Ignite a culture of growth and generosity at your church.
No more thinking, acting, or staying small. There’s a better way to lead—get a step-by-step framework to grow giving, fuel vision, and fully fund your ministry in Fund the Future masterclass.
Shift from transactional giving to transformational generosity with Craig Groeschel, Carey Nieuwhof, Chris Hodges, Dan Clark, Ashley Wooldridge, and more — only in Fund the Future.
No more shrinking your vision to fit your budget.
Lean into God’s vision for your church and the opportunities for impact in your community.
No more feeling awkward and salesy.
Cast a compelling vision that invites investment… without feeling repetitive or awkward about it.
No more being transactional.
Make Biblical stewardship and transformational generosity a core piece of your church’s culture.
No more avoiding the topic at all costs.
Make it easy by using tools and technology to find new donors and increase faithfulness in giving.
No more barely scraping by.
Fully fund your church’s mission and transform your culture, one step at a time.
Too many churches get trapped in a cycle of thinking small, acting small, and (eventually) staying small.
Listen, you aren’t alone in this. Carrying the financial weight of a church isn’t a glamorous job.
You start a conversation about giving… and suddenly the room goes quiet.
You ask people to give to a campaign… and people accuse you of being too focused on finances.
You preach one sermon on money… and by Monday morning, there’s an angry email in your inbox.
Sure, they seem like isolated moments, but they aren’t. They’re part of a constant, low-grade burn that makes anything related to giving or finances feel exhausting.
Every time you try to move the conversation forward, it feels like you’re pushing uphill against discomfort, doubt, and distrust from the very people who are supposed to be bought into your mission.
You don’t really notice it day-to-day, but the effects creep into your ministry, quietly limiting your effectiveness one decision at a time.
- You delay the next hire
- You cut your outreach and tech budgets
- You put off replacing the roof and repainting
- You don’t invest in a new campus
- You scale back your vision (and your expectations)
Slowly but surely, your potential shrinks, people stay uninspired, and your church stays stuck. Not because your faith has faded, but because the pressure to stretch every dollar—to justify every ask, to make every resource go further—has taken its toll.
How do you inspire and grow when you’re constantly under pressure to explain and stretch what already feels too thin? And how do you move forward when your vision exceeds the funds you need to accomplish it?
Scarcity was never supposed to shape your strategy. Start leading with the clarity, courage, and conviction your mission really needs.
Fund the Future isn’t just about increasing the giving at your church. It’s about casting a bold, God-given vision that invites and inspires growth, transformation, and generosity.
It happens one life at a time, and it starts with YOU.
IGNITE A CULTURE OF GROWTH AND GENEROSITY
New & exclusive in Fund the Future.
The moment you join the masterclass, you get instant access to all course materials, so you can jump in and tackle the biggest opportunities your church has to increase generosity.
Step by step, you’ll replace deep sighs and anxiety with effective strategies, mindsets, and skills that make Biblical stewardship and transformational generosity core pieces of your church’s culture, learning directly from Craig Groeschel, Carey Nieuwhof, Chris Hodges, Dan Clark, Ashley Wooldridge, and more.
The result? A proven system to fully fund your mission—not just this year, but for the long haul.
1. Assess the culture at your church and understand what’s holding you back.
2. Get equipped with proven strategies, insights, and frameworks.
3. Cast a compelling vision and boldly invite investment (without feeling awkward or salesy).
4. Engage givers and fund your church’s future.
Ignite a culture of growth and generosity. See the impact, one life at a time.
Brad Ricca
Flatirons Church
This was incredibly impactful for me, offering deep insights that have already started shaping how I lead generosity efforts at my church. It provided the practical tools and spiritual encouragement I needed to work on cultivating a giving culture that truly reflects our values and mission.
Take a look inside Fund the Future.
Module 1: Believing for More
The truth is, how you think has a significant impact on what you do and how you do it. So, if you want to see “more” from what you do, then it starts with changing how you think about what “more” actually means.
Craig Groeschel shares effective ways to believe and prepare for more:
- A mindset to embrace
- A vision to fulfill
- A culture to create
- A method to utilize
Throughout these sessions, you’ll unpack, understand, and adopt the mindsets to embrace as you believe God for impact, influence, generosity, and Kingdom advancement.
Module 2: Casting Vision and Inviting Investment
Effectively leading people into generosity is a skill that’s built by generous leaders, and it’s imperative to have solid Biblical values and principles as the foundation of how you handle money.
Chris Hodges equips you to:
- Clearly define where vision meets prayer, planning, and practical application
- Cast a vision that compels people to give generously
- Confidently (and boldly) invite people to invest in your mission
Module 3: Creating a Culture of Generosity
Unleashing generosity requires you to create a culture — not just execute a strategy. A powerful vision and good strategy are only as good as the culture that undergirds them.
