If you’re looking for opportunities to grow your knowledge through financial education and experience God’s truth related to money, we encourage you to participate in one of the following classes. Not sure where to begin? We encourage you to start with one of the introductory workshops, such as Financial Foundations. 

Balanced – Ideal for those who want to learn how to better manage their resources, and those seeking stability and God’s truth about finances.

Financial Foundations – This monthly interactive workshop teaches you how to apply the Bible’s blueprint for a firm financial foundation to your everyday life. It's an excellent introduction to budgeting, saving, debt elimination, and inviting God into your financial plan.
Financial Peace University – More than one million families have attended Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University with amazing results. The average family pays off $5,300 in debt and saves $2,700 over this 91-day program.

Money, Marriage & Making it Count – Great for married and engaged couples who desire better communication about money and deeper intimacy for their marriage relationship.

We offer financial coaching to help you manage your money to the best of your ability. Whether you're just getting started with a budget, looking to develop a savings plan or seeking guidance on eliminating debt, our experienced coaching team will help you apply God's truth to your finances and manage money with purpose. Our Financial Coaching Program is eight weeks.

Register for Financial Coaching

Financial Worksheets

You can download our standardized financial worksheets to help you with your planning. These include include a spending plan, a family balance sheet, a debt reduction plan, a daily spending record and a monthly spending record.

Download the worksheets

Recommended books

All the books below are available for purchase at LifeLines bookstore at the Raleigh campus.

	Faith-Based Family Finances by Ron Blue & Jeremy White Whether you consider yourself a financial whiz or a financial wreck, Faith-Based Family Finances contains commonsense, practical tools to help you make good financial decisions year after year.  In addition to chapters covering every area of financial planning, the book contains the answers to questions the authors are asked most often, covering everything from getting out of debt to buying versus renting to investing wisely.
	Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton Your Money Counts is a thorough, highly practical, guide to personal finance that looks at earning, spending, saving, giving, and getting out of debt from a uniquely biblical perspective. In Your Money Counts, readers are taught the ABCs of establishing a household budget, basic investment strategies, and charitable giving to help them customize their own financial strategy. The book is filled with worksheets, charts, and calculators for assessing budgets, debt, mortgage payments, investments, and more. Your Money Counts provides a clear and thoughtful approach to living debt-free in any economy.
	Balanced: Gaining & Maintaining Financial Stability by Andy Stanley Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ?  What does it even mean to be financially balanced?  In this six-session study, you’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about finances and faith.  This study is filled with insightful perspectives and practical exercises to build a biblical foundation for just about every aspect of your finances.  This is an excellent program for Home Groups.
	Get Naked: Stripping Down to Money & Marriage by Derek Sisterhen Remember that "for richer, for poorer" part of your vows? Didn't really prepare you for managing money with your bride or groom, did it? Here's the deal: 84% of husbands and wives say money is the primary source of tension in their marriages. No wonder money fights and problems are the leading cause of divorce!  In Get Naked, you’ll learn how to talk with your spouse about money, create a list of financial goals you desire to accomplish together, and develop a monthly spending plan on which you each agree.  This is a great resource for those seeking deeper intimacy and communication regarding financial decisions.
	The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn Noting that fifteen percent of Christ's teachings in the New Testament deal with money and possessions – more than his teachings on heaven and hell combined – Alcorn compares heavenly treasure, which is eternal, with earthly riches, which "will always be lost" after death. Alcorn encourages Christians to understand that everything they believe they own is actually God's; they are merely managers.  Analyzing the pervasive disease of "affluenza" and the fact that Americans' unprecedented wealth does not seem to be bringing extraordinary happiness, he says that he and other people who have discovered the secret of unfettered giving know that they are storing up treasures in heaven, their true home.