Honoring a Legacy
For the Legacy Network of Larry Burkett (1939–2003)
The Kingmaker Letter
Larry Burkett planted something in 1976 that has grown into the largest Christian financial ecosystem on earth. National Christian Foundation — $25 billion granted. Crown Financial Ministries — reaching millions through 1,100+ radio stations. Kingdom Advisors — 4,000+ certified advisors with access to $22 trillion in Christian-held assets.
He taught one principle above all others: "God owns everything. We are stewards, not owners."
That principle has guided the deployment of more Christian capital than any single teaching in modern history. But it was forged in an era before artificial intelligence. Before algorithms decided what people see, believe, and buy. Before technology became the most powerful force shaping human behavior on earth.
The foundation Larry laid now needs an intelligence layer — one built on the same stewardship principles, the same biblical financial theology, the same conviction that God owns it all.
Including AI.
— Carter Hill, Founder & CEO, Day 7 PBC
The Pearl
Kingdom Advisors identified a staggering gap: Christians hold $22 trillion in public markets, yet only ~$170 billion is deployed in faith-based investments. That's less than 1%.
Now add this reality: every financial advisor, every investment platform, every analytical tool these Christians use runs on AI systems built by companies with no alignment to biblical stewardship principles.
Genesis changes this equation. Sovereign AI — built on truth, structured as a Public Benefit Corporation, designed to serve human flourishing — becomes the intelligence layer that helps steward those $22 trillion according to Kingdom principles.
Larry Burkett warned against dependence on worldly financial systems. The principle is the same: "Don't be unequally yoked to systems that don't share your values." That applies to technology infrastructure as much as banking.
The Master's Voice
Matthew 25:21
The Urgency
AI is reshaping every financial institution on earth right now. Robo-advisors. Algorithmic trading. Automated financial planning. Every one of these systems is being built by Big Tech companies whose incentive is extraction, not stewardship.
Within 18 months, the AI infrastructure that powers financial services will harden. The companies building it now will shape how money moves — and whose values guide those movements — for decades.
The Burkett legacy network has the influence, the institutional infrastructure, and the financial theology to ensure sovereign AI serves stewardship principles. NCF's impact investing program. Crown's educational reach. Kingdom Advisors' 4,000-strong professional network.
The question is whether these institutions engage with AI sovereignty now — while the architecture is still being decided — or after Big Tech has locked in its extraction model permanently.
The Proof
Genesis is not speculation. It's a functioning sovereign AI system, built with the same fiscal discipline Larry Burkett taught — no debt, no compromise, no shortcuts.
The Contrast
The Root System — Your Domain in the Organism
Genesis is architected as a living organism — with body systems that each serve a purpose. The brain reasons. The skeleton supports. The nervous system signals.
The root system is the foundation everything grows from. It draws nutrients from deep soil. It provides stability that withstands storms. It connects what's visible above ground to what sustains it below.
Larry Burkett planted roots that have sustained the entire Christian financial ecosystem for forty years. NCF. Crown. Kingdom Advisors. Thousands of churches teaching biblical finance. Millions of families living debt-free.
Genesis needs those same roots — the theological grounding, the institutional trust, the practitioner network, the stewardship philosophy — to ensure sovereign AI grows from the right soil.
What the Legacy Receives
For NCF: A venture-worthy, mission-aligned enterprise for impact investing portfolios. Sovereign AI infrastructure structured as a Public Benefit Corporation — exactly the model NCF's impact program supports.
For Crown Financial: AI-powered biblical financial education at scale. Genesis can power tools that teach Crown principles to the next generation — reaching them where they live.
For Kingdom Advisors: Sovereign AI tools that help 4,000+ advisors serve clients according to biblical principles — without depending on Big Tech platforms.
For the Christian Economic Forum: A tangible, investable, already-built example of faith-aligned AI technology — ready for the HNW community to evaluate and deploy capital into.
The Invitation
I'm seeking conversations with those who carry Larry Burkett's mantle — Rob West at Kingdom Advisors, Chuck Bentley at Crown Financial, Jay Bennett and Kyle DeFur at NCF — to explore how Genesis serves the stewardship mission.
The ask is not primarily financial. It's relational. It's an invitation to evaluate whether sovereign AI built on stewardship principles belongs in the ecosystem Larry Burkett spent his life building.
God owns it all. Including AI. The question is who stewards it.
Start the Conversation"God owns everything. We are stewards, not owners." — Larry Burkett (1939–2003)