Keynote 1

Complete Financial Wellness for Ministry Leaders – Two men live on the same street, earn the same total pay, and own the same size house. One is a deacon. One is his pastor. Everything after that is different — what they owe, what comes out of their paychecks, what their housing costs them, and what their retirement savings are worth. This session walks six of those differences side by side, and shows why the people who administer clergy pay so consistently miss them.

Seth Scott | Shepherd’s Wallet

Breakouts

Session A

1) Unlocking Generosity with Bren Brown | Kingdom Architects

2) Balancing a Biblical HR Department with a Professional HR Department with Caleb Martin | Alliant HR Outsourcing

3) Ministry Payroll and Compliance with Sarah Barham | WatersEdge

Session B

1) Protecting the Mission: Church Insurance Challenges and Ways to Respond with Jeremy Welborn & Rodney Campbell | Welborn Insurance Solutions

2) How Ministers Are Taxed (and the Three Things Only They Can Fix) with Seth Scott | Shepherd’s Wallet

3) Internal Controls When Segregation is Hard with Brad Johnson| WatersEdge

Session C

1) AI in the Church: Wisdom, Risks, and Responsible Use with Nathan Sweaney | TU

2) Credit Cards: From Swipes to Financials with Kelsey Doughty | WatersEdge

3) Compensation Planning with Miguel Perez | GuideStone

Session D

1) Church Finance Essentials with Sarah Barham & Bobby Hart | WatersEdge

2) Protecting Church Finances, People, and Ministry with Gary Nickerson | WatersEdge

3) Church Administration for New Leaders with Joe Ligon & Thomas Jordan | Oklahoma Baptists

Keynote 2

Building Financially Healthy Churches – A church board knows how to steward a building. It inspects it, insures it, and budgets for its replacement. This session applies that same discipline to the one asset that does the work the church actually exists to do. We’ll work through what stewarding a pastor looks like in practice — the payroll corrections that cost nothing, the documentation that has a deadline this calendar year, and the compensation decisions that only the board can handle.

Seth Scott | Shepherd’s Wallet

*Option 1 for each breakout session is the session livestream attendees will be able to view. New for this year: All Breakouts Recorded

Beyond the main hall keynote and breakout sessions that virtual attendees will join live, every breakout is being recorded this year and made available to virtual attendees after the conference — so you can take in the ones you’re most interested in, on your own schedule.