Finance for Ministry Leaders
Read the statements. Build the budget. Steward the resources.
About this subject
Students learn budgeting, cash flow management, reading financial statements, financial governance, funding models for churches and nonprofits, generosity culture, building toward mortgage neutrality, and the basics of personal financial health for ministry leaders. Building on the personal finance preview from Year 1's LD102, this subject goes organisational — how to steward a church's resources with wisdom, transparency, and missional intentionality.
What you walk away with
- Read and interpret a basic set of church financial statements
- Build a ministry budget that reflects missional priorities
- Design a generosity culture strategy for a local church
- Articulate the principles of financial governance and accountability in a ministry context
- Evaluate funding models for churches at different stages of development
12-Lesson Outline
Lesson-by-lesson breakdown publishing soon.