Monthly Game Changing Leadership events and webinars are provided as a FREE service of the Foundation. Each 1-hour event offers attendees a chance to learn from field experts and earn CEU credit. Topics include fostering a generous culture, developing financial leadership skills, developing and implementing planned giving/legacy giving, and improving personal and church financial health. Each event covers relevant topics and includes practical tips and tools that church leaders can implement right away to start seeing an impact.
If you have any issues registering for these events, please email [email protected].
Webinars & Events
December 3, 2026 • How to Plan and Fund Capital Needs of Your Church (Lovett Weems)
The operating budget requires so much attention that churches often neglect planning for the church’s capital needs, especially if there are few sources of funding for these projects. This webinar offers a plan to identify and prioritize capital needs and many options for new sources of income for this work.
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January 7, 2027 • Let’s Do More with the Annual Giving Statement (Chris Stovall)
The annual giving statement for many churches is nothing more than an administrative requirement that must be sent out to the congregation before the end of January. In this webinar, we will explore different ideas of how to make your annual giving statement something that enhances ministry and grows your culture of generosity.
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February 4, 2027 • Understanding Clergy Taxes (Janet Jamieson)
Clergy face some unique challenges when it comes to things like Social Security payments, estimated tax payments, housing allowances or exclusions, and reimbursed expenses. Your corner tax preparer may not understand the unique situation of clergy, and finding a preparer who does can save you substantially in money and aggravation. Join us as Janet Jamieson (author of “Ministry and Money”) helps us navigate the preparation of clergy taxes and planning for a sound financial future.
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March 4, 2027 • How Life Giving Is Your Giving Page? (Chris Stovall)
What is the primary purpose of your giving page? Is it merely a method by which people can give, or is it an instrument of discipleship? In this webinar, we will explore how to build a giving page where people can not only give but also grow.
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Speakers
Chris Stovall, CFRE & Generis Senior Generosity Strategist
Chris Stovall serves as both a church and advancement consultant on the Generis team. His client base is very diverse, serving churches of all sizes and denominations as well as Christian non-profits ranging from K-12 schools to several different types of para-church ministries on the advancement side. Chris has over 35 years of church leadership and non-profit experience. He served as a Lead Pastor for many years, including planting a church that he led for 15 years. He has also served as Chairman of the Board and Board member for several Christian non-profit organizations. Prior to vocational ministry, Chris worked for several years in corporate banking. He has also led several small start-up companies, maximizing profits to position each for greater success.
Chris has been consulting and coaching churches and nonprofits for going on 20 years now. His extensive combination of both business and ministry experience gives him a unique perspective in his consulting. Chris is very adept at helping churches and non-profit organizations strategize vision, discover opportunities out of obstacles, develop compelling communication for objectives, and lay out a plan to accomplish their God-inspired dreams. Chris’ passion is to see individuals discipled and grow spiritually in the area of giving and therefore see the culture of generosity in those churches and non-profit organizations grow as well.
In addition to his Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) certification, Chris has a BS in Business from Murray State University, a BA in Music from Western Kentucky University, and both an MA and MDiv from Luther Rice University. Chris married his college sweetheart, Susy. Both of their two adult children are married, and they have two beautiful grandchildren whom they spoil extensively!
Lovett H. Weems
Lovett H. Weems, Jr., is distinguished professor of church leadership emeritus and senior consultant of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Weems was the founding director of the Lewis Center in 2003, coming to the position after eighteen years as president of Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri. A native of Mississippi, he was a local church pastor in that state for many years. The is the author of many books of which the most recent are The Right Questions for Church Leaders, Sustaining while Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation (with Doug Powe), and Generosity, Stewardship, and Abundance: A Transformational Guide to Church Finance (with Ann A. Michel).
Janet Jamieson
Janet Jamieson is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in financial leadership, accounting, and education, particularly within churches and faith-based nonprofit organizations. She served for nearly a decade as Chief Financial Officer of Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church before retiring in 2025. Previously, she served as CFO of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and taught accounting at the University of Dubuque and Belmont University.
Janet is co-author, with her husband, the Rev. Dr. Philip Jamieson, of Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors, published by Westminster John Knox Press, as well as the United Methodist Guidelines for Finance. Throughout her career, she has helped clergy and church leaders better understand financial matters, including the unique tax and financial considerations facing pastors.
Janet brings to her presentations a combination of technical financial expertise, practical experience in church administration, and a commitment to making complex financial topics understandable and useful for those in ministry.
Joe Monahan
The Rev. Joe Monahan serves as the Director of Stewardship and Generosity at Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church. An elder in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, he has 25 years of ministry experience in all phases of local church stewardship, including annual giving, planned giving, and capital campaigns. He has also provided fiduciary leadership at the annual conference level, having served on both the Conference Council of Finance and Administration and Board of Trustees. He is currently a student in the iMBA program at the University of Illinois.
Billy McCarthy, Foundation Executive Director
Billy McCarthy has served as the Foundation’s Executive Director since August 2026, where he currently manages and oversees over $133 million in assets for churches. His former role was as the Foundation’s Director of Development. Billy’s career experiences are unique and span many aspects of supporting, interacting with, and working inside churches. He has served on two separate leadership teams starting partnership churches in both Dothan, AL, and in Franklin, TN. Billy served as the Service Program Director, where he was responsible for creating environments that encouraged and equipped adults to pursue a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Billy also has 13 years of experience in the financial services industry as a financial advisor, where he worked with private clients and 401(k) participants, helping them achieve their best financial life. Billy and his wife, Mary Lisa, live in Dothan. Mary Lisa is an artist whose work is featured in homes and businesses across the Southeast. They have been blessed with four young men: Nicholas, MD, who lives in Knoxville with his wife, Laura Lee; William and Callahan, who are both college students; and Charles Henry, who is in high school at Houston Academy.
Additional Information
The Foundation is partnering with Generis to provide this Game Changing Leadership online workshop.
If you have any questions about these events, please call the Foundation office at (334) 793-6820 or email [email protected].
Each webinar is recorded and your presence at this event may be documented in photo/video and may be used on our website and/or social media platforms. If you do not consent to the use of your image for promoting the work of this organization, please let one of the facilitators or a staff person know. Alternately, please contact Andrea Farquhar at [email protected]. If you are unable to attend, the replay and resources from the webinar should be avalailable. Please email [email protected] to request any webinar resources.
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