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How shall we then invest? | Practical steps toward building Kingdom equity.

Resources for Portfolio Screening:

• Pro Vita Advisors offers a free list of companies violating life-ethics VBI screens.
• My Investigator is a free online database with ethical research on corporations and mutual funds.
• eVALUEator has a database similar to My Investigator, sold to finanical advisers for $400 a year.
• MoneyAndValues.com gives free fund ethical reports if you agree to meet with a representative.
• Values Investment Forum is a leader in values-based investing research for institutional investors.
• American Values Investments are currently developing research on corporations with positive ethical behavior.
• Socrates is a leader in SRI research for institutional investors, by KLD & Co. Inc.
• Investor Responsibility Research Center is for institutional investors.

VBI Mutual Funds:

• Christian Stewardship Funds includes large-cap equity index, small-cap equity index, international equity, and bond index funds.
• Noah Fund is a large-cap growth fund.
• Shepherd Funds offers growth, small-cap, fixed-income, and international funds.
• Stewardship Partners includes international and global funds.
• Timothy Plan offers aggressive growth, large/mid-cap growth, small-cap values, large/mid-cap value, fised income, strategic growth, conservative growth, and money market funds.

Shareholder Action Resources:

• Pro Vita Advisors assists investors in the filing of life-ethics shareholder resolutions.
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is an association of 275 Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish institutional investors jointly advocating corporate ethical responsibility.
• Investor Responsibility Research Center provides research on corporate proxies for institutional investors.

Creative Investing Resources:

• Evangelical Christian Credit Union is a full-service commercial bank fulfilling unique evangelical needs.
• South Shore Bank of Chicago is the original community development bank.

Catholic Mutual Funds:

• Aquinas Funds offers growth, small-cap, fixed-income, and international funds.
• Ave Maria Catholic Values Fund offers small/mid/large-cap value fund.
• Catholic Values Investment Trust offers a large-cap growth fund.

Other Online Resources:

• Faithful Steward gives information and links (by Mary Nabor) to resources for all three facets of ethical investing.
• Values Investing has useful resources on VBI, provided by VIF.
• Social Invest is the official site of the Social Investment Forum, a nonprofit devoted
• Social Funds is the leader in up-to-date research and reporting on SRI.
• Responsible Shopper identifies corporations by their products. Also offers free SRI ethical reports.

Crosswalk.com's Money channel offers many resources for values-based investing.

Christianity Today's Weblogearlier noted corporate America's increasing involvement in pornography(exposed in a New York Times article) and the coalition of religious investors who are fighting AT&T.

Recent media coverage of socially responsible investing includes:

'Strive for more sustainable growth'— The New Straits Times Press (September 12, 2001)

Personal faith a growth factor in investing — Chicago Tribune (Sept. 9, 2001)

Putting Their Faith in Investment Choices — Los Angeles Times (Aug. 30, 2001)

Survey: Religion Affects Investing — Associated Press (Aug. 29, 2001)

Previous Christianity Todaystories about ethical investing include:

Ma Bell, Madam | Socially responsive investors question AT&T's trafficking in hardcore smut. (March 21, 2001)

Is the Stock Market Good Stewardship? | I see more of our Christian brothers investing in the market. Is this a healthy trend? (Nov. 1, 2000)

Pious Profits? | Socially responsible' investing grows popular. (Sept. 6, 1999)

Disney Boycott Gathers Steam | Organization holds rallies, asks people to dump their stock in Disney companies. (Oct. 6, 1997)

Holding Corporate America Accountable | Christians press for greater responsibility from businesses. (Oct. 28, 1996)

See our Money & Businessarea for recent Christianity Todaycoverage of ethical investing issues.

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September 3 2001, Vol. 45, No. 11