An 8-week cohort for ministry and nonprofit leaders who want to lead with more financial clarity, organizational health, and long-term confidence.
Registration for the fall 2026 cohort is now closed. We will be hosting another cohort in 2027. Reach out to our team if you would like to hear when registration opens.
The Executive Leader Cohort is an 8-week virtual cohort for ministry and nonprofit leaders who want to lead their organizations with more financial clarity and organizational health. Each session is led by an experienced practitioner and includes practical resources you can take back to your ministry context.
Sessions meet weekly on Tuesdays beginning September 29th. All sessions are recorded and posted to the ChurchBiz Hub for members who miss a week. The cohort is hosted on the Hub and includes a dedicated group space for ongoing discussion beyond the scheduled sessions.
The goal is simple: to bridge the gap between administrative compliance and missional vision, so you can lead with confidence.
The cohort is $500 per person. Existing ChurchBiz clients can have this added to their monthly invoice.
Every session is led by someone who has worked directly in ministry and nonprofit finance. Not theory. Practical knowledge from people who have done the work.
Life happens. If you miss a session, every recording is posted to the ChurchBiz Hub so you can catch up on your own schedule.
The cohort is hosted on the ChurchBiz Hub with a dedicated discussion space to keep the conversation going beyond the weekly sessions.
Each session includes takeaway resources built for your ministry context. Templates, frameworks, and guides you can put to use right away.
You carry the administrative weight of the ministry. This cohort gives you the financial fluency and organizational frameworks to do that well.
You are building something from the ground up. A solid financial foundation is part of building a healthy ministry, and this cohort will help you get there.
You need more than bookkeeping knowledge. This cohort will help you lead up, communicate clearly, and build systems that serve the mission long-term.
We start by grounding the cohort in a shared understanding of stewardship. What does it mean to manage a ministry's resources well? We will set cohort goals together and establish the framework we will build on throughout the 8 weeks.
A practical session covering the compliance areas that trip up ministries most often. Expense and reimbursement policies, fringe benefit reporting, and payroll compliance requirements specific to ministry organizations.
This session goes beyond the basics. Annual planning strategies that align your budget with your mission, not just your history. The goal is a budget that actually guides decisions throughout the year.
Building on Part 1, we dig into benchmarks, fund management, internal transfers, and how to define clear processes for financial oversight. We will also cover how to communicate budget health to your leadership team.
Healthy ministries go through predictable growth stages. This session addresses how to lead your organization through those transitions well, building structures and teams that can carry the mission forward.
Organizational health is financial health. How to build clarity around roles, values, and expectations, and how to handle conflict in a way that strengthens rather than fractures your team.
Most leaders can read a financial report. Fewer can tell the story it is trying to tell. Advanced reporting, key metrics to track, and how to present financial information to boards and congregations with confidence.
How do you build a strategy that keeps your congregation informed, engaged, and connected to the mission? We close the cohort with practical frameworks you can take back and use right away.
A clear framework for connecting your financial decisions to your mission and organizational values.
Practical compliance knowledge covering HR issues, payroll, fringe benefits, and minister tax.
Advanced budgeting skills, including fund management, benchmarking, and internal reporting.
Tools for building organizational health, managing conflict, and leading through growth transitions.
The ability to read, interpret, and communicate financial reports to your board and congregation.
A communication strategy that keeps your congregation informed, engaged, and aligned with the mission.
Practical resources from each session, including templates, guides, and frameworks, you can put to work in your ministry context right away.
A community of executive leaders from ministries and nonprofits you can keep learning from long after the cohort ends.
The cohort is led week to week by Chris Mallonee and Josh Reeves from ChurchBiz, with guest teachers joining for their specific sessions. Every person in the room has direct experience in ministry and nonprofit work.
Chris is a CPA and partner at ChurchBiz who bridges the corporate and ministry finance worlds. Across his career he has built and led accounting and finance teams for organizations of every size, from early-stage start-ups to large publicly traded companies, as well as church finance and back-office teams. He holds an MBA from Texas A&M University-Central Texas, and since 2020 has led business development and client services across ChurchBiz's 180+ client base.
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Josh is a partner at ChurchBiz and leads content, technology, and marketing. He holds a business degree from Texas Tech University and a Master of Religion from Western Theological Seminary, and has been involved in church finance and church planting for the past 17 years. He founded Redeemer Church of Round Rock in 2011 and brings a pastor's perspective to ministry finance and stewardship.
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Melissa leads ChurchBiz HR and specializes in helping ministries navigate human resource needs, employee compliance, health insurance solutions, and retirement benefits. She has worked with churches of all sizes to build HR systems that protect the organization and its staff.
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Jordan serves as Pastor of Preaching and Vision at Redeemer Church of Round Rock and as President of the Redeemer Network of Churches. He holds a B.S. from Texas Tech and an M.A. in Ministry Leadership and Evangelism from Wheaton College, and has spent years helping ministries plan and budget for sustainable, mission-driven growth.
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Brandon serves as Executive Director of the Redeemer Network and is a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate. He has spoken extensively on leadership, organizational culture, and how ministries can handle failure and conflict in ways that build rather than break teams.
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Kevin is a CPA and partner at ChurchBiz specializing in minister tax, compensation planning, and retirement strategies for ministry staff. He has helped hundreds of churches build compliant, sustainable compensation structures.
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After earning degrees from the University of Texas and Dallas Theological Seminary, and two and a half years on staff at Coram Deo Church in Omaha, Kendal moved back to his hometown of Austin to help plant Providence Church. His leadership is driven by a desire to see people holistically formed in their worship of God, as they come to treasure Jesus above all things.
providenceaustin.comMark serves as Executive Pastor and Elder at The Well Community Church in San Marcos, where he carries both the organizational and ministerial weight of the church week to week. He brings practical experience in churchwide communication and engagement, helping ministry teams keep their congregations informed, connected, and moving toward the mission.
thewellsmtx.orgThank you to everyone who joined the fall 2026 cohort. We will be hosting another cohort in 2027. Reach out to our team to hear when registration opens, or explore the ChurchBiz Hub in the meantime.