In Good Faith is a new blog from MMA designed to share some of the joys and trials, challenges and opportunities of the “holy”, complex task we call stewardship investing.

MMA is a faith-based organization that helps people manage resources in ways that honor God through our professional expertise in insurance and financial services. Rooted in the Anabaptist faith tradition, MMA offers practical stewardship education and tools to individuals, congregations, and organizations.

MMA has been involved in faith-based, socially responsible investing for more than 60 years. The conviction to connect our faith and values with our investment decisions has come naturally–an outgrowth of the Anabaptist commitment to applying faith to all of life–but has changed greatly over time.

In 2007, MMA remains committed to living out our stewardship investing philosophy in our many, diverse products and services. MMA’s mission is to “help God’s people manage God’s resources in ways that honor God.” It is a bold undertaking with many facets and opportunities for disappointment. Our constituency holds diverse perspectives, both within and beyond the Anabaptist faith community. Their financial and product needs are equally complex. It has therefore been the process–not the position–that has been of utmost importance in our efforts. A desire to be “faithful” over the need to be inescapably “right.” Our Stewardship Investing Core Values are then designed to help us shape the proper questions rather than specify every answer.

So we invite you to join us, in good faith, on this journey of stewardship investing. May our interaction enrich our understanding of faithful stewardship in the modern social and investing environment which we have been given.

Mark Regier, Stewardship Investing Services Manager,
mark.regier@mma-online.org

Chris Meyer, Stewardship Investing Research Specialist,
chris.meyer@mma-online.org