Injoy Stewardship Services

What Injoy Stewardship Services does

Injoy Stewardship Solutions is a privately held church stewardship consulting firm headquartered in Anderson, South Carolina, founded in 1992 by leadership author Dr. John C. Maxwell and acquired by current CEO Joseph Sangl in 2011. The firm operates a high-touch, consultative professional services model targeting US-based churches and Christian schools across all budget tiers, having served over 5,000 churches and helped raise over $5 billion cumulatively.

The product portfolio spans six core service areas: Church Capital Campaign consulting, School Capital Campaigns, a 12-month Annual Giving partnership, Personal Finance ministry programs, Financial Analysis, and Planned Giving. Underlying 'technology' consists of proprietary methodologies (a 21-day spiritual journey, a 10-step Annual Giving assessment, and the 'I Was Broke. Now I'm Not.' personal finance curriculum) plus a handful of digital tools, including six free online calculators, the Fully Funded Life online membership community, and a co-owned MinistryDeal.com storefront for stewardship books and booklets. Day-to-day operations rely on conventional SaaS (Basecamp, BambooHR) rather than proprietary algorithms.

Revenue is generated primarily through custom-quoted professional services engagements (multi-year capital campaigns), an annual subscription for the 12-month Annual Giving partnership, and unit-priced personal-finance products. Distribution is exclusively direct, via a 30+ person consultant bench that handles on-site and virtual engagements. Outreach is anchored by an SEO-optimized blog, gated ebook lead magnets, free calculators, webinars, conference presence, and a referral network from existing church clients.

Name

Injoy Stewardship Services

Legal name

INJOY Stewardship Solutions

Website

https://injoystewardship.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Injoy Stewardship Solutions is a privately held, Anderson, South Carolina-based church and Christian school stewardship consulting firm that designs and executes capital campaigns, annual giving programs, financial analyses, planned giving, and personal finance ministry for US congregations. Founded in 1992 and owned since 2011 by CEO Joseph Sangl, the firm has served over 5,000 churches and helped raise more than $5 billion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Stewardship Consulting

NAICS

Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Religious Organizations (813110), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wellness Program Design & Accountability Coaching (HSADAGAC), Advancement Services & Donor Operations (CRM, Gift Processing, Stewardship) (EDALAOAD)

Keywords

• Church stewardship consulting
• Capital campaign services
• Annual giving programs
• Planned giving consulting
• Christian school fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Anderson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Church Capital Campaign Consulting: INJOY partners with churches on customized capital/stewardship campaigns through a structured multi-year engagement. Churches pay professional fees for campaign consulting, financial analysis, spiritual journey frameworks, leadership coaching, and campaign management. The company states that churches can 'save a little money doing something ineffective on their own, or… make an investment that produces a far greater return.' Pricing is custom-quoted based on church size and campaign scope.
2. 12-Month Annual Giving Partnership: A year-long partnership model in which INJOY provides a dedicated Stewardship Consultant, Financial Analysis, and Team Video Training. Churches receive a customized annual stewardship plan, implementation support, and evaluation over 12 months via virtual and on-site meetings.
3. Personal Finance Ministry Programs: INJOY offers personal finance events (Financial Learning Experience), group studies (I Was Broke. Now I'm Not.), coaching (Financial Coaching Experience), online memberships (Fully Funded Life), and church stewardship resources (books, booklets, workbooks) for sale. Group pricing is available for 25+ participants. Products are sold through the company's shop (MinistryDeal.com partnership).
4. Planned Giving Consulting: INJOY provides planned giving consulting services including estate planning experiences, planned giving consulting, and financial leader training for churches, helping them develop a pipeline of planned/legacy gifts.
5. School Capital Campaign Consulting: Customized capital campaigns for Christian schools, with services similar to church campaigns but tailored for educational institutions. Schools complete an inquiry form with annual operating budget information, leading to a consultative sales process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

INJOY Stewardship Solutions is a consulting firm that helps churches and Christian schools raise financial resources through customized, multi-year capital stewardship campaigns and a 12-month Annual Giving partnership. It delivers customized stewardship, generosity, personal-finance, and planned-giving consulting supported by financial analysis, free online planning calculators, and an online personal-finance discipleship membership (Fully Funded Life).

Product overview

INJOY Stewardship Solutions is a church stewardship consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of solutions built around the concept of Biblical stewardship and generosity cultivation. The portfolio includes six core service areas: Church Capital Campaign, School Capital Campaign, Annual Giving, Personal Finance (Financial Discipleship), Financial Analysis, and Planned Giving. Within Personal Finance, the company offers multiple integrated modules including the Financial Learning Experience (FLE), Financial Coaching Experience (FCE), Maximize & Magnify, the I Was Broke. Now I'm Not. Group Study, and Fully Funded Life online community. The company also provides free digital tools including a Campaign Calculator, Campaign Name Generator, Church Debt Calculator, Giving Growth Opportunity Calculator, Campaign Readiness Calculator, and Project Cost Estimator. The solutions are designed to work together, with Annual Giving and Personal Finance building trust and generosity culture that supports successful capital campaigns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• I Was Broke. Now I'm Not. Personal finance book and group study program developed by Joseph Sangl for biblical money management
• Fully Funded Life
• FollowThru

Products and services

• Church Capital Campaign Customