Our Process

Ackley Consulting Group provides professional, ethical, faith-based guidance for capital campaigns, for strengthening on-going stewardship and giving programs, for building endowment and for teaching and practicing financial wellness.

We use our experience and expertise to creatively integrate proven practices with the unique cultures and needs of our clients and to develop customized approaches for each of our client congregations. We are good listeners as well as skilled coaches.

Working with ACG will enhance the gifts and talents that are present in your congregation and strengthen leadership skills that will serve the church and the individual members well into the future.

We approach our work as true ministry. Our goal is to help you understand the profound relationship between our faith and our money and possessions, and in so doing, transform the life of your church and of your individual members. Jesus’ admonition that “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” is our guiding principle.

capital campaigns

If you are considering a capital campaign, contact Ackley Consulting Group and let us arrange an Informational Meeting with you. We will:

  • Analyze your congregation’s giving performance and potential campaign goal
  • Discuss the factors that lead to successful campaign outcomes
  • Describe the campaign process and timeline
  • Determine what approaches might best fit your church’s situation
  • Detail the services that we will provide as your consultants, including estimated costs

Are you ready to think further about a campaign, or begin preparations for one? Check out these tools to help organize your thinking.

Stewardship Support

To strengthen your on-going stewardship, implement a planned giving program or address financial wellness for your members or your congregation as a whole, talk with us. Ackley Consulting Group will work with you to move your congregation from a perspective of scarcity to one of over-flowing abundance.