Most pastors lack the understanding of planned giving, resulting in missed opportunities to help and care for people and fund the ministry of the church. In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we are speaking with Dave Hess, the Vice President of Consultant Development at Financial Planning Ministry (FPM), to share the tremendous value estate planning and planned giving is to God’s people and the Church. For the past 40 years, FPM has been serving churches, Christian colleges, and para-church ministries by helping their families create and maintain their estate plans to ensure an efficient and cost-effective transfer of their estate to their loved ones and the ministries they wish to support.

Your church has a unique vision, which God wants to fulfill. It’s about legacy and ensuring that this vision is supported and that it carries on from generation to generation. An estate planning ministry helps to ensure your legacy will carry on while providing a much-needed service to your church family members. In this episode of Stewardship Leader, Mike Prior from Financial Planning Ministry explains how an estate planning ministry can be a tremendous benefit to your members now and to your church for years to come.

Did you know that 60% of Americans die without a Will or a Trust to direct what should happen to their assets? What, if anything, should the church do to better prepare people for this final stewardship decision? In this episode of Stewardship Insights, we explore the church's role and its opportunity through estate planning.