CCFM Catalog

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The Center For Church Financial Management

A Ministry Of

K. W. Brown Ministries, Inc.215 Las Gaviotas Blvd.Chesapeake, VA 23322

(757) 547-3388WWW.THEMOUNTLEADS.ORG

InasocIatIonwIththesamuel D. Proctor,schoolof theology,

VIrgInIa unIon unIVersIty,rIchmonD, Va

The Leader in Administrative and Financial Management

First-Class Training For Church Professionals

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contents:Table of

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Mission Statement ................................................................. 2

Where Do You See Yoursel ................................................... 3

The Center Introduction .................................................... 4

Certication Program ............................................................ 5

Certication as a Financial Specialist .............................. 5

Certication as an Administrator/ Church Secretary ..... 6

Certication as a Business Manager/Executive Pastor .. 7

Classes Ofered Description ................................................. 8

PowerChurch Plus ................................................................. 9

Previous Attndees ............................................................. 10

Tax and IRS Issues .............................................................. 11Time Management ............................................................ 11

Ethics ................................................................................... 11

Microsot ............................................................................ 12

Budgeting and Strategic Planning ................................. 12

Church Leadership Dynamics ......................................... 13

Human Recource Development ...................................... 14

Faclities Management .............................................. 14

Tuition, Fees and Academic Credit Inormation ............... 15

Tuition and Fees ................................................................ 16

Reunds .............................................................................. 16

Books and Materials ......................................................... 16

Academic Credit ................................................................ 16

Eligibility ............................................................................ 16

Class Schedule ................................................................... 16

Faculty and Staf Detailed Descriptions ............................. 17

Dr. Kim Walter Brown ........................................................ 18

Dr. Valerie Kay Brown ........................................................ 18

Application ............................................................................. 19

Registration ............................................................................ 20

The Center ............................................................................... 21

Advertisements ...................................................................... 22



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The Center or Church Financial Management

Mission Statement

To make a dierence in society by developing and delivering workshops, seminars, tapes and material that will educate individuathat they can ulill Gods purpose and call on their lives. To maintain a continuous commitment and dedication to God by providsuperior educational opportunities and spiritual empowerment to the world. To understand that it is our commitment to God th

responsible or whatever success we achieve. To operate always with integrity enabling us to achieve our goals.

K. W. Brown Ministries, Inc.

215 Las Gaviotas Blvd

Chesapeake, VA 23322

757-547-3388

www.themountleads.org

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Where do you see yoursel?

As the pastor o your congregation, how many times have you had these thoughts?

Ihavevolunteersdoingjobstheyarenotqualiedortrainedtodo!

Howhardisittoproduceaccuratenancialreports?

WhydoIhavetodoeverythingmyself?Ineedhelp...no,goodcompetenthelp!

Itcoststoomuchtohirecompetentoutsidehelpforministryprojects...whatcanIdo?

Ineedaraise...whatsthebestapproachtotake?

TheCenTerForChurChFinanCialmanag

As a volunteer working within a ministry, how many times have you hadthese thoughts?

Whatsthelatestandnewesttechnologyavailablethatwouldhelpourministrygrow?

WhatarethelatestIRSregulationssowestayincompliance?

Chainofcommand...whatsthat?



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TheCenTerForChurChFinanCialmanagem

The Center or Church Financial Management (CCFM) was created in response

to aith-based entities need to train leaders, sta and volunteers in the areas o

Leadership, Financial, and Administrative Management. The Center oers individan opportunity to sharpen skills and/or acquire new skills to enhance their abilitie

be eective leaders in a aith-based environment.

The program is an interdenominational continuing education component o the

Samuel D. Proctor, School o Theology, at Virginia Union University, Richmond,

VA. As such, the program is designed to meet the standards and requirements o

continuing education credits as established by their accrediting boards.

While The Center uses the educational acilities o Mount Lebanon Church, The

Center does not teach rom any specic denominational perspectives. The Cent

is sensitive to various denominational hierarchical governance structures and

incorporates them where applicable.

