Resources from Anabaptist Financial
Download the 2025 Stewardship Resources Catalog
Anabaptist Financial provides financial education that is consistent with conservative Anabaptist belief and values. We intend to provide families and businesspeople with teaching on stewardship principles that inspires and transforms our attitudes and practices regarding the management of our God-given resources. In this catalog, you will find business articles, seminar recordings, business management tools, family finance budgeting tools, and other resources covering areas of business and financial stewardship.
For a full list of resources for business, visit our Resources for Business.
Listening Well
Kansas Business Seminar 2025
Many times, listening is the overlooked ingredient in the art of good communication. In fact, some say good communication consists of 80% listening and 20% speaking. What does it take to truly listen—not just hear—what the other person is saying?
Process and Improvement in Operations
Kansas Business Seminar 2025
Improvement is sometimes dramatic, but more often it is small adjustments and changes along the way. This session will give practical tips and tools for finding and making needed improvements to our work and processes.
Planning and Prioritzing
Kansas Business Seminar 2025
Making progress on the most important things happens best when you have a plan. And even the best laid plans need to be adapted along the way. Learn how to plan for an unclear future by first clarifying your most important areas of focus.
Order and Rhythms in an Offbeat World
Kansas Business Seminar 2025
In a fast-paced, chaotic world, it’s important to bring some order to the chaos. Purposeful rhythms and cycles keep us balanced, focused, and productive, as well as rested and revived.
Creating a Workplace Conducive to Wellbeing
Wisconsin Business Seminar 2025
“Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants.” (I Kings 10:8) Is your workplace one that would elicit such praise? Discover the ingredients that create a culture of wellbeing and positive morale, where employees feel valued and appreciated.
Beyond the Job Description-The Art of Aligning People, Purpose, and Position
Wisconsin Business Seminar 2025
Responsibilities are often much more complex than a mere job description. Roles within an organization must be clearly defined for individuals to achieve best results. A manager who carefully aligns the capacity and passion of each candidate and places them in a position to succeed will be rewarded with a confident and productive team.
Dollars and Sense
Wisconsin Business Seminar 2025
Why do some seem to live from paycheck to paycheck while others thrive and build equity? Is it reasonable to expect to achieve financial security and save for the future on an hourly wage? Wise employers will be sensitive to their employees’ financial health. However, no amount of compensation will suffice where stewardship and management are missing.
Maintaining Culture Amid Shifting Vocation
Wisconsin Business Seminar 2025
As economic pressures have increasingly led to a transition of Plain people from family farms into manufacturing, service, and retail industries, a crucial question arises: How can we maintain our culture of family, community, and church-centric lifestyles while becoming less dependent on each other and more vulnerable to outside pressures this shift creates?
For a full list of resources for families, visit our Resources for Family Finance.
Casting All Your Care
Read this family story about Mandy Miller and how she learns to cast all her cares on God!
Surviving Prosperity
What does it take to survive prosperity? The intent of this book is not to portray prosperity as a great evil animal. Rather, through the illustrations in this book, likening prosperity to the sea, and the church to a ship, the author addresses the challenges for the ship and its members (families and businesses) to…
Surviving Prosperity as a Church
Can our churches survive the gales of consumerism, materialism, and instant gratification that comes with prosperity? How does the influence of Pietism and Fundamentalism affect our ability to survive as a church? This is the last and final article of a 4-part series on Surviving Prosperity.
Family Finance Resources Flash Drive
Each year, our seminars focus on different areas of business operations and management to provide a well-rounded business training. We tap into the most knowledgeable speakers from across our Anabaptist communities to build this unique library containing content across ten areas of business knowledge. The business resources library includes the complete set of recordings from the last twelve years of AF’s business seminars. Learn and grow in kingdom focused business theory and practice as you listen to a broad range of business topics.
With over 150 business articles, plus management tools, this library is an indispensable source for owners and managers. Learn from seasoned Anabaptist business experts as they share content across ten areas of business knowledge. A wealth of kingdom-focused business training, this library contains all of AF’s published materials.
This flash drive includes Digital Versions of our Family Finance Resources, including:
- Family Budget Planner Seminar Book
- Family Budget Planner Workbook
- Tracking Budget Guide
- Will Organizer
- Articles for Deacons and Trustees
- Youth and Family Finance Seminar Handout
- Youth and Family Finance Seminar Topics in Written Format
- Youth and Family Finance Seminar Topic Recordings
- Deacon and Trustee Seminar Recordings
Do What Is Right
Correcting your mistakes can be hard. Thankfully for Amos, his father was a good role model in doing what was right.
Proactive Leadership
We desire that our churches demonstrate Jesus to our local communities through our businesses and use of material resources. We want our daily lives, our purchasing choices, and our business operations to provide a beautiful and compelling picture of Christianity to our unbelieving neighbors. Yet every church leader I have talked to admits there’s much…
Surviving Prosperity as a Business
Will our communities survive prosperity? The answer to this question does not lie entirely with business owners. But how business owners conduct their businesses will either help or hinder our survival of prosperity. This is the third in a series of four articles on surviving prosperity as a family, business, and church.
Am I My Brother’s Keeper
This fun children’ book helps your children realize the importance of helping one another. This is book three of four.
For a full list of resources for deacons and trustees, visit our Resources for Deacons & Trustees.
A Proper Response to Prosperity
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
Trust-Don’t Leave Home Without It
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
How to Acquire Accountability and Achieve Restoration
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
Yes, I Wish to Give But, How and Where Should I Give?
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
The Troubled and Hurting Among Us
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
Helping People Recognize and Admit Their Needs
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.
Root Causes of Financial Distress
Illinois Deacon Seminar 2025
This is a recording from the Seminar for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees held in Arthur, IL in 2025.