ChristianAlts

Matt Johns
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ChristianAlts (formerly Purpose Driven Capital) explores private markets, alternative investments, and the ideas shaping capital allocation today.  Hosted by Matt Johns, the show features conversations with investors, operators, and business leaders on topics ranging from niche investment opportunities to market trends, stewardship, and long-term impact.  Thoughtful, grounded, and accessible, ChristianAlts brings a values-aware lens to private market investing without the noise, hype, or moralizing.   

  1. 2d ago

    Real Estate Investing: The Risk Most Christians Miss

    When it comes to christian real estate investing, most people stop at the numbers, the returns, the debt, the market. Nick Stromwall (Oak and Vine Capital, Rise48) argues Christians are missing the biggest risk in any deal: the character of the people actually running it. Nick's path started while working in campus ministry, wrestling with a real question: how do you build wealth without losing your marriage, your kids, and your community along the way? That question shaped a faith-driven approach to real estate built on stewardship rather than ownership, one that's produced a converted learning center in an Iowa apartment building and neighborhood serve days at Rise48 properties, complete with free food, prayer walks, and real connection with residents. In this conversation, Nick and Matt talk through what it actually looks like to vet an operator's heart alongside their financials: watching how someone treats a waiter, asking about their marriage, and one simple test, asking them to describe a deal that didn't go according to plan. Nick also shares his "buy box" framework for weighing financial return against real, tangible impact, and why he's upfront with investors that a deal could lose money entirely. This episode is about who you're actually trusting with your money, and why that matters more than the pro forma. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    Real Estate Investing: The Risk Most Christians Miss

  2. 5d ago

    A 30-Year Wall Street Veteran on What the Church Is Missing

    After 35-plus years on Wall Street, Roger Aguinaldo had a realization that reshaped his career: the Church is sitting on trillions of dollars, and almost none of it is actually managed by Catholic or Christian hands. In this conversation, Roger shares his own journey, from checking his faith at the door as a young Wall Street analyst, to converting to Catholicism through RCIA, to now leading the Catholic Faith Investors Summit and building faith-aligned investment vehicles through Farceels Capital and Pray Investment Management. Matt and Roger talk about what it actually means to think bigger, not just what the Church should avoid, but what it could own, build, and influence with the capital it already controls. Roger breaks down how faith-aligned investment products actually get built, the difference between negative screening and positive impact investing, and the real diligence criteria his team applies to private deals, how a company treats its employees, its customers, and its community. It's a practical look at what faith-driven stewardship actually looks like, not just in principle, but in practice. Learn more about the Catholic Faith Investors Summit at catholicfi.com. 📩 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter for more stories like this: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    A 30-Year Wall Street Veteran on What the Church Is Missing

  3. Aug 20

    What Islamic Banking Taught Me About Christian Money | Dr. Angela Thomas

    What can a banking system built on Islamic law teach a Christian investor about money? Dr. Angela Thomas, a German-born entrepreneur who relocated her life and business to Dubai, sits down with Matt to unpack the mechanics of Sharia-compliant finance, including how entire categories of business get excluded from the banking system on principle, not just preference. The conversation moves from banking structure into something more universal: trust. Angela shares what it actually takes to build a business in one of the highest-trust, highest-stakes environments in the world, and why she believes shortcuts simply don't exist, in finance or in life. For Christian investors and advisors thinking seriously about where conviction and capital intersect, this episode offers a rare outside perspective on a question our own tradition asks constantly: what should money be for? Subscribe to the Christian Alts newsletter for more conversations like this one, delivered straight to your inbox. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    What Islamic Banking Taught Me About Christian Money | Dr. Angela Thomas

  4. Aug 3

    He Went Broke for Jesus. Then Made $612 Million

    Every major Hollywood studio said no to this film. So the director spent $30 million of his own money, took a $0 salary, and structured a distribution deal that gave away almost none of the profits. It made $612 million worldwide. In this episode of Kingdom Builders, we break down how Mel Gibson self-funded The Passion of the Christ after every studio in Hollywood passed, the risk, the deal structure, and the grassroots campaign that sold out theaters before opening weekend. In this episode: Why Fox, Columbia, MGM, Paramount, Universal, Disney, and Warner Bros. all rejected the filmThe $20 million acting fee Gibson gave up to make itHow a 10% distribution deal beat the standard 30-50% studio cutThe theater buyout that became a viral moment before "viral" existedThe final numbers — and the $400 million personal payday nobody saw coming📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    He Went Broke for Jesus. Then Made $612 Million

  5. Jul 16

    The Psychology of Money: Financial Therapist Jennifer Edwards on Belief, Trauma, and Wealth

