For Church Leaders
In development · Licensing opens 2027
A stewardship curriculum
your church can run.
No financial expert required.
Six sessions. Video teaching by a pastor. Peer-led discussion. Biblical, practical, Canadian. Launching 2027, and the waitlist is open now.
Why this matters in your congregation
Financial stress is one of the quietest forces in a Christian household. Most churches leave it unaddressed.
The people in your congregation aren't exempt from Canada's debt problem. Some are carrying credit card balances they haven't told their spouse about. Some have a savings account that has never held more than a few hundred dollars. Young adults sit in your pews with no framework for giving, saving, or building. They are not careless. They are carrying shame, and they have no idea the church has anything to say about it.
The conversation belongs in the congregation, not outsourced to a podcast or a one-off financial seminar. The difference isn't only content. It's the relationship your facilitator already has with your people, and a theological framework that makes the whole discussion legible in light of the gospel.
How it works
The most effective financial teacher in your congregation is already there.
Bringing in an outside speaker on money is better than nothing. But the men and women in your congregation are more likely to act on what they hear from someone who knows them, is in the same season of life, and will still be there the following Sunday. The Wise and Faithful curriculum is built around that reality.
Dan Taylor provides the video teaching. Your church identifies a trusted member to facilitate the discussion each week. No financial credentials required. The facilitator guide handles the structure; the relationship does the rest.
Step 1
Dan teaches on video
Each session opens with a 25–30 minute video teaching. Theologically grounded, practically specific, Canadian context throughout.
Step 2
Your facilitator leads discussion
A trusted member of your congregation (not a financial expert) guides the group through the workbook questions. They already have the relationship. The guide gives them the structure.
Step 3
Participants do the work between sessions
The participant workbook includes exercises, honest reflection prompts, and practical steps. All done privately, discussed only as much as each person chooses.
What's included
Everything your church needs to run the series.
Video teaching modules
Six sessions of 25–30 minutes each. Recorded by Dan Taylor. Hosted and streamed. No disc, no downloads required.
Facilitator guide
Full session notes, discussion questions, timing guide, and pastoral tips for the person running each week's meeting. No financial background required.
Participant workbook
A printable workbook with exercises, reflection prompts, and personal finance tools for each session.
Stewardship infographics
A set of summary infographics to use at your church's resource table. Available in bulk for your info station. QR codes link to the tools on wiseandfaithful.ca.
Access to the full toolkit
Participants are directed to the calculators, guides, and articles at wiseandfaithful.ca as part of the curriculum. No separate subscription required.
Facilitator onboarding call
A one-hour call with Dan to walk your facilitator through the curriculum, answer questions, and set expectations before the first session.
The curriculum
Six sessions. One framework that holds.
The curriculum moves from foundation to application, starting with the theological lens that makes every financial decision legible, then working through the specific challenges your congregation actually faces: debt and shame, generosity as discipleship, saving with the right motive, and what money means inside a marriage.
Session 1
You're a Steward, Not an Owner
The foundational shift. Why "my money" is a fiction most Christians never examine, what it looks like to hold resources with open hands, and how that one reframe changes every financial decision downstream.
Session 2
Honest Assessment: Where Are You Really?
A guided look at your actual numbers, without shame. Net worth, debt load, and giving rate. What the picture actually shows, and where to go from here.
Session 3
Debt, Shame, and the Way Out
Why shame keeps people stuck longer than the debt itself. The psychology of avoidance, a practical Canadian framework for getting out, and what the Bible actually says about borrowing.
Session 4
Generosity as Discipleship
Why giving is a spiritual practice, not a financial transaction. How the tithe works, what to do with the other 90 percent, and what generosity looks like when you're still paying off debt.
Session 5
Saving for Something, Not from Fear
The difference between faithful preparation and anxious hoarding. Emergency funds, TFSAs, RRSPs, and what your savings are actually for.
Session 6
Money, Marriage, and the Long Picture
Finances as a couple. How to structure one household, what faithful financial partnership looks like in a marriage, and how to build a one-page plan you can both follow.
Coming 2027
Licensing opens in 2027. The waitlist is open now.
The curriculum is in development, with a pilot running first. Churches on the waitlist hear the moment licensing opens, help shape the final materials, and get priority on the early-licensee rate.
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See what a session actually looks like.
Below is a preview of Session 1, the foundational session that sets the framework for everything that follows.
Session 1: Preview
You're a Steward, Not an Owner
What this session is about
This session introduces the foundational lens of the entire curriculum: the shift from "my money" to "what I've been given." Participants are challenged to examine where they feel most possessive about their finances, and to consider what it would mean to hold their resources (money, time, skills, home) with open hands. The session does not moralize. It invites honest examination and moves toward gratitude.
