For church bookkeepers, treasurers, and admins
Church Bookkeeper Academy teaches church bookkeeping in plain English. Short lessons, real practice, and people to ask when you get stuck.
Everything is free until December 7. Every course, the Practice Lab, all the templates and guides, and the community.
No card needed. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
Foundations is always free. No card needed. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
After December 7, Foundations stays free. See what changes
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You said yes to helping with your church's money.
Then someone handed you a QuickBooks file you didn't set up.
The finance committee wants reports, and you're not sure what they should show.
A family gives money for missions, and you wonder where it goes in the books.
You search online and find advice written for small businesses.
So month-end feels like guessing. And audit season feels like a test you didn't study for.
Most church bookkeepers get the job before they get any training. And church books have their own rules: funds, restricted gifts, and reports for a board. A regular bookkeeping class skips all of that.
Here's the good news. Church books aren't complicated once you see how the pieces fit. Your accounts tell you what happened. Your funds tell you why.
Most of the stress goes away once you have a routine you can follow every month, and you know why each step matters.
Watch a short lesson. Practice it. Check yourself. Then use it in your own books.
New lessons every week, so there's always a next step.
Most training stops at the video. This is where you actually practice.
You get your practice in here, so your real close feels familiar.
Put a line on the wrong side and the checker says so, line by line.
No more wondering if it stuck.
Learn it in the lesson. Use it at your next close.
Foundations and the Masterclass are both open to you, free, until December 7. Start with Foundations, then go deeper with the Masterclass, from the monthly close all the way to audit prep.
Start free with Foundations. Go deeper with the Masterclass, from the monthly close all the way to audit prep.
New lessons every week.
Open to everyone who joins, free until December 7
Included in the Masterclass
The CBA community is where you can ask questions, share wins, and get help from Nate and other church bookkeepers.
Ask a question and get a real answer from someone doing the same job. Share something you figured out, and it saves the next person a headache. It's built for treasurers, church admins, volunteers, and finance pros to learn from each other.
It's give-and-take, not just take. The more you give, the more you get.
Our first community rule: Love God, love others. Be kind and patient. Everyone here started somewhere.
After December 7, the community is part of the subscription.
Free tool
The free Church Cash & Restricted Funds Tracker shows you. Put in your bank balances, restricted funds, board designations, and bills. It shows what's left to spend.
Try the free trackerYour numbers stay in your browser.
Join now and use all of it. No card needed. Here's what you get today, and what changes on December 7.
Join free, or go all in with the Masterclass.
Foundations stays free. The Masterclass, the full Practice Lab, the templates, and the community move to a subscription. The founding price is the way to keep all of it for less.
The basics, always free
Always free. No card needed.
Full access, month to month
Founding price, locked in. Regular price $49/month.
Billed monthly.
Full access, billed once a year
Founding price, locked in. Regular price $490/year. That's 2 months free.
That's 2 months free compared to monthly.
About the founding price: it's for the first 15 Masterclass members or through December 31, 2026, whichever comes first. Keep your membership active and your price stays the same. If you cancel and come back later, you'll pay the price at that time.
No. Foundations starts from zero and explains everything in plain English. Start with Lesson 1. It takes about 7 minutes.
Yes. CBA is made for volunteers, church admins, treasurers, and finance staff. You don't need a finance job to belong here.
We teach the ideas behind church bookkeeping in a practical way, so they work in any bookkeeping system. We're not tied to QuickBooks Online. If you use QuickBooks and have a QuickBooks question, just ask in the community.If you use QuickBooks and have a QuickBooks question, Masterclass members can always ask in the community.
Often, yes. And right now there's nothing to pay: everything is free until December 7, so you have time to ask. Many churches treat the subscription as staff training. The annual plan works well with church budgets: one payment, once a year.
Often, yes. Many churches treat it as staff training. The annual plan works well with church budgets: one payment, once a year.
No. CBA is education only. For decisions specific to your church, check with your church's CPA or attorney.
Yes. Until December 7, everyone who joins gets full access: the community, Foundations, every Masterclass course, the Practice Lab, and all the templates and guides. No card needed. After December 7, Foundations stays free.
The Foundations course, a taste of the Practice Lab (the Foundations practice and the "Where does it go?" drill), and the free Church Cash & Restricted Funds Tracker. No card needed.
CBA moves to a subscription. Foundations stays free. The Masterclass, the full Practice Lab, the templates, and the community become part of the subscription. The founding price is $39/month or $390/year, locked in for as long as your membership stays active. It's for the first 15 Masterclass members or through December 31, 2026, whichever comes first. After that, the price is $49/month or $490/year. There's no card needed now, so you'll only pay if you choose to subscribe.
It's $39/month or $390/year, locked in for as long as your membership stays active. It's for the first 15 Masterclass members or through December 31, 2026, whichever comes first.
The founding price was for our first Masterclass members, and that window has closed. Founding members keep their price as long as their membership stays active.
Every week. The Income Statement course is being released now. Monthly Close, Annual Close, Audit Prep, Budgeting, Payroll, and Best Practices come next.
Yes. Until December 7 there's nothing to cancel, because there's no card and no charge. After that, monthly members can cancel anytime. If you come back later, you'll pay the price at that time.
Yes. Monthly members can cancel anytime. If you come back later, you'll pay the price at that time.
Yes. That's what the community is for. Just keep donor names, giving amounts, salaries, and account numbers out of your posts and screenshots.
A note from Nate
I'm a CPA with a master's in accounting. For the past seven years, I've worked with Bright & Associates, where I serve churches every day. That's a dozen-plus churches, hundreds of monthly closes, and dozens of audits.
A lot of church bookkeepers get handed the job with no training. A QuickBooks file someone else set up. A finance committee waiting on reports. They care about doing it right. They just never got the manual.
That's why I built Church Bookkeeper Academy. It's the training I wish every church bookkeeper had on day one.
You don't have to become an accountant. You need to know what your books are telling you, and what to do next. That's what we work on here, one short lesson at a time.
And you won't be doing it alone. The best part of CBA is the people in it. Right now, everyone who joins gets the community too.When you join the Masterclass, you get the community too. Ask your questions. Share what you learn. We all get better together.
Start with Foundations. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
See you inside,
Nate Neumann, CPA
Founder, Church Bookkeeper Academy
P.S. Everything inside is free until December 7, and there's no card needed. Come on in, look around, and start with Lesson 1.
P.S. New lessons come out every week. The founding price is for the first 15 Masterclass members or through December 31, 2026, whichever comes first.
P.S. New lessons come out every week. If you're not sure yet, join free and start with Foundations.
Join now and get everything free until December 7: every course, the Practice Lab, the templates, and the community. Start with Lesson 1. It takes about 7 minutes.
Join free today and start with Foundations. About an hour of short lessons, plus a taste of the Practice Lab and the free tracker.
No card needed.
Foundations is always free. No card needed.
CBA teaches you to do it yourself. If your church needs full-service bookkeeping, payroll, or reporting, Bright & Associates can help.