The Center oers both a structured plan o study leading to certication in a

particular discipline or the ability to take individual classes to meet your current

specic needs.

All classes are held in the new state o the art educational acilities o Mount

Lebanon, Chesapeake, VA. All computer classes are held in a computer lab where

participants will each have a computer or hands-on computer learning while the

instructor is teaching.

The Center receives numerous calls daily rom pastors, churches, and other aith

based non-prots seeking recommendations on individuals to ll nancial and

administrative roles. Thereore, The Center is committed to maintaining a databo individuals who become certied to reer to the inquiring entity. This is a win-

win situation. The pastor, church, or other aith-based non-prot know that the

individual reerred to them is capable o perorming the job; and the individual is

connected to the job they would not otherwise know about.

Got an opening or such a person? The Center will search their database o

certied candidates to assist in nding such a person. Give us a call @ 757-547-33

or visit us on the web @ www.themountleads.organd click on The Center link.

Got an opening or such a person?

CCFM



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TheCenTerForChurChFinanCialmanagemenT

The Center or Church Financial Management

CertifiCation

program

The Center or Church Financial

Management oers a structured course o

study that can lead to certication in specicareas. The Center realizes there is a great

need in the aith-based community to nd

not only competent and skilled individuals

to perorm certain tasks; but to ensure thatthe individual has the oundational belies

in Christian values that will make that

individual successul working in a aith-

based environment.

The certication programs currently oeredby The Center are:

Certication as a Financial Specialist

Certication as an Oce Administrator/

Church Secretary

Certication as a Business Manager

(Executive Pastor)

The ollowing course o study must becompleted in order to become certied in a

given area:

Build your

Career with

Professional

Credentials!

World-Class

Training for

Faith-Based

Professionals!

CertifiCationasa finanCialspeCialist

The Role o a Financial Specialist is to handle on a day-to-day basis the nancial aairs othe non-prot. This would include being competent in the areas o:

Budgeting/Strategic Planning

Payroll, including pastoral compensation packages

Tax and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Issues and The Church

Microsot Word and Excel Spreadsheet

PowerChurch Plus Church Financial Management Sotware

For Certifcation, the ollowing is required: Costs

32 hours * Complete PowerChurch Plus training $795

6 hours * Pass PowerChurch Plus certication exam 75

8 hours * Complete Microsot Excel and Word training 295

Take the ollowing classes:

8 hours a. Understanding Budget/Strategic Planning $ 99

Including Sta Compensation

8 hours b. Tax/IRS Issues and The Church 99

4 hours c. Time Management 49

i. Procrastination

ii. Discipline o sel

iii. Planning Daily Objectives

4 hours d. Ethics 49

i. Issues in Church Administration

ii. Ethical Decision-Making

iii. Society, Culture, and The Church

70 hours total



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CertifiCationasanadministrator/ChurCh seCretary

The Role o the administrator/Church Secretary is to handle the day-to-day administrative/ront oce.

This includes but is not limited to:

Preparing presentation packets or meetings

Scheduling events and coordinating the logistics

Keeping church calendar and scheduling appointments

Answering the phone with proessionalism

Greeting guests and members

Typing correspondence

Sorting and distributing mail

For Certifcation, the ollowing is required: COSTS

1. Complete Microsot training (16 HRS) $395

4 hours a. Word

4 hours b. Excel

4 hours c. PowerPoint

4 hours d. Outlook

2. 8 hours Pass Microsot Exam (4 parts) 75

3. Complete the ollowing classes:

4 hours a. Ethics $49

4 hours b. Time Management 49

8 hours c. Human Resource Development 99

8 hours d. Facilities Management 99

48 hours total



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The role o the Business Manager/Executive Pastor is to supervise (or ensure compliance o ) all areas o the nancial and

administrative responsibilities.

