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.
Organizing for Productivity
Ohio Employee Seminar 2022
“Value” is what customers pay for. A key insight for operational success is learning to see which business activities add value and which ones don’t. The goal of organizing is to make the value-adding activities easier and to reduce activity that doesn’t add value. We will look at several basic techniques for organizing: work-area layout,…
Behaviors That Build Trust
Ohio Employee Seminar 2022
The culture of the workplace directly affects the performance of the team. A key ingredient of quality relationships is trust. Every employee has the power to contribute to their workplace culture in a way that makes their culture attractive. In this session, we will discuss behaviors that build a culture of trust.
Relating to Your Leader
Ohio Employee Seminar 2022
As Christian employees, we are called to honor and respect our leaders, work for the common good, and serve with humility. How do our traditional work ethics and beliefs aid employees in building strong relationship with leaders? How do we serve in the workplace where humility, servanthood, and respect are a central part of the…
Making It Work: A Business Planning Case Study
Ohio Business Seminar 2022
The effort of business planning should produce an annual business plan that guides the business through a period of one year. This session will show how a real business plan guided a business to reach its goals.
Building a Budget
Ohio Business Seminar 2022
Creating a budget does not need to be tough, but it does need to be done! Without it, how will you determine if you are on track to achieve the result you desire? Budgeting needs to focus on both profitability and cash flow requirements to be successful. Learn how to build your business budget while…
Planning Sales and Marketing
Ohio Business Seminar 2022
How much should we budget for marketing? What type of advertising works the best? We need more sales but nothing seems to work very well. How do you get people to open their wallets? We need to improve our marketing this year, but where do we start? How do we hire a good salesman? If…
Action Plan
Ohio Business Seminar 2022
Business plans also fail for lack of action in following the planning process. The action plan flows out of the annual strategic plan, specifying who will do what and when to ensure a successful outcome. Successful planning involves discipline, and the action plan provides that discipline by breaking the annual strategic plan down into quarterly…
Planning of Cost and Pricing
Ohio Business Seminar 2022
Do you know your business’s break-even point? Understanding the difference between fixed and variable expenses is a key component in finding your break-even points. Learn how to use the AF Financial Analyzer to understand how these expense categories can determine what investments and expenses are acceptable in your business, based on your sales.
For a full list of resources for families, visit our Resources for Family Finance.
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.
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.
Surviving Prosperity as a Family
So, can our families spiritually survive prosperity? When we study the Scriptures and all the promises therein, it is plain to see that it is possible. But it won’t be easy. Our family values and lifestyles need to be based upon Biblical values, not merely on accepted practices within the world or even one’s community….
Surviving Prosperity
Exactly what is prosperity, and why do many of us who are concerned about our heritage refer to it in a negative way? Is prosperity bad? This is the first in a series of four articles on surviving prosperity as a family, business, and church.
For a full list of resources for deacons and trustees, visit our Resources for Deacons & Trustees.
Trust – Don’t Leave Without It
Oregon Deacons Seminar 2024
Your capacity to influence those you lead breaks down if you lose one critical component—trust. How is trust lost? What happens when we lose it? How can we regain trust? We will explore the pillars of trust and some practical things you can do when trust is threatened.
Peacemaking in the Brotherhood
Oregon Deacons Seminar 2024
When tensions mount and imaginations run high, peace disappears. In its place move suspicion and conflict. However, when God has one or two peacemakers in a church or family, the devil usually doesn’t get his way. How could God use me to bring a peaceful outcome? Or is separation the only option when conflict is…
The Role of the Deacon
Virginia Deacons Seminar 2024
Is handling church funds the only role of a deacon? What place does a deacon have in relationships within the church and within the ministry team, particularly when there is a conflict?
Time Stewardship
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
We often think of money when we talk about stewardship. But stewardship is much broader than that. The Bible speaks of “redeeming the time.” How can we be a steward of our time?
The Troubled and Hurting Among Us – Rethinking the Role of the Church
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Has the church paid a price by sending our troubled, hurting people to Anabaptist institutions rather than engaging in the heavy personal work these people need? What if the church were to see itself as primary caregivers? What part of our beliefs and focus may need to change? Can the church develop the vision, knowledge,…
Joy in Serving
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
All of us are called to serve;some are called to serve as a church leader, while others might serve on a trustee committee. How do we find joy while carrying the weight of responsibility that comes with serving?
How Much Debt is Too Much Debt?
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Is there something like too much “good debt”? We use debt as a tool to start a business or buy an asset that appreciates. Can we ever use good debt for wrong motives?
Helping People Recognize and Admit Their Needs
Pennsylvania Deacons Seminar 2024
Most troubled people long for change – a transformation. Why then are they so stuck in the mire of blindness and resistance? How can we help pull them toward victory, relational peace, and fruitfulness?