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 during the founding beta. Every course, the Practice Lab, all the templates and guides, and the community.
No card needed. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
Monthly or annual membership. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
Paid membership comes later, with plenty of notice. See the plan
Not sure yet? Try a practice problem
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 are added regularly, 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.
Try it here, no sign-in
This is a sample of the Practice Lab you get inside.
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No more wondering if it stuck.
Learn it in the lesson. Use it at your next close.
During the founding beta, every course is open to you, free. Start with Foundations, then go deeper with the Masterclass. More courses are on the way, from the monthly close to audit prep.
Start with Foundations, then go deeper with the Masterclass. More courses are on the way, from the monthly close to audit prep.
New lessons added regularly.
Open to everyone in the founding beta
Included with every membership
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.
When paid membership opens, the community is part of the membership.
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 trackerThe free tracker doesn't save your numbers to an account. They stay only in your browser, on that device.
Want your schedule saved and rolled forward each month? Members get MySchedule inside CBA. See how to join
Join now and use all of it. No card needed. Here's what you get today, and what's planned for later.
Every course, the Practice Lab, the templates, and the community. Pick monthly or annual.
No card needed.
Join the founding beta freeCBA will be paid only, with no free plan. Everyone who joins during the founding beta gets the founding rate below. You'll get plenty of notice by email before anything changes.
Full access, month to month
Founding rate. Standard price $49/month.
Billed monthly.
Full access, billed once a year
Founding rate. Standard price $490/year. That's 2 months free.
That's 2 months free compared to monthly.
About the founding rate: it's for everyone who joins during the founding beta. When paid membership opens, your price will be $39/month or $390/year instead of the planned standard price of $49/month or $490/year. It stays locked in while your membership stays active. If you cancel and come back later, you'll pay the price at that time. Join during the beta to lock it in.
Joined during the founding beta? You keep the founding rate of $39/month or $390/year as long as your membership stays active.
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.
Often, yes. And right now there's nothing to pay: everything is free during the founding beta, so you have time to ask. Many churches treat a membership like this 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, during the founding beta. Everyone who joins gets full access: the community, Foundations, every Masterclass course, the Practice Lab, and all the templates and guides. No card needed. When paid membership opens, there won't be a free plan, and you'll hear about it by email well before anything changes.
No. CBA is a paid membership. You can try two practice problems from the Practice Lab right on this page, and Nate shares free videos on YouTube.
There's no end date yet. When the beta ends, CBA becomes a paid membership, with no free plan. Everyone who joins during the beta gets the founding rate: $39/month or $390/year, locked in while your membership stays active. The standard price is planned at $49/month or $490/year. Join during the beta to lock it in. You'll get plenty of notice by email before anything changes, and there's no card on file, so nothing is charged unless you choose to stay.
There's no end date yet. When the beta ends, CBA becomes a paid membership, with no free plan, planned at $49/month or $490/year. If you joined while the founding rate was offered, you keep it. You'll get plenty of notice by email before anything changes, and there's no card on file, so nothing is charged unless you choose to stay.
It's the rate for everyone who joined during the founding beta: $39/month or $390/year, locked in while their membership stays active. The beta has ended, so new members join at the standard price of $49/month or $490/year.
Regularly, as each one is ready. The Income Statement course is being released now, a lesson at a time. Monthly Close, Annual Close, Audit Prep, Budgeting, Payroll, and Best Practices are planned after that.
Yes. During the beta there's nothing to cancel, because there's no card and no charge. When paid membership opens, 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.Every member gets 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
Free videos on YouTube: @ChurchBookkeeperAcademy
P.S. Everything inside is free during the founding beta, and there's no card needed. Come on in, look around, and start with Lesson 1.
P.S. Not sure yet? Try the two practice problems on this page first, then start with Lesson 1.
Join the founding beta and get everything free: every course, the Practice Lab, the templates, and the community. Start with Lesson 1. It takes about 7 minutes.
Join today and start with Foundations. Lesson 1 takes about 7 minutes.
No card needed.
Monthly members can cancel anytime.
CBA teaches you to do it yourself. If your church needs full-service bookkeeping, payroll, or reporting, Bright & Associates can help.
