Leland's Seven Stewardship Principles — Church Stewardship Program

A partnership with Leland Rubin, creator of the Seven Stewardship Principles, and Allan Bell - CPA, CMA, MBA, Nsites founder and creator

Coaching center

Coaching, review and unlock decisions

Facilitators review principle deliverables, record notes, set follow-up work and decide when the next principle opens. No principle unlocks automatically.

Synthetic pilot cohort

About Coaching & Action Plans

This is where findings become work. Facilitators review principle deliverables, record notes and decide when the next principle opens, while the action register carries every commitment with an owner, facilitator, due date, milestone, outcome measure, evidence and approval state.

Its part in the whole: Turns knowing into doing, and judges progress by the stated outcome measure rather than by a ticked box.

Findings arrive from the Seven Principles Academy, Church Operational Readiness, Stewardship Nsites and Stewardship Nsites Connect. Back to Church Operational Readiness

Completion and verified outcomes roll up into board packs and executive reporting. Continue to Reports

Program coach

Leland Rubin, creator of the Seven Stewardship Principles

Leland Rubin

Creator of the Seven Stewardship Principles. Reviews principle deliverables, approves findings and releases the next principle when the deliverable and evidence are in place.

Upcoming sessions

Video links are placeholders in this build.

  • S2 Build a Financial Reserve · Lesson 3 — Funding the Reserve

    2026-09-24 · 6 attendees

  • S6 Provide for Your Pastors' Wellbeing · Compensation review

    2026-10-08 · 6 attendees

Principle review queue

Facilitator review is required before a principle is rated green or the next principle unlocks.

PrincipleChurch ownerEvidenceStateDecision
S1 Build Financial LiteracyDiscipleship Pastor2 of 4 evidence items receivedCoach review
S2 Build a Financial ReserveFinance Director1 of 3 evidence items receivedAwaiting leadership approval
S3 Eliminate High-Cost LiabilitiesFinance Director1 of 4 evidence items receivedNot submitted
S4 Cultivate Generosity Through GivingStewardship Pastor2 of 4 evidence items receivedCoach review

Coaching notes

Notes are visible to the church leadership team and the coach.

  • S1 Build Financial Literacy

    This is the foundation layer; do not let it end after one semester of teaching.

  • S2 Build a Financial Reserve

    Household coaching data (aggregated) shows the essential-expense step is where most households learn the most.

  • S3 Eliminate High-Cost Liabilities

    Refinancing is the highest-leverage, lowest-effort action available in this principle right now.

  • S4 Cultivate Generosity Through Giving

    Households responding well to formation-first teaching; protect the gain by not defaulting back to appeal-only language.

Completed sessions

Session history with attendance.

  • S5 Invest in Future Ministry · Leadership Alignment debrief2026-09-107 attended
  • Operational Readiness · Guest Follow-up standards2026-08-275 attended