Upcoming 2024 Game Changing Leadership Webinars | Alabama West Florida United Methodist Foundation

Game Changing Leadership events focus on a variety of financial topics and needs within the church including, but not limited to, 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 easily put into place right away to start seeing an impact.

2024 Events

Preaching on Giving: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly • January 16, 2024

Preaching on giving can be a challenge. Many pastors admit that they either don’t preach about giving enough, and some do not at all. In this workshop, Chris and Broderick will present tips, ideas, and insights for preaching effectively about giving.

When is the workshop? Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, at 11:00 am CT on Zoom
What is the cost? This workshop is 100% FREE
Can I earn CEU credit? Yes! .1 CEU credit is available for attending this event
How long is the workshop? The workshop lasts for one hour
Who are the speakers? Chris Stovall, CFRE & Generis Senior Generosity Strategist; Broderick Santiago Generis Associate Generosity Strategist; Terri Turner, AWF Foundation Executive Director

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Understanding Clergy Taxes • February 6, 2024

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 Ken Sloane and Don Joiner, a certified financial planner, help us navigate the preparation of clergy taxes and planning for a sound financial future.

When is the workshop? Tuesday, February 6th, 2024, at 11:00 am CT on Zoom
What is the cost? This workshop is 100% FREE
Can I earn CEU credit? Yes! .1 CEU credit is available for attending this event
How long is the workshop? The workshop lasts for one hour
Who are the speakers? Don Joiner, Certified Financial Planner; Rev. Dr. Ken Sloane, UMC Discipleship Ministries Director of Stewardship and Generosity; Terri Turner, AWF Foundation Executive Director

More Than Money: What Does It Look Like to Grow a Giver • March 14, 2024

We want the people under our pastoral care to grow in their prayer life, understanding and love for the Word of God, ability and desire to tell others about Jesus, and in their service of the Kingdom’s purposes. We also want them to grow in their giving and generosity as a spiritual discipline. What does that look like? How do we accomplish this beyond just asking people to give more? In this webinar, Chris and Broderick will share a method for growing givers that you can adapt and use in your congregation.

When is the workshop? Thursday, March 14th, 2024, at 11:00 am CT on Zoom
What is the cost? This workshop is 100% FREE
Can I earn CEU credit? Yes! .1 CEU credit is available for attending this event
How long is the workshop? The workshop lasts for one hour
Who are the speakers? Chris Stovall, CFRE & Generis Senior Generosity Strategist; Broderick Santiago Generis Associate Generosity Strategist; Terri Turner, AWF Foundation Executive Director

If you have any issues registering for this event, please email [email protected].

Speakers

Chris Stovall, CFRE & Generis Senior Generosity Strategist

Chris has over 32-years of church ministry experience. During that time, he has served in almost every capacity on a church staff including planting a church which he led for 15-years. Chris has now been doing church consulting and coaching for 16+ years. His background professionally prior to occupational ministry started in corporate commercial banking for 5-years. Chris is also CFRE certified which stands for Certified Fund Raising Executive and indicates professionalism, confidence, and ethics in fundraising. The CFRE certification program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute and is the only accredited certification for fundraising professionals. Educationally he holds a BS in Business/Accounting from Murray State University, a BA in Music from Western Kentucky University and both an
MA in Theology and an MDiv from Luther Rice University.

Chris’ sole professional focus is now working with churches as a consultant for Generis. To learn more about Chris and the work he is doing with churches go to www.generis.com/team/chris-stovall.

Broderick Santiago, Generis Associate Generosity Strategist

Broderick Santiago was hand-picked by Chris Stovall to be a part of the Generis team and specifically to work in partnership with Chris, bringing his skills and experience to their collective client base. Broderick’s church leadership experience is quite extensive. As Lead Pastor, he co-founded and led Mosaic Church to become a thriving community that has made a significant impact in the lives of its members and many throughout south Cobb County in greater Atlanta. Through the ARC network, he has been actively involved in church planting, revitalization, mentoring, motivational speaking, and community activism. Furthermore, Broderick’s dedication to his community shines through several faith-based initiatives he has spearheaded in local schools. His professional background also includes working in both the real estate and the entertainment agency industries. Broderick holds degrees from both Morehouse College and the Interdenominational Theological Center.

Terri Turner, Foundation Executive Director

Terri Turner has been the Executive Director of the Foundation since 1991, currently overseeing over $114 million in assets for churches. A graduate of Florida State University, Terri spent 13 years in the investment brokerage business and finds her expertise as a financial consultant very helpful in counseling with church members and churches. Responsibilities with the Foundation include overseeing the administration and investment management of permanent gifts and church funds as well as developing programs throughout the conference to encourage good stewardship of God’s gifts. Terri is an active member of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodist Foundations where she has served as President and is active nationally in Foundation work as a member of the National Association of United Methodist Foundations. Terri and her family are members of FUMC in Dothan, AL.

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].

Rev. Don Joiner, Certified Financial Planner & Ordained Elder

Don Joiner is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and served churches and conference staff in the former Detroit Conference. Don also served on the staff of Discipleship Ministries (formerly General Board of Discipleship) for 35 years, specializing in Stewardship and Planned Giving. While at the General Board of Discipleship, he published 13 books, including “Christians Doing Financial Planning.”

Don is also a Certified Financial Planner, specializing in financial planning and tax preparation for Clergy. He is married to Catherine Joiner, has two sons Paul and Andrew, and six grandchildren.

Rev. Dr. Ken Sloane, UMC Discipleship Ministries Director of Stewardship and Generosity

The Rev. Dr. Ken Sloane is the UMC’s Director of Stewardship & Generosity housed at Discipleship Ministries (GBOD) in Nashville, TN. He is a clergy member of the Greater New Jersey Conference, where he served 20+ years in local church ministry (including a successful new church start) and 5 years as the Director of Connectional Ministries). In 2006 he was appointed to serve as Director of Communications Ministry at United Methodist Communications and traveled extensively across the denomination doing presentations on how to interpret connectional giving to our local churches. He moved into his Stewardship role on October 1, 2011. He is the author of the 2017-20 Local Church Guidelines for Stewardship (Cokesbury), and a collaborator on the 2017-20 Guidelines for Finance and the Lay Servant Advanced Course, Connectional Living, Connectional Giving, Most recently he has written the content for an inter-agency collaboration, The Generous Church Leadership Course. Ken lives in Nashville with his wife Bridget; they have four grown children, some of whom may be living with them depending on when you ask.