Upon Completion of this Badge, you should be able to:

  • Recognize the cost of failures in financial stewardship

  • Understand the problem of perceived favoritism in church budgeting

  • Be able to identify and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various staff renumeration models

  • Be able to define healthy growth and summarize why budgeting is an important part of realization.

  • Be able to determine responsibility, methodology, and expectations. (the pastor's role, overall categories, and board and congregational roles)

  • Understand when it is appropriate or advisable for pastors to get involved in budget presentation.

Meet Our Instructor

Dr. Wilbert Baker has a Doctor of Ministry degree and serves as the Program Director of PACE Academy. He has several certifications in Biblical Counseling, Black Church Studies, Theology, and the Bible. Dr. Baker has been a pastor for over 30 years and serves as the Founder and pastor of Lakeland Missionary Baptist Church.

Meet Our Course Facilitator

Randall Whitman is the proud husband of Kimberly and father of two beautiful little redheaded daughters. His passion is equipping the global pastor to minister faithfully in any context God puts them in (and American football). He is a Moody Bible Institute graduate, an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Ambassador International University (AIU) in Zambia, and the Founder of the Global Pastor Institute. He has authored multiple accredited courses for AIU on topics including Biblical Backgrounds and Theology. God has blessed him with the privilege of teaching in the global context on a regular basis over the past seven years.