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Christian Financial Advisors

New Braunfels, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 165811

Filed as CHRISTIAN FINANCIAL ADVISORS · Legal name Christian Investment Advisors, Inc.

Christian Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New Braunfels, TX, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$218,723,686
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Christian Financial Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Christian Financial Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Christian Financial Advisors located?

Christian Financial Advisors' principal office is in New Braunfels, TX, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Christian Financial Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Christian Financial Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 165811.

How much does Christian Financial Advisors manage?

Christian Financial Advisors reports $218,723,686 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Christian Financial Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Christian Financial Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $114,727,735 in the October 2021 data and $218,723,686 in the October 2026 data, up 91%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Christian Financial Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (393); high net worth individuals (86).

Which custodians does Christian Financial Advisors use?

Christian Financial Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Christian Financial Advisors report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/165811

Does Christian Financial Advisors state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 16, 2026 says: "CFA generally imposes a minimum account size of $5,000 for establishing a relationship. This can be waived at our sole discretion."

What changed in Christian Financial Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $187,693,592 to $218,723,686 (+17%). Registered or notice-filed in KS, MO, OH.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $5,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
CFA generally imposes a minimum account size of $5,000 for establishing a relationship. This can be waived at our sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 16, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$218,723,686

$218,723,686 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $218,723,686.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 393 Assets $115,015,351 (53%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 86 Assets $103,708,335 (47%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Christian Investment Advisors, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Land O Lakes, FL
States registered or notice-filed
11 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$115M 2021 $149M 2022 $140M 2023 $171M 2024 $188M 2025 $219M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$218,723,6869March 16, 2026
October 2025$187,693,5929March 28, 2025
October 2024$171,448,6659March 28, 2024
October 2023$139,510,72811August 29, 2023
October 2022$149,475,0977June 30, 2022
October 2021$114,727,7355September 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $114,727,735 in the October 2021 data and $218,723,686 in the October 2026 data, up 91%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $187,693,592 to $218,723,686 (+17%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in KS, MO, OH.
  2. November 2025
    • Added an office in Land O Lakes, FL.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
christianfinancialadvisors.comchristianfinancialpodcast.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Christian Financial Advisors (CRD 165811): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/christian-financial-advisors-new-braunfels-tx-165811