Ashley Wooldridge equips you with the four keys to make Biblical stewardship and transformational generosity a core piece of your church’s culture:
- The motivation behind it
- Teaching it regularly and unashamedly
- Demonstrating it as a church
- Modeling it personally
Module 4: Leveraging Technology
It can be dizzying to consider all the technology available to you. What works? What’s worth it? How can you keep up?
Carey Nieuwhof gives you practical advice, strategies, and insights to confidently integrate and leverage technology, increase giving, and engage givers at a deeper level.
Module 5: Engaging Major Donors
Dan Clark walks you through critical questions and strategies to engage major donors. You’ll define:
- What a major giver looks like in your context
- Who the major givers could be in your church
Once you have identified them, you’ll build a strategy for cultivating purposeful relationships with those to whom God has entrusted significant resources.
Case Studies
Dan Clark and Craig Groeschel lead conversations with Hal Donaldson, Earl McClellan, Darren & Brandy Whitehead, and Lee Domingue to give you real-world, behind-the-scenes insight into fundraising best practices, how faithfully stewarding a God-sized vision can generate a tidal wave of generosity, and what churches can learn from business leaders.
“When do I get access?”
The moment you join, you get instant access to everything in the course. No waiting around — if there’s a lesson you need to dive into right away, you can jump right to it. And since the course is available on demand, you can work through it at your own pace.
Want to take it like you watch Netflix and binge the entire thing? Go for it!
Too busy for that? You can take it one step at a time. It’s available seamlessly on both desktop and mobile, so even 5 minutes while you’re waiting to pick your kids up is enough to complete a lesson.
“How long does it take?”
If you’re an A+ student and check off EVERY lesson and case study, it’ll take you 7 hours and 52 minutes to watch the videos in their entirety. Each lesson is PACKED with wisdom and delivered in practical, bite-sized insights.
“How much help do I get? What if I get stuck?”
Under every module, you can comment to ask a question or ask for feedback. We’re here to help!
Plus, you get extra support and help in The Art of Leadership Academy community through ongoing discussions and connections with other leaders. Want to learn more about The Art of Leadership Academy? Scroll down below to find out!
“What if I try it, and it isn’t for me?“
This course is backed by a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee. No questions asked — all you have to do is email my team at [email protected] for an instant refund.
But this is important — only join if you intend to implement the material. If you consume the information but don’t act on it, it’s not going to make a difference in your leadership or church. It’s designed for you to take action, and if you do, I’m confident it will make a difference.
If you could sit down and have a conversation with today’s top leaders, what would you ask them?
Would you ask how they lead a bold, future-focused vision without apologizing for it? Or how they’ve built some of the most impactful ministries in the country, without sounding like late-night infomercials to fund it? Or how they engage high-capacity givers without making it awkward?
Fund the Future is that conversation, distilled into clear, repeatable strategies, insights, and frameworks.
Most churches jump straight to tactics, like campaigns, emails, and donor tools, without building the mindset, message, and systems that truly transform a culture. Fund the Future helps you start at the foundation and rebuild the right way. This isn’t a patch; it’s a shift that can change your church’s future.
How many of these feel familiar in your church?
You talk about money as little as possible… and dread doing it. Even when you’ve planned it well, you still feel tension as you approach the topic. It’s never just a message… it’s loaded.
Your church is growing, but giving isn’t. Generosity isn’t keeping up. It’s like the engine is revving, but the fuel’s not there.
Your team or board constantly pulls back because of finances. When you pitch an idea, it almost always gets shot down because of budget constraints. So you’re left carrying the tension between what’s possible and what’s affordable.
You’ve tried multiple tactics, but none of them stuck. You’ve done campaigns, talked about it, tried the weekend series, but giving always resets back to the same level. You’re out of ideas.
You feel like you’re carrying the financial pressure alone. No one sees the stress behind the curtain except for you.
You’ve backed off teaching on money. People get defensive, feedback is mixed, and you feel misunderstood every time you bring it up; the emotional cost is too high for the response. So you’ve almost given up.
People question your motives. Even though you know generosity is biblical, every time you cast vision around it, a small part of you wonders if people just think you want more money in your church’s bank account… or your own.
You’re not sure what actually works anymore. You’ve tried so many different tactics that you don’t actually know what works and what doesn’t. You’re just hoping that something finally clicks.
You’re stuck playing small—because big ideas get trampled.
You’ve learned to “be realistic” with your dreams. But deep down, it doesn’t feel like faith. It feels like quiet resignation.
You’ve lost confidence in thinking big. You used to lead boldly, but now you tiptoe. And that hesitation? Your people can feel it.
It’s time to decide.
