Training & Consulting for
God-Honoring Stewardship
ChurchBiz is a team of CPAs and consultants who serve churches and Christian nonprofits across the country. Alongside our core payroll and bookkeeping services, we offer a dedicated consulting and training practice that helps leaders make confident financial and governance decisions through focused engagements and hands-on training. Every engagement has one aim: to give your leadership the clarity, structure, and confidence to steward well, and to leave your team stronger than we found it.
Built & Reviewed by CPAs
Tax-sensitive and compliance work is reviewed by our CPAs before it ever reaches your board.
Clear Pricing, Agreed Up Front
Every engagement is priced and agreed in writing before any work begins, whether a flat fee or a simple hourly rate.
We Equip, Not Just Deliver
You keep the models, guides, and frameworks we build with you, and we stay alongside you to support the ongoing work.
Consulting Engagements
A defined project with a clear start, finish, and deliverable you keep.01
Budget Process Consulting
Virtual or OnsiteVirtual or onsite, building a budget that funds your plan, not last year's numbers.
Our consulting team works alongside you across two full days, virtually or onsite. Day one is annual planning; day two is budgeting to fund that plan. You leave with a working budget framework tied to your direction, and a process you can repeat every year.
You Receive
Budget framework & process
Investment
Onsite $2,500/day + travel · Virtual $500/day
Timeline
2 full days
Your Role
Active
02
Compensation Study
One-Time ProjectKnow whether you're paying your ministry staff fairly, and be able to show it.
We benchmark each role you choose against comparable churches and published salary data, then organize the results into a clear compensation grid by ministry layer. Our CPAs review the pay, housing, and tax components, giving you the clarity to pay your team with generosity, faithful stewardship, and honor for the work they do.
You Receive
Summary report & comp grid
Investment
$750 flat fee
Timeline
About 4 to 5 weeks
Your Role
Light
03
Internal Controls Assessment
One-Time ProjectA clear-eyed review of your financial controls: who handles what, where duties should be separated, and how to close the gaps.
Our team assesses how your church receives, records, and safeguards funds, then delivers a written report with CPA-approved recommendations. It isn't an audit; it's a practical roadmap to build integrity, guard against fraud or theft, and strengthen your ministry for God-honoring stewardship.
You Receive
Assessment report & recommendations
Investment
Quoted by scope
Timeline
About 4 to 5 weeks
Your Role
Light to moderate
04
Cash & Donation Forecasting
One-Time ProjectProject your cash and giving months ahead, so you can plan before a shortfall becomes a crisis.
We build a forecast model from your accounting and giving data, separating operating from restricted cash and modeling donations with their seasonal swings. You keep the model; we walk you through how to read and update it.
You Receive
Excel model & walkthrough
Investment
$125/hr · agreed retainer
Timeline
About 4 to 5 weeks
Your Role
Moderate
05
Financial Review Consulting
One-Time ProjectWe equip your leaders to read your financials with confidence.
We sit down with your team, walk through your real statements, and show you the handful of numbers that signal financial health. You'll learn to read them, and to communicate the picture clearly to your board and congregation.
You Receive
Reading guide & sessions
Investment
$125 / hour
Timeline
About 4 to 5 weeks
Your Role
Active (teaching)
06
Bylaw Creation or Review
One-Time ProjectCreate new bylaws or sharpen your existing ones, built on industry best practices.
Whether you're writing bylaws for the first time or updating ones you've outgrown, we work from industry best practices and align everything with IRS requirements and nonprofit norms, flagging gaps, unclear items, or outdated language along the way. You receive clear bylaws your board and attorney can act on quickly.
You Receive
Drafted or revised bylaws
Investment
$500 flat fee
Timeline
About 4 to 5 weeks
Your Role
Light
"Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found faithful."1 Corinthians 4:2
Training & Ongoing Support
Live training and a continuing partnership over time.07
Onsite Trainings
Tailored to Your TeamCustom, in-person training for your finance team and executive leaders.
From a lunch workshop to a full-weekend intensive, we shape a session to your church and lead it onsite: Finance Team 101, Church Plant Finance, Budgeting Workshops, and more. Includes 50% off our online courses.
You Receive
A live, tailored training
Investment
From $2,500/day + travel
Format
Onsite, half-day to weekend
Your Role
Active
08
Ongoing Coaching
OngoingA steady monthly check-in for your finance team or leadership.
For churches that want a continuing relationship rather than a single project, we hold scheduled monthly coaching sessions, a reliable place to bring questions and keep momentum over time.
You Receive
Monthly coaching sessions
Investment
$125 / hour, ongoing
Cadence
Monthly
Your Role
Ongoing
09
Dashboards & Communication
Beyond the NumbersCustom dashboards and communication strategy that bring your ministry's health into clear view.
Go beyond the financials with custom dashboards that join ministry metrics to your numbers, plus tech-stack and communication consulting. One dashboard shows ministry and finances together; additional consulting is $125/hour. See examples and pricing on our dashboards page.
You Receive
Dashboard build or consulting
Investment
Build from $750 · $125/mo upkeep
Focus
Ministry health
Your Role
Varies
A Note on Pricing
The fees shown are our standard starting points. We confirm the exact scope and total with you in writing before any work begins.
Not sure what you need?
Reach out, and we can help!
Tell us where your church or ministry is, and we'll point you to the right next step, or simply listen. Someone from our consulting team will advise you from the first conversation forward.
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