2022 Academy of Church Business Administrators
08/22/2022 - 09/01/2022

The Academy of Church Business Administration is a two-week educational program for individuals serving in a local church or at a denominational office who provide support in the area of administrative leadership. The program covers fourteen domains of knowledge that build an individual’s administrative skills, such as Human Resources, Staff Development, Property Management, Communications and Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Financial Management.

The ACBA is open to all denominations and church staff positions, and welcomes senior pastors, executive pastors, facilities managers, church business administrators, human resource personnel, seminary students, and others. Attendees can participate in the full two-week program, or just a day or two of continuing education classes.

In addition, the ACBA is a certification center for both Certified Church Administrators through The Church Network, and Certified United Methodist Church Administrators through the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church.

Fees:

There is a $125 administrative fee applied to all registrations.

The cost of class tuition varies depending on denominational affiliation. The ACBA welcomes attendees from all denominations, but is the United Methodist affiliated training program hosted by the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church. Therefore, there is a slight tuition discount for United Methodist affiliated participants.

In 2022, tuition fees are as follows:

• UMC attendee: $350/week or $90/day
• Other Denomination attendee: $500/week or $125/day

Included in tuition are all course materials, snacks, and lunch each day.