Maybe you resonate with 4/10, and you feel like you’re getting by, but not thriving. Or maybe it’s 9/10, and you’ve been stuck for a while.
Either way, you can keep carrying the pressure… scaling down your vision… and hoping next year will be different. Or you can take one bold step today that moves you and your church toward a future you know is possible.
Taleah Murray
Crossroads Church
I devoured all of the videos and found them to be extremely helpful and insightful! We will most likely head into a campaign season within the next two years, and this clarified that we have a lot of work on vision vs. goals!
Ignite a culture of generosity and strengthen your mission — starting today.
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Unlimited access to all courses, workshops & resources in The Art of Leadership Academy
Interactive live coaching calls (monthly)
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Lead with the answers and clarity that fuel your church for growth. Starting TODAY.
In the Art of Leadership Academy, you’ll engage a private online community of leaders committed to leading healthy, growing churches.
Through comprehensive online courses, guided discussions, live coaching calls, and a forum to ask any leadership question you have, you’ll discover new strategies, build practical day-to-day skills, and get immediate feedback from people who have led through the exact same challenges and opportunities you’re facing.
Comprehensive Courses
Broken down into bite-sized modules that have workbooks, templates, cheatsheets, checklists, scripts and more for instant application.
Live Coaching Calls (Monthly)
Connect with me, my team, and top leaders on Live Coaching Calls, held monthly, where we discuss today’s most pressing leadership topics.
Life-Giving Community
Through guided discussions and a forum to start your own, you’ll go from “nobody knows I’m here” to frequent engagement with top leaders.
There’s comfort in knowing you can watch (or re-watch) a lesson, use a practical tool or template, send a DM, or simply post a question, and you’ll be moving forward in minutes.
Jasmyn Denton
I learn something new every time I open the app—whether it’s hearing what other leaders are learning and doing, problem-solving with fellow members, or working through the courses, this is a rich, deep well.
The interactions in the comments are always generous, insightful, and not self-inflated. In one of the comment sections, Carey simply said, “There’s so much wisdom in this group. What do people think?” I could have cried for joy.
To have someone point to us and say, “Ask them…” meant more than I can say.
Paul Webster
I’ve created margin in my life and leadership, and I love it. We have a weekly time planned for our family just to be us and play games and have fun together. Having young kids (who are growing up way too fast!), this is my biggest win!
I’ve also reclaimed wasted time at work, where I’m using my green zone to improve my preaching, work on ministry strategy, and create digital content for our church.
Jeremy Cole
There ARE other people out there asking the same questions and going through the same things I am. This makes me feel normal.
What I love the most is the clarity it brings to the complex problems we are all facing as pastors.
And that I don’t have to come up with my own content to invest in my team. I can just use what’s provided here and in the monthly team training content.
Nowhere else do you find such quality content for pastors.
Sarah Starrenburg
I have received so much wisdom, encouragement, and thought-provoking input from an amazing network of people I otherwise would never have met. The Academy is truly a gift.
Dave Allman
Our church has grown spiritually, numerically, and financially. We identified that we were understaffed, and our payroll was far below the standard budget.
Since joining, our church attendance has nearly doubled in size; we hired two more full-time and one more part-time staff. We have raised over two million dollars and will be debt-free on our property at the end of this year.
The feeling of being overwhelmed is lifting from my shoulders as we have expanded our team.
Brody Tubaugh
I took the course on generosity inside the Art of Leadership Academy, and we actually have a plan now. I’m so excited.
I’ve never been excited about money [at church], and now there’s light at the end of the tunnel instead of just barely scraping by.
Josiah Petermann
This has been a breath of fresh air. I was overworked and overwhelmed, and our staff was stuck maintaining the mission hung on the wall.
Since joining and using the programs, we’ve heard so many encouraging insights that have helped us move our mission forward and invite people to join us.
Chris Hallbach
After working through the Art of Preaching, I was compelled to preach noteless for the first time ever, and it went incredibly well. My bottom line was clear and thoughtful.
I even had multiple people come up to tell me how engaging and dynamic my message was. I can’t wait to keep getting better.
Mike Willis
I am absolutely thrilled and overflowing with gratitude for this incredible community that has been an invaluable guide in equipping me to lead my church through a replant!
The unwavering support and expert advice have been a game-changer for me as a pastor.
I’m confidently charting a course toward a bright and successful future for my church!
Don’t wait another year to fix what’s already holding you back. Boldly advance your mission by igniting a culture of generosity.
Course Only
Fund the Future masterclass
Lifetime access to all course materials
30-day money-back guarantee
$347
All-Access Membership
Fund the Future masterclass
Unlimited access to all courses, workshops & resources in The Art of Leadership Academy
Interactive live coaching calls (monthly)
Priority support
30-day money-back guarantee
$497/year