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Practical guidance you can use, whatever system your church uses today.

Start 2027 on Stronger Financial Ground

Year-end means closing the books, preparing reports, and answering questions from church leaders. Disconnected systems and manual work can make it harder than it needs to be.

Join us to learn what to review before year-end, where you can simplify financial processes, and how to prepare your church for the year ahead.

What You'll Learn
  • Prepare for year-end: Know what to review before closing the books.
  • Improve reporting: Give pastors, boards, and finance committees a clearer picture of church finances.
  • Connect Giving and Accounting: Understand how contribution data flows into your financial records.
  • Cut manual work: Identify opportunities to reduce repetitive data entry and reconciliation.
  • Know your numbers: Understand the financial reports church leaders need.
  • Evaluate your tools: Know what to look for when considering financial technology.

What Better Church Finances Can Look Like

During the session, we'll show how a church-first approach, like the one behind Ministry Brands Accounting, brings these qualities together. We'll explore how a church-focused approach to accounting can help you:

  • See the full picture with clear, fund-based financial reports.
  • Track every dollar with accurate fund accounting and clear audit trails.
  • Spend less time on busywork by reducing manual data entry and automating payment workflows.
  • Make decisions with confidence using accurate, connected financial records.
  • Move forward with support through guided onboarding, data migration, and training when changes are needed.
Save Your Spot

Speakers

 

 

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Matt Bryson, Sr. Account Executive, Ministry Brands

Matt Bryson has spent more than 15 years serving in the local church, including roles as a Youth Pastor, Worship Pastor, Sunday School Teacher, preacher, and church security volunteer. His firsthand experience in ministry eventually led him into a bi-vocational career in church technology, where he has spent years helping churches navigate technology, digital giving, payments, and ministry systems.
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Today, Matt serves at Ministry Brands as a Senior Account Executive, combining his passion for ministry and technology to help organizations use technology to simplify ministry and better serve their people. He believes technology should never replace ministry, it should create more space for it.

 

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Feargal Phelan, Product Manager, Accounting & Financials, Ministry Brands

Feargal Phelan leads product strategy for the company’s accounting solutions, including Amplify Accounting and Shelby Financials. Working closely with engineering, services, sales, and implementation teams, he turns what churches and ministry organizations tell him into tools that make financial management clearer, simpler, and more reliable.
 
Feargal is passionate about giving ministry leaders confidence in their numbers so they can spend less time on bookkeeping and more time on mission. He believes good accounting software should work quietly in the background, freeing churches to focus on the people they serve..  

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the webinar free?

Yes. There's no cost to attend, and registration takes less than a minute.

Will this be a product demo?

No. The session focuses on practical year-end planning and evaluation guidance. We'll reference Ministry Brands Accounting where it helps illustrate a point, but the goal is to equip you, not sell to you.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is for anyone responsible for managing, reporting on, or overseeing church finances, including Finance Directors and Accountants, Treasurers and Bookkeepers, Executive Pastors and Business Administrators, and Board and Finance Committee Members. Whether you serve one campus or several, you'll leave with practical ideas to put to work.

We already use QuickBooks, Shelby, or another system. Is this still relevant?

Yes. The year-end review, reporting, and evaluation guidance applies no matter which system you use today. If you're currently using QuickBooks and weighing your options, you can also review a side-by-side comparison of QuickBooks and Amplify Accounting.

Will pricing be discussed?

We won't cover pricing in detail. If you'd like a tailored conversation about your church's needs, you can book a strategy session after the webinar.

What If I can't attend live?

Register anyway. We'll send the recording to everyone who signs up.

 

Reserve Your Spot Today

The weeks before year-end are the best time to review your finances and plan with purpose.
Join us for a practical session that helps your team spend less time on manual work and more time supporting your church's mission.

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