Scripture anchor
The video teaching covers
The steward/owner distinction in Jesus's teaching: Psalm 24, the parable of the talents, Luke 16. What stewardship of money, time, and talent actually looks like. Why a good steward starts with recognition, not strategy. The recognition that the very breath in our lungs is from God's grace, and far more than we deserve. How that recognition changes every financial decision downstream.
Discussion questions (facilitator guide)
- What was the money model you grew up with? Was money talked about openly in your family, or was it a source of conflict, silence, or anxiety?
- Where do you feel most like an "owner" rather than a steward? Where does it feel hardest to think of your resources as belonging to God?
- If someone could see your last three months of bank statements, what story would they tell about your priorities?
- What would it feel like to hold your finances with genuinely open hands: not anxious, not grasping, just open?
Workbook exercise
Participants complete a one-page "current state" reflection: a simple net worth snapshot (assets minus debts), three areas where they want stewardship to improve, and one sentence: "Right now, my money mostly says that I value ________." This is done privately. Participants are invited (but never required) to share what they found.
Print resources
Leave something in their hands.
Physical materials your congregation can take from the resource table, keep in a Bible, or pass to someone who needs it.
The Steward's Framework
A double-sided, laminated one-pager. The biblical stewardship framework on one side; the Canadian practical sequence on the other. QR codes link to the tools at wiseandfaithful.ca. Available in bulk for church resource tables, priced for a church to keep a stack on hand.
Money and Marriage
A focused infographic on the money conversation in marriage: how to structure finances as a couple, the one-account default, and how to start the conversation without it becoming a fight. Good for premarital prep and couples' groups.
The Wise and Faithful Infographic Collection
The full set of Wise and Faithful infographics in a compact, booklet format. Covers stewardship, giving, debt, saving, and provision. Suitable as a confirmation gift, welcome package for new members, or resource for small group leaders.
Guides and Illustrated Books
Short pastoral guides on stewardship, giving, and provision. Also a children's series on generosity, contentment, and money formation. Details in the inquiry form below.
About the curriculum author
Pastoral, not financial. And that's the point.
Financial stress is one of the quietest and most corrosive forces in Christian households. People carry debt shame into Sunday service and say nothing. Young adults step into their first jobs with no framework for giving, saving, or building. Couples navigate financial decisions without a shared language for them. Most churches know this and aren't sure what to do about it.
This curriculum exists because the conversation belongs in the church, not outsourced to financial influencers who may share none of your congregation's values or convictions. The goal is not financial competence alone. It is financial discipleship: men and women who handle money in a way that reflects who they belong to.
Dan Taylor, Curriculum Author
Dan is an ordained pastor on staff at a church in Ontario. Before entering full-time ministry, he studied financial services and once held a mutual funds licence and a life insurance licence. He has walked through money conversations in pastoral counselling, premarital prep, and mentoring for years. Wise and Faithful is his attempt to put those conversations (and the resources that come out of them) into the hands of people who need them.
Licensing
Annual licence. Unlimited runs. Three tiers by congregation size.
Indicative pricing for the 2027 launch. Final rates are confirmed before licensing opens, and everyone on the waitlist is told first.
Each licence covers your church for a full year. Run the curriculum once or three times. With a men's group, a women's group, or a mixed small group. The price is set by congregation size, not by the number of cohorts you run.
Small congregation
$197 CAD
per year · 20 to 120 in attendance
- Full 6-session video curriculum
- Facilitator guide
- Participant digital workbook
- Unlimited cohort runs
- Email support from Dan
Most common
Mid-size congregation
$497 CAD
per year · 121 to 500 in attendance
- Full 6-session video curriculum
- Facilitator guide
- Participant digital workbook
- Unlimited cohort runs
- Email support from Dan
Large congregation
$997 CAD
per year · 500+ in attendance
- Full 6-session video curriculum
- Facilitator guide
- Participant digital workbook
- Unlimited cohort runs
- Priority support + annual curriculum call
The licence is gender-neutral. Run it with a men's group, a women's group, or a mixed small group. The facilitator guide includes discussion notes for each context. You do not need a separate licence for each group you run.
Common questions
A few things church leaders usually ask first.
The waitlist
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The curriculum launches in 2027. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first to know when licensing opens, with priority on the early-licensee rate. No commitment, and no sales pitch.
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A note on the gospel
This is explicitly Christian. Not financial advice with a veneer.
The curriculum is grounded in a real theological conviction: that every person in your congregation is a steward, not an owner, and that the cross changes everything about how we relate to money. The gospel page at wiseandfaithful.ca explains the Christian faith plainly, and several sessions naturally open the door to that conversation. If you have participants who aren't yet believers, the material won't alienate them. It may open a door you didn't expect.
Read the gospel page