Books and Publications
Black Churches Have Become Financial Planning Educators
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) foresaw the mortgage crisis that hit the U.S. in 2008 a number of years before anyone even suspected such a cataclysmic event would happen.
Within the African-American community, at any rate.
As far back as 2004, “our pastors were calling us up, concerned at the number of people buying houses and asking for dedications [a church blessing],” says Reverend Anthony Evans, NBCI's president. “They did not recall many of these individuals having steady and consistent employment and that set off a red flag.” Click here to read more ››
Michelle Singletary - The Color of Money
Michelle Singletary is a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post. Her column, "The Color of Money" is an award-winning column, which is now carried in about 120 newspapers across the country including the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Tampa Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer.
Black Church Consumer Index Survey Project (BCCIS)
The National Black Church Initiative's (NBCI) Black Church
Consumer Index Survey (BCCIS) is an innovative tool to track and
analyze up-to-date data covering our membership's interactions
with the market place. BCCIS enables NBCI to better understand
the behaviors and patterns corresponding to a wide array of
products and issues across our 34,000 churches and 15.7 million
members.
Why Don't More Financial Advisors Look Like Lazetta Braxton? - How to Address the Industry's Race Problem
More black families are entering the economic mainstream, have mor income and are saving for college and retirement.... They need advice and [the financial services industry] is passing up millions of dollars by not reaching out to them. -Rev. Anthony Evans