    Jennifer Edwards is a Certified Financial Therapist and founder of Breakthrough Financial Wellness, one of a small number of professionals in the country working at the intersection of psychology and personal finance. She joins Matt Johns for a conversation about why intelligence and discipline alone rarely fix someone's relationship with money. Jennifer explains the research behind why ninety percent of financial decisions are made emotionally and subconsciously, not logically, and walks through her framework for understanding financial behavior in layers, from societal and generational forces down to the belief systems formed in early childhood. She also gets into why the nervous system can respond to something as ordinary as checking a bank account the same way it responds to real danger, and how faith fits into working through all of it. If you have ever wondered why you keep repeating the same financial patterns despite knowing better, this conversation gets at the actual reason. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    The Psychology of Money: Financial Therapist Jennifer Edwards on Belief, Trauma, and Wealth

  6. Jul 11

    Someone Is Voting Your Stocks... And It’s Probably Not You | Jerry Bowyer

    Who is actually voting your shares? In this episode of ChristianAlts, Matt sits down with Jerry Bowyer to unpack the hidden world of proxy voting, Christian shareholder activism, and the quiet corporate battles happening inside some of the largest companies in America. Jerry explains why many Christian investors, advisors, churches, ministries, and institutions may not realize how their shares are being voted — or whether those votes actually reflect their convictions. He also shares the story behind major corporate engagements, including work with companies like JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, and others. The conversation covers why selling is not always the only answer, how shareholders can engage companies directly, what changed in corporate America after 2019, and why proxy voting may be one of the most overlooked tools investors have. Matt and Jerry also discuss Jerry’s background as a former Marxist, the rise of Christian shareholder engagement, the difference between values and virtues, AI-related corporate risks, and what everyday investors should ask their advisors, funds, churches, and institutions about how their money is being used. If you own stocks, invest through funds, work with an advisor, or give to an organization with assets, this conversation will help you think more carefully about stewardship, ownership, and influence. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    Someone Is Voting Your Stocks... And It’s Probably Not You | Jerry Bowyer

  7. Jun 25

    They Sacrificed the Real Economy And the Next Generation Is Paying the Price

    What if the financial system isn't broken, what if it's working exactly as designed, just not for you? Paul Musson spent over 30 years in the finance and investment industry, managing billions of dollars before leaving to write Capital Offense — a book and blog dedicated to explaining what's really happening inside the money system, and why most people are falling further behind despite working harder than ever. In this conversation, Paul breaks down the decisions made by central banks over the past two decades that deliberately drove asset prices higher — and why that choice, however well-intentioned, transferred enormous wealth from younger generations to those who already owned assets. The average age of a first-time homebuyer in America is now 40. That is not a coincidence. We cover: — Why Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke's policies sacrificed the real economy on the altar of higher asset prices — How the government extracts your capital through taxation, borrowing and money printing — and why most people never see it happening — The difference between money, capital and wealth — and why confusing them costs you — Why US interest payments now exceed the entire national defence budget — The K-shaped economy: the top 10% of Americans own 87% of all equities. The bottom 50% own 1% — Why Social Security is projected to be insolvent by 2032 — and why no politician will touch it — The role of education, empathy and grassroots demand in building a path forward — Why Paul ends every episode the same way: Be free. Do no harm. Paul is the author of Capital Offense and writes regularly at his blog of the same name. His work is essential reading for anyone trying to understand why the rules of the financial game seem to keep changing — and always in someone else's favour. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    They Sacrificed the Real Economy And the Next Generation Is Paying the Price

  8. Jun 19

    He Created $20B+ in Enterprise Value: What Itamar Novick Saw That Others Missed

    Itamar Novick has spent his career spotting opportunities before they became obvious. As an early executive at Life360, he helped scale the company from seed stage to IPO. Today, as founder of Recursive Ventures, he backs AI startups at the pre-seed and seed stage, often when the product, market, and business model are still taking shape. In this conversation, Matt Johns and Itamar explore why investors initially passed on Life360, what real user demand can reveal before consensus forms, and how Itamar evaluates founders when there is limited data and no certainty. They also discuss the current AI opportunity, the difference between infrastructure and application-layer investing, the risk of AI-related job disruption, and why human adaptation may be moving far more slowly than the technology itself. This episode is about capital allocation, founder judgment, conviction, and what serious investors can learn from the signals others overlook. 📌 Subscribe to our Youtube for new episodes:    / @ChristianAltsTV 📌 Join the ChristianAlts newsletter: https://newsletter.christianalts.com/ 📌 Follow on LinkedIn for investing insights:   / matthewbjohns    DISCLAIMER: This video represents the views and opinions of it's guest and does not reflect the views and opinions of HoneyHive Capital Partners LLC. Nothing in this video nor any communications from it should be treated as constituting financial, investment, legal, tax or other advice of any kind, or as a recommendation to buy or sell an interest with respect to any investment.

    He Created $20B+ in Enterprise Value: What Itamar Novick Saw That Others Missed
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ChristianAlts (formerly Purpose Driven Capital) explores private markets, alternative investments, and the ideas shaping capital allocation today.  Hosted by Matt Johns, the show features conversations with investors, operators, and business leaders on topics ranging from niche investment opportunities to market trends, stewardship, and long-term impact.  Thoughtful, grounded, and accessible, ChristianAlts brings a values-aware lens to private market investing without the noise, hype, or moralizing.   

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  • Creator
    Matt Johns
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 ChristianAlts
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