In 1989, Liberty Trust had its first public introduction at a Whakatane Christian Fellowship Sunday morning service. I was 22 and had no intention of purchasing a house in the near future. The prospect of saving packets of money in mortgage interest payments was a long distant benefit. The appeal of signing up for a weekly twenty-dollar contribution that might save me money was mainly in being part of something that would produce a pool of money at work in and for the kingdom of God. That was the deal I bought into when signing up with the first hundred-or-so contributors that became the pioneers.