Thereore, the certied Business Manager/Executive Pastor must:

70 hours 1. Successully complete Certied Financial

Specialist Training

48 hours 2. Successully complete Oce Administration/Church Secretary Training

16 hours 3. Complete the ollowing class: COSTS

a. Understanding Leadership Dynamics ** $3504. Steps 1-3 must be completed within 4 years o initial registration

134 hours total

**ImportantNote:thisclassrequirespreliminaryreadingandwritingassignmentspriortoclass.Therefore,

registrationforclassisencouragedatleasttwoweekspriortoclassdate.

CertifiCationasBusinessmanager/exeCutive pastor



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While the program is designed or certication, some o the classes may be taken without being in the certication program.

Classes Ofered

Detailed Descriptions



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PowerChurch Plus is known as the leading sotware among churches or maintaining its fnancial data and membership data.

At the touch o a button, reports that normally take days to prepare can be retrieved with clarity o inormation and accuracy.

Member contribution statements can be quickly printed at year end or at anytime throughout the year. Access to membership

contact inormation, along with a picture o the member is also available. PowerChurch Plus is the winner o the 2009 Campbell

Award or user satisaction in church sotware competition.

WhaTyouCanexpeCTTolearn

Hands on computer learning in state o the art computer lab utilizing actualPC+ sotware

How to set up and maintain your membership database, load pictures andprint church directory

How to enter contributions and print statements

How to set up your chart o accounts or ease o printing nancial reportsincluding graphs and charts

How to set up and use the payroll module or printing o paychecks,preparing quarterly 941 report orms, year end W-2s and so much more!

How to pay bills and manage cash fow

Every two years we used anoutside photography company toprepare a church directory or us asa undraiser . . .

is it true we can prepare our ownin house pictorial directoryusingPowerChurch Plus?

SuCCeSSFulCandidaTeSWillBeaBleTo:

Set up a chart o accounts

Enter simple transactions and prepare a balance sheet, income statement,and reconcile a bank statement

Set up an employee in payroll, process a payroll period, calculate taxes due,

prepare a quarterly 941 Form Enter member contributions and print a member statement

Process accounts payable

Pass PowerChurch Competency Exam with a minimum o 70% on writtenQ&A exam

$795 (32 Hours)

AftertakingthePowerChurchtrainingwithMs.Brenda,IwasverycondentthatIwouldbeabletounderstandandworkwiththeprogram.WhileIwasthere,BrendaclearedupmanyquestionsIhadabouttheprogram.Evenafter

theclasswasover,shewasthereformetocallandaskanyquestions.Brendaisthebest!IamveryblessedtohaveherasmyPowerChurchtrainingteacher!

-SummerHarrisHopeCharitableServices



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previouSaTTendeeS

Church Name City/State

Azalea Garden Church Virginia Beach, VA

Balm o Gilead Baptist Church Suolk, VA

Beulah Baptist Church Thornburg, VA

Calvary Revival Center Suolk, VA

Chickahominy Church Toano, VA

Chowan Baptist Association Hertord, NC

Covenant Fellowship Church Chesapeake, VA

Duck United Methodist Church Duck, NC

First Baptist South Hill Chesapeake, VA

First Pentecostal United Holiness Norolk, VA

First United Baptist Church Newport News, VA

Galatians United Church o Christ Suolk, VA

Gethsemane Community Fellowship Baptist Church Norolk, VA

Good Shepherd Baptist Church Petersburg, VA

Greater Triumph Missionary Baptist Church Chatham, VA

Harvest Temple Pentecostal Holiness Roanoke Rapids, NC

Harvest Time Ministries South Mills, NC

Hope Charitable Services Portsmouth, VA

Kempsville Church o Christ Virginia Beach, VA

Little Ark Baptist Church Dahlgren, VA

Macedonia Baptist Church Edenton, NC

Mosby Memorial Baptist Church Richmond, VA

Mt. Olivet Church Richmond, VA

New Central Baptist Church Norolk, VA

New Hope Baptist Church Gatesville, NC

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Prince George, VA

Second Baptist Creeksville Murreesboro, NC

St. Thomas Reorm Church St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Tikvat Israel Congregation Richmond, VA

Zion Baptist Church Portsmouth, VA

ThePowerChurchTrainingclassoered

byMt.Lebanongaveourteamthetips,

tools,techniquesneededtocondently

implementthispowerfulchurch

managementresource.Aprofessional

presentationgivenbyknowledgeable

staresultedinqualityinstruction.Iwould

recommendthistrainingtoanyuserof

thePowerChurchsoftwarewhowantsto

maximizetheirinvestment.

