The Steward Investor

Investing God’s Resources
for Eternal Impact

By Donald E. Simmons, CFP®

The Steward Investor takes us beyond basic financial principles to where we become fiduciaries who own nothing but manage everything to achieve the redemptive objectives of God, the True Owner. Using scripture and real-world examples, Don helps us discover a different and dynamic way to invest. He identifies scriptures that caution against investment practices that are contrary to God’s design for capital and points us in a direction that aligns our investments with Kingdom of Heaven objectives.

He challenges modern temporal financial planning constructs, like maximizing personal financial returns and minimizing personal risk, and leads Christians to optimize positive investment outcomes for all stakeholders, including employees, the community, and the planet, for eternity. Don’s own engaging and inspiring journey will challenge readers to change direction with their investments and start their own path toward investing for eternal impact as God’s steward investor.

Q&A video with Don Simmons, where he shares why he wrote The Steward Investor, who it’s written for, and how it could change the world.

What People are Saying

  • This book provides a framework that has the power to help transform our minds from the patterns of the world to those of God’s Kingdom economy. Don brings unique insight into the powerful patterns that animate personal financial decisions, even among the most generous Christ followers, especially as it pertains to investments, a practice few consider a spiritual pursuit. Don seeks to change that. I look forward to seeing the ripple effect of wealth deployed by those made newly aware of the powerful force for good they wield when making strategic Kingdom investments in real enterprises going about their Father’s business in some of the toughest environments around the world.

    — Rachel Rose Nelson
    Former Executive Director, Freedom Business Alliance

  • This is a book about stewardship on a completely other level than we are used to hearing as Christians. Simmons invites us to see ourselves as “oikonomos” or steward-investors. Many of us who consider ourselves “ordinary Christians” may not think ourselves wealthy, let alone put ourselves in the category of “investor” and may mistakenly feel this book is directed at someone else. But the truth is that we are investors if we’ve got money in the bank and this book has much to say to us.

    — Jo Plummer
    Co-Chair, Business as Mission Global, Thailand

  • This small book packs a huge punch! It is a potential game-changer for thousands of Christ-followers who are serious about loving the world in the name of Jesus, and who perceive that the financial resources placed in their care by God are not theirs but His.

    — Peter Shaukat
    Co-founder of a UK-based Global Economic Development Fund

  • The Steward Investor is one of the only resources I have ever seen that discusses how to steward investments so that they are aligned with God’s Great Commission objectives. For too long our investment portfolios have looked all too normal. I pray this book challenges your mind and heart to rearrange your investment portfolio so that it includes distinctly missional businesses across the globe.

    — Ryan Crozier
    Founder of Good Bureau, Bucharest, Romania

  • This book is dynamite. It will cause explosions in many peoples’ lives and so it should come with a health (comfort) warning. It will play a big part reshaping my own investment portfolio.

    — Malcolm Johnston
    Partner, Angello, Belfast City, Northern Ireland

  • In The Steward Investor is a must-read for any Christ follower who wants to heed the imperative to build one’s treasure in heaven.

    — Dodd Roberts
    Director, Halbert Center for Missions and Global Service, Abilene Christian University

  • The Steward Investor is the most comprehensive book I have read that encourages Christians to invest differently than our secular counterparts.

    — Greg Lernihan
    Faith Driven Investor, Co-Founder of Convergint Technologies

  • As a Christian who has worked in the technology sector for over twenty years, I’ve long wrestled with how to use the talents and prosperity God has given me to be a blessing to others. In The Steward Investor, financial advisor Don Simmons develops the idea of stewardship and shows what it means to invest in the kingdom of God … thoughtfully, deliberately and holistically for both local and global impact. Great book with fantastic examples.

    — Anthony K.
    CTO of a technology incubator in Silicon Valley

  • Until now, there hasn’t been such a compelling articulation of how investing in redemptive businesses allows us to be ambassadors for Christ. “The mandate of the Lord’s fiduciary is to deploy resources to fulfill His purposes as laid out in the Great Commission and Great Commandment.” For me, accepting this challenge looks like a better route to one day hearing, “well done, good and faithful servant.”

