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.
Leading Effective Meetings and Discussions
Business meetings are essential to making quality decisions. Employees should help provide insights, cut through confusion, and get the truth on the table. Good discussions create a vision for the path ahead and creative solutions for complex problems. Learn practical ways to participate in effective meetings and bring your workplace knowledge to the table.
The Habits of an Effective Team
Serving on a board or committee requires teamwork, but effective teamwork doesn’t just happen. A committee or board can do specific things to join together as a team. This article covers both foundational and practical habits for effective teamwork and decision-making.
Going Til You’re Gone
Good businessmen are known for strategizing and planning for the future. But how much thought have you given to the final years of your life? This session will encourage us to give thought to how we will use our time and resources during those years. It is also a call for those of us who…
Implementing Your Business Transition Plan
A good business transition plan only works if properly implemented. This plan may include the following: structuring a financially viable deal for the buyer that enables the business to continue; providing for later life needs of the seller; equalization of inheritance among family members; minimizing taxation; and charitable gift planning. This session covers all these…
Family Business Agreements
Long before emotions become charged, a Family Business Agreement sets in place a process for making business decisions. 70% of businesses don’t survive the second generation because they neglect the hard work of a Family Business Agreement, resulting in conflict and unclear direction. With a business agreement, families can withstand the rigors of transitioning a…
Buy-Sell Agreements
Family business relationships are the most important part of business structure. Maintaining good relationships must be a planned process. When family members own businesses together, entering and exiting the ownership or management role needs to detailed and defined. All too often these changes in business structure put unnecessary economic and emotional stress on families. Learn…
Work—What Does God Have in Mind?
It is tempting to view our occupations as a necessary evil—something we are required to do to provide for our natural needs. But have you ever considered that God might have something in mind for our occupations beyond just providing for our families? Just why did God decree that men should work, and what is…
Basic Principles of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Conflicts will arise. Are you prepared to respond? The Anabaptist faith teaches us to respond peacefully when in conflict with our enemies. However, the daily challenge of working with employees, employers, partners, and customers can test our core principles. This session provides training on conflict prevention and conflict resolution. It addresses how to resolve the…
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?