-ChristopherCollins

GethsemaneCommunityFellowship

We wanted a loan rom a bankthey asked us or a Balance She

and Income Statement

Whats that?



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Tax and IRS Issues$99

Do not be scared o the Internal RevenueService! Do not let other companies use

scare tactics on you to use their services!Inormation is powerul!

Learn what the IRS expects o churches and

you have no need to worry!


The guidelines or staying in compliance

with 501 (3) requirements

How to apply or your 501 (3) statusand receive your letter conrming such

rom the IRS

How to avoid IRS audits

Common mistakes made by churchleaders

Love Oerings are they taxable or taxree

Liability o Ocers

Time Management

$49WhaTyouCanexpeCTTolearn

Have you ever wondered where the timewent or how quickly the day passed without

you accomplishing tasks?

Do you nd yoursel completing tasks you

enjoy and putting o the unpleasant tasks?

Do you prepare a To Do list and ollow a daily

schedule or routine to ensure tasks are done

in the order o priorities and no tasks all

through the cracks or are orgotten?

SuCCeSSFulCandidaTeS:

Ater taking this class, none o the above willbe able to happen again. This class provides

practical step-by-step procedures to ensure

you manage your time wisely. This class will

benet you not just in the workplace, but inyour private lie as well.

Ethics

$49


Using case studies and group participationyou will explore and discuss various ethica

situations that requently occur within the

church and the appropriate biblical way to

resolve these situations

Dont get caught

in a compromising

situation.

Perception

is

Reality.

Place saeguardsin position to avoid

embarrassingscenes.

I never thoughtthis would

happen to me.



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Church Leadership Dynamics$350

This is an intensive course to provide pastors and lay leaders an opportunity to explore and understand the dynamics o change that is

taking place in churches today. The course provides guidance on how to manage the change without compromising your values and themission o the church. The course also oers insight on the various types o leadership styles that have proven eective in managing the

church.


How to manage change . . . what should change? . . . What should never change?

Roles and responsibilities o various leadership positions

How to manage confict and stress among sta

How to develop a team o accountable and responsible people

How to get your team to embrace the vision o the church and move it orward

*Dinner at conclusion o rst night with guest speaker (included in ee)

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Human Resource Development$99


Working Eectively With People

Building Positive Sta Relationships

Maintaining Ministers Personal Lie

Equipping the Saints to Serve

Administering Personnel Policies

Equipment Maintenance

Building/Renovating a Facility

Space Utilization

Grounds and Parking

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Developing Job Descriptions

Hiring and Firing Sta

Developing Policies and Procedures Manual

Creating Oce Etiquettes

Developing an Evaluation Process

Facilities Management$99


Custodial Management

Security

Insurance

Preventive Maintenance

CCFM



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Tuition, Fees and Academic

Credit Inormation


While the program is designed or certication, some o the classes

may be taken without being in the certication program.



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Tuition and Fees

The tuition or each class is due one month prior to the beginning o each class. To successully complete each class, various booksand materials are needed. Book and material ees are extra and will vary rom class to class. Costs o transportation and/or hotel

accommodations are the responsibility o the participant. Financial Aid assistance may be available or tuition costs or students enrolled

in the Samuel D. Proctor, School o Theology. Students should contact their graduate advisor or urther inormation on possible nancial

assistance.

There is a one-time non-reundable application/registration ee o $45.00 or every participant.

There is a certication ee assessed or participants who register or a certication program track. This certication ee covers the

administrative cost o tracking participant record, maintaining participant les, payment o CEU ees to Virginia Union, etc. This ee is non-

reundable and is due and payable upon registering as a certicate tract participant.

Should a non-track participant decide later to become a certied track participant, they will be required to register as such and pay the then

prevailing certication ee (as ees are likely to increase each year).

