Resources from Anabaptist Financial
Download the 2025 Stewardship Resources Catalog
Anabaptist Financial provides financial education that is consistent with conservative Anabaptist belief and values. We intend to provide families and businesspeople with teaching on stewardship principles that inspires and transforms our attitudes and practices regarding the management of our God-given resources. In this catalog, you will find business articles, seminar recordings, business management tools, family finance budgeting tools, and other resources covering areas of business and financial stewardship.
For a full list of resources for business, visit our Resources for Business.
You Don’t Have to Run it by Yourself
Indiana Business Seminar 2025
You don’t have to run it by yourself, neither do you want to. Learn to delegate. Surround yourself with people who will help you. If you don’t want to run it by yourself, you must be the kind of person whom people enjoy helping.
The History and Potential of our Work Ethic
Indiana Business Seminar 2025
Throughout history, the Anabaptist people have generally been known to be industrious and hardworking. How did this trait of a good work ethic develop? Has it always been positive and Godhonoring? Will this part of our culture be a blessing or a curse in the future?
Contentment, Capacity, and Growth
Indiana Business Seminar 2025
If you provide your customers with quality products and service at a fair price, you will very likely face the question of how to best manage growth. This session examines how to channel potential growth to benefit the Kingdom. Responsibly managed growth does not have to come at the expense of your spiritual life, family,…
Ethical Marketing and Sales Techniques
Indiana Business Seminar 2025
Building trust and authenticity into our marketing model is imperative to our success as a company and to our witness as a Christian business community. Do we know our target audience? Does our branding and sales model accurately portray our product and service? Can we market in a way that stimulates interest in potential customers…
Business Startup and Planning
Kentucky Business Seminar 2025
Are you preparing to start a business? Not there yet, but considering? Do you wonder if business ownership is right for you? Does small business fit your Anabaptist lifestyle? If any of these resonate, this topic is for you. Discover the challenges and rewards of piloting a family business.
Where is the Money
Kentucky Business Seminar 2025
How much money came in? Where did it go? How much is left? Cash flow is vital to business survival. This segment will explain the relationship between profit and cash and review the potential cash traps that are often overlooked.
Resolving Conflict
Kentucky Business Seminar 2025
Conflict is common. Certainly, businesses know the challenge of maintaining harmonious and respectful relationships. In this session, we will not only consider ways to resolve conflicts but also explore how we can prevent dissensions in the first place.
Christian Stewardship in an Age of Excess
Kentucky Business Seminar 2025
What is the purpose and mission of Christ’s followers? This topic will challenge fathers to take their responsibility seriously in providing a spiritually safe environment for their families, both in work and recreational settings. Smaller family-owned farms and businesses will be encouraged. Church involvement in helping make wise financial decisions will be highlighted. Godly simplicity…
For a full list of resources for families, visit our Resources for Family Finance.
Surviving Prosperity as a Church
Can our churches survive the gales of consumerism, materialism, and instant gratification that comes with prosperity? How does the influence of Pietism and Fundamentalism affect our ability to survive as a church? This is the last and final article of a 4-part series on Surviving Prosperity.
Do What Is Right
Correcting your mistakes can be hard. Thankfully for Amos, his father was a good role model in doing what was right.
Proactive Leadership
We desire that our churches demonstrate Jesus to our local communities through our businesses and use of material resources. We want our daily lives, our purchasing choices, and our business operations to provide a beautiful and compelling picture of Christianity to our unbelieving neighbors. Yet every church leader I have talked to admits there’s much…
Surviving Prosperity as a Business
Will our communities survive prosperity? The answer to this question does not lie entirely with business owners. But how business owners conduct their businesses will either help or hinder our survival of prosperity. This is the third in a series of four articles on surviving prosperity as a family, business, and church.
Am I My Brother’s Keeper
This fun children’ book helps your children realize the importance of helping one another. This is book three of four.
Surviving Prosperity as a Family
So, can our families spiritually survive prosperity? When we study the Scriptures and all the promises therein, it is plain to see that it is possible. But it won’t be easy. Our family values and lifestyles need to be based upon Biblical values, not merely on accepted practices within the world or even one’s community….
Surviving Prosperity
Exactly what is prosperity, and why do many of us who are concerned about our heritage refer to it in a negative way? Is prosperity bad? This is the first in a series of four articles on surviving prosperity as a family, business, and church.
A Vision for Stewardship in the Church Community
Churches are groups of people called to work together while following Jesus. Does your church have a clear vision of where you want to go and what you are trying to accomplish? If so, does it align with God’s vision? What does God want your church to achieve?
For a full list of resources for deacons and trustees, visit our Resources for Deacons & Trustees.
Trust – Don’t Leave Without It
Oregon Deacons Seminar 2024
Your capacity to influence those you lead breaks down if you lose one critical component—trust. How is trust lost? What happens when we lose it? How can we regain trust? We will explore the pillars of trust and some practical things you can do when trust is threatened.
Peacemaking in the Brotherhood
Oregon Deacons Seminar 2024
When tensions mount and imaginations run high, peace disappears. In its place move suspicion and conflict. However, when God has one or two peacemakers in a church or family, the devil usually doesn’t get his way. How could God use me to bring a peaceful outcome? Or is separation the only option when conflict is…
The Role of the Deacon
Virginia Deacons Seminar 2024
Is handling church funds the only role of a deacon? What place does a deacon have in relationships within the church and within the ministry team, particularly when there is a conflict?
Time Stewardship
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
We often think of money when we talk about stewardship. But stewardship is much broader than that. The Bible speaks of “redeeming the time.” How can we be a steward of our time?
The Troubled and Hurting Among Us – Rethinking the Role of the Church
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Has the church paid a price by sending our troubled, hurting people to Anabaptist institutions rather than engaging in the heavy personal work these people need? What if the church were to see itself as primary caregivers? What part of our beliefs and focus may need to change? Can the church develop the vision, knowledge,…
Joy in Serving
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
All of us are called to serve;some are called to serve as a church leader, while others might serve on a trustee committee. How do we find joy while carrying the weight of responsibility that comes with serving?
How Much Debt is Too Much Debt?
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Is there something like too much “good debt”? We use debt as a tool to start a business or buy an asset that appreciates. Can we ever use good debt for wrong motives?
Helping People Recognize and Admit Their Needs
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Most troubled people long for change – a transformation. Why then are they so stuck in the mire of blindness and resistance? How can we help pull them toward victory, relational peace, and fruitfulness?