Sustainable Stewardship Journey

A three-retreat journey with Keith Clark-Hoyos to secure practices, plan for succession, and cultivate long-term financial resilience.

Welcome to Financial Leadership Formation

Sustainable Stewardship Journey

A three-retreat journey with Keith Clark-Hoyos to strengthen practices, prepare for succession, and cultivate long-term financial resilience.

Church finances are most sustainable when current practices, future planning, and the congregation’s Calling remain connected. The Sustainable Stewardship Journey builds on Foundations of Stewardship and Faithful Financial Practices, guiding leaders through three retreats that integrate calling, compliance, and future-oriented planning.

Drawing from The Heart of Stewardship, The Practice of Faith—Retreats 1–3—this journey helps treasurers, finance committees, and boards lead with clarity in the present while building capacity for the future.

An optional Anniversary Gathering one year later gives congregations an opportunity to recognize growth, renew accountability, and establish new goals in step with God’s Spirit.

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance.”
— Proverbs 21:5

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Why This Journey Exists

A Three-Retreat Formation Path with Keith Clark-Hoyos

Churches need financial practices that serve both present responsibilities and future leadership. The Sustainable Stewardship Journey helps congregations prepare for transitions, strengthen succession planning, and develop stewardship rhythms that can be carried forward with clarity and care.

With Keith Clark-Hoyos as your guide, your church will cultivate a leadership pipeline, connect long-term financial planning with mission, and establish practices that support continuity, accountability, and shared responsibility across changes in leadership.

What will help the next generation carry forward responsible stewardship and Calling?

What You’ll Experience

Building a Future of Faithful Financial Ministry

The Sacred Process:

  • Reframing Finances Spiritually — Root all financial practices in Scripture, prayer, and calling.

  • Protective Practices — Establish transparent reporting, compliance, and risk safeguards.

  • Visionary Stewardship — Equip leaders to link finances to mission goals, long-term planning, and community witness.

  • Succession & Leadership Pipeline — Prepare future treasurers and financial leaders through mentoring, commissioning, and covenanting.

  • Celebration & Renewal — Optional Anniversary Gathering to revisit goals, celebrate resilience, and renew commitments.

Format Options:

  • Three one-day retreats (scheduled over 6–12 months)

  • Extended intensive (2–3 day on-site immersion)

  • Cohort format (6-session series with 3 months of coaching)

What’s Included:

  • Guided reflection and prayer woven into each retreat

  • Visioning exercises, succession planning templates, and policy guides

  • Anniversary Gathering option for renewal and accountability

  • Ongoing access to the Effective Church Leadership Community (ECLC)

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”
— 1 Corinthians 3:6

What You’ll Gain

Seeds of Sustainable Stewardship

  • A leadership pipeline for future treasurers and finance leaders.

  • Vision-driven financial planning that inspires generosity and aligns with mission.

  • Resilient systems that endure beyond any single leader.

  • Confidence in long-term sustainability and denominational accountability.

  • Celebratory renewal through the optional Anniversary Gathering.

  • Spirit-led stewardship that fosters abundance and trust.

Voices of the Journey

What Church Leaders Are Saying

“Our congregation has been working with Church Training Center for the past few years and their team has been absolutely incredible. They helped us clean up accounting practices, update policies and procedures, and even led meetings to help educate the congregation on financial matters. All of this allowed us to focus more fully on ministry and mission.”
Rev. Caleb LinesUniversity Christian Church, San Diego
“Whenever our church has questions regarding how to better manage our finances, establish financial procedures, or develop our vision for responsible stewardship, Keith is our go-to consultant. He literally kept us afloat during transition and gave us clarity we desperately needed.”
Rev. Samuel PullenPastor, United Church of Christ
“Keith is an experienced, visionary leader. He has the uncanny capacity to translate mission into strategy, keep track of details without losing sight of the big picture, and build consensus. Keith has been a trusted counselor in the area of mission, finances, and organizational systems.”
Rev. Dr. Felix C. VillanuevaFormer Conference Minister, United Church of Christ

Take the Next Step

Ready to Build for the Future?

Sustain your mission and prepare tomorrow’s leaders with the Sustainable Stewardship Journey. Schedule a free 30-minute consultation to explore how this three-retreat journey can build trust, inspire generosity, and strengthen your church’s financial ministry for generations to come.

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Let’s Lead Faithfully—Together

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Let’s align finances with mission and create sustainable systems for the future. Share your needs below, and we’ll connect for a free 30-minute consultation to begin together.

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