Reunds

Fees are non-reundable but will remain on the account o the participant or twelve months rom the date o their withdrawal rom the

program should they decide to re-enroll in the program. Ater the twelve-month period, all ee credits are oreited and removed rom your

account.

Tuition is ully reundable (100%) up to one month prior to the start o classes. Reund o tuition o 50% o the amount paid is reunded irequested (in writing) prior to two weeks o the start o class. No reund is given less than two weeks (14 days) o the start o class.

Books & Materials

Some classes require advance readings prior to the beginning o class. Students are thereore, encouraged to register early to secure any

needed materials to successully pass the class.

Book and material costs will vary rom class to class. Book and material ees are non-reundable.

Academic Credit

Participants who are currently enrolled in the Samuel D. Proctor, School o Theology, may receive up to ve-quarter hours o graduate

academic credit or course work. Persons wishing to receive such academic credit must rst secure their graduate advisors written

approval prior to registering or a particular class.

Eligibility

Participation in the CCFM is not restricted by previous educational attainment. Any person committed to the pursuit o higher academic

and practical knowledge is welcomed. The Center does not discriminate based on sex, creed or gender.

Class Schedules

Classes start February 2010. Visit us at www.themountleads.org or a listing o classes and times.

Registration will begin November 2009 online or by calling 757-547-3388 and asking or the Center or Financial and Administrative

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Faculty and Staf




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FaCulTyandSTaFF

All courses are taught by aculty under the supervision o K. W. Brown Ministries, Inc., and approved by the SamueD. Proctor School o Theology, Richmond, Virginia. K. W. Brown Ministries Inc. is anationally recognized ministry under the leadership o Dr. Kim Walter Brown and Dr.Valerie Kay Brown, CPA.

Kim Walter Brown holds both a Masters o Divinity and a Doctorate oMinistry degree rom the Samuel D. Proctor School o Theology, Virginia

Union University. He has taught at the Virginia Seminary Suolk Extension,

the Evans-Smith Institute o Christian Education, Norolk Extension, and the Tidewater

Church-Wide Institute. Dr. Brown has written a book entitled The Clothesline Talk,

and has authored articles on ordination, worship, trustee ministry, and church building

projects. Dr. Brown is the senior pastor o Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church

in Chesapeake, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Valerie Kay Brown holds a doctorate degree in business managemen

rom the Weatherhead School o Management, Case Western Reserv

University, Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, Dr. Brown received her Virgin

CPA certication in 1980. Dr. Brown is also a noted and respected CPA (Certie

Public Accountant) in the State o Virginia, and has previously been an Associat

Proessor o Management at the Samuel D. Proctor, School o Theology, Virgin

Union University where she taught Church Administration, Finance, an

Leadership. Dr. Brown is also a registered representative or PowerChurch PluSotware. This sotware is nationally recognized as the leading sotware o

church administration and nancial recordkeeping. Dr. Brown has authored tw

books, including The MisEducation o the Christian and Whats in a Title? ...

New Leadership Paradigm which was published by Creation House Publication

She is a gited teacher and speaker who acilitates workshops and seminars acros

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Application Form

Name: ____________________________________ Title: _____________________

Address: __________________________________ Phone: ___________________

City: ______________________ State: ________ Zip Code: _________________

E-Mail: ______________________________________________________________

Church Affiliation: __________________________ Pastor: ___________________

Address: __________________________________ Phone: ___________________

Educational Background

High School Attended __________________________________________________

Did you graduate? Yes/No Year: ____ If not, do you hold a GED Certificate? ______

Names of Institutions of Higher Education Attended: Degree or Diploma

1._______________________________________________________________2._______________________________________________________________A$45.00 (non-refundable) Registration Fee must accompany this application

Signature of Applicant: ______________________________ Date: ___________

Please attach one letter of reference: preferably from your Pastor.

The Center for

Church Financial Management



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The Center

The Center

215 Las Gaviotas Blvd.

Chesapeake, VA 23322

A Ministry o K. W. Brown Ministries, Inc.

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