its inaugural, just-released 2023 Kingdom Impact Report. 

Selected impact highlights include:

• $376,000 donated to Christian ministries through the end of 2023 focusing on the Kingdom impact themes of The Sanctity of Life and Spreading the Gospel
• Helping provide access to clean water for 5 million people across Asia, Latin America and Africa through GuideStone’s investment in WaterEquity’s Global Access Fund via U.S. International Development Corporation Bonds
• Supporting Christ-centered education through Christian universities and charter schools
• Investing in housing for individuals with cognitive disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder and individuals recovering from addictions

GuideStone’s impact investing initiatives are designed to support God’s Kingdom and drive transformation and restoration through the power of Christian investing.

As part of a Kingdom impact strategy, GuideStone® established the GuideStone Impact Equity Fund and the GuideStone Impact Bond Fund, two mutual funds offering investors an opportunity to be more proactive and make a difference in the world with their investment dollars while preparing them for their financial future.

GuideStone has committed to donating 20% of the management fee revenue earned from both impact funds to Christian ministries that promote the Kingdom impact themes of The Sanctity of Life and Spreading the Gospel.

“We live in a broken, fallen world in dire need of restoration and transformation,” said Brandon Pizzurro, Chief Investment Officer for GuideStone and President of GuideStone Capital Management, LLC. “Through Kingdom impact investing, we can mobilize the collective power of faith-focused investors as well as other associated efforts to multiply and accelerate the impact to so many companies and ministries doing Kingdom work on the front lines. We can bring help, healing and hope to so many in a way that honors their dignity and potential.”

Bolstering its impact investing efforts, GuideStone has materially enhanced its corporate engagement strategy by taking proxy voting in-house in mid-2023 for GuideStone Mutual Funds, while also strengthening its ongoing efforts to encourage and engage directly with companies’ management teams to advocate for practices aligned with shareholders’ values. In doing so, GuideStone is seeking to protect Christians’ access to goods and services, among other objectives.