    — David Simms
    Founder and Managing Partner, Talanton Fund

  • There are many books on stewardship as it relates to giving to donor based ministries like churches and mission agencies. But, until now, I’ve not seen a book about stewardship as it relates to investing. Don Simmons opens our eyes to seeing the Big Picture and what it means to be God’s Fiduciary in literally all aspects of our finances. Don comes at this question from decades as a successful financial planner, investor, and passionate follower of Jesus.

    — Mike Baer
    CEO, Third Path Initiative

  • Rather than relying on existing options, this challenge to invest in Kingdom businesses should drive us all to create, enable, and support profitable companies that holistically transform the world. We say all “our money is His,” so invest like it’s His and build companies that let others do the same.

    — Matt Hangen
    President and CEO of Water4

  • Don Simmon’s book is engaging on a topic extremely relevant for all followers of Christ: how do we thoughtfully steward everything we have so God is delighted and people’s lives are transformed due to our obedience? Written in such a personal way that couples could study it together, families could discuss its implications and small groups could use it for a deep dive on maximizing their impact for God.

    — Randy Dirks, Ph.D.
    Senior Stewardship Advisor at Bethany International

  • You’ve never met an investment advisor like Don Simmons! The Steward Investor will challenge you to live as God’s fiduciary and invest in Kingdom businesses in the world’s hardest frontier markets.

    — Matthew Rohrs
    CEO, Sinapis, Kenya

  • In The Steward Investor, Don Simmons does a terrific job of illustrating the impact Kingdom investing can have on the world. His ability to integrate the impact of real-life stories, coupled with applicable Biblical references, will make every reader think twice about their own investment strategy. Don illustrates without question that he truly “walks the talk” with his own finances. His transparency regarding this subject is refreshing, and I am confident the book will impact every reader in a positive way…both personally and for the Kingdom as well.

    — Robert Bush
    Managing Director, IBEC Ventures

  • Don’s work is timely and poignant. Young people are hungry to understand solid biblical financial wisdom. They understand investing and want to do so more responsibly. There is a call amongst this generation to be stewards of our resources and to make financial decisions that align with people and planet, along with profit. The Steward Investor will encourage God’s people to help the poor, pursue justice, seek solutions, and create a better world (“Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…”). I can’t wait to integrate this book into my teaching on personal finance.

    — Ervin Starr, Ph.D.
    Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Business, Roberts Wesleyan College

About the Author

Donald E. Simmons, CFP®

Don is a thirty-year veteran investment advisor and CFP® Professional managing nearly a quarter billion dollars of assets through the boutique investment firm he founded in 1988. Don knows about the power of using investment capital to build people and communities through transformational businesses.  He served with a London-based economic development fund where he coordinated a global management team that deployed dozens of mentors and coaches as well as financial capital to businesses in more than twenty countries among the most impoverished communities in the world.  

For individuals, Don combines his expertise in portfolio asset allocation, his diligent study of the Scriptures regarding our role as stewards of God’s money, and his passion to teach people the power their assets can have when deployed to expand God’s kingdom.  

Don has been married to Amy since 1989. Their home in upstate New York is a hub of activity for their four children and a steady stream of guests. In addition to family, Don’s passions include flying an antique (1948) seaplane, cooking pizza in his wood-fired pizza oven, and serving as a board member for numerous charities

Introducing
The Steward Investor Masterclass

Discover a Better Way to Invest

Not only does The Steward Investor Masterclass educate in the what and why of eternally-driven investing, but we also provide the how. 

Learn how to position your investment portfolio for financial return with eternal impact. This 9-week course is based on Donald Simmons’ book, “The Steward Investor”. Along the way, you will learn from industry experts about exciting opportunities available to investors in:

  • Faith-driven private equity and venture capital funds

  • Biblical values alignment in publicly-traded stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and EFTs

  • Impact investing in frontier markets around the world, and so much more!

Most investors seek temporal gain focused on their own personal goals. A committed follower of Christ should also consider the eternal implications of their investments and invest differently than a person who has no interest in seeing God’s Kingdom advanced on earth.

— DONALD SIMMONS, AUTHOR OF THE STEWARD INVESTOR