What is TFI?
The Thrive Financial Initiative (TFI) is a program designed to help pastors overcome economic challenges that affect ministry effectiveness. Working together, the pastor and key lay leaders in a local church collaborate to provide extra funds or resources to support the pastor, complete required financial learning journeys that will help the pastor and the local church, and receive a matching grant. TFI is a program of the Education and Clergy Development Division of The Wesleyan Church with the help of a generous grant from The Lilly Endowment. Any pastor serving in a local church in the denomination can participate. Districts may also create some custom approaches to TFI. TFI’s aim is to promote thriving clergy, thriving congregations, and thriving communities.
Why TFI?
Thriving clergy display well-being spiritually, emotionally, relationally, physically, intellectually, and financially. But do you know the most common financial challenges facing clergy? Neither did we until we surveyed our pastors.
Click below to learn more about each of our three TFI Programs
How it Works
The Five Steps You Need to Know
Register
Your Team
Invest in Your Pastor
Complete Two Learning Journeys
Submit the TFI Well-Being Report
Receive TFI Matching Gift
How it Works
The Five Steps You Need to Know
Step 1 - Register Your Team
Visit the TFI Thrive Team Registration Form to register your team!
Step 2 - Invest in Your Pastor
Download this document for great ideas for investing in your pastor.
Step 3 - Complete Two Learning Journeys
Take the first step on your Learning Journey
Step 4 - Submit the TFI Well-Being Report
To receive a matching grant, the Thrive Team must submit a Well-Being Development Report (WDR). The report must be a collaboration between members of the Thrive Team.
The report will ask for specific details about the investments made, the learning journeys completed, and the impact of the process. The WDR is due 30 days prior to your District Conference. Note: The WDR form will ask you to affirm that the Thrive Team collaborated to produce the final report.
Step 5 - Receive TFI Matching Gift
TFI Stories
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TFI Dashboard 2023 Report
Thrive Teams Earning Grants So Far
Districts With Participants to Date
- Total Contribution to Pastors – $3,000,000
- Local Churches to Pastors – $1,267,000
- Grants to Pastors – $1,400,000
- District Contributions For Pastors – $247,000
- Average Total Benefit to Participating Pastor Each Year – $5,000