Biblically Responsible Investing
13 exclusion categories drawn from biblical principles.
BRI is the Protestant Christian framework for stock screening. It excludes companies materially involved in 13 categories drawn from biblical teaching: abortion, adult entertainment, alcohol, anti-family content, anti-religious causes, cannabis, gambling, human rights violations, LGBTQ advocacy funding, predatory lending, pornography, tobacco, and weapons.
What it is
Biblically Responsible Investing emerged in the 1990s as Christian fund managers built screens around scripture. There is no single governing body, but the major BRI fund families converge on a similar list of exclusions.
Material involvement
Most BRI screens use a 5% revenue threshold for material involvement. A company that derives less than 5% of its revenue from a flagged category may still qualify, depending on the specific fund's policy.
Where Christians disagree
Some BRI screens are stricter on LGBTQ-related corporate giving than others. Some exclude all of Hollywood. Some focus narrowly on the abortion-pharma supply chain. We surface the screen results category by category so you can apply your own conscience.
Who uses it
- Eventide Gilead Fund (ETGLX)
- Inspire 100 ETF (BIBL)
- Timothy Plan funds
- GuideStone Funds
- Praxis Mutual Funds
Sources
- Eventide Funds investment philosophy
- Inspire Investing methodology
- Timothy Plan biblical responsibility filter
- GuideStone Funds investment guidelines
Type any ticker into the screener and see the Christian BRI verdict alongside the other 8 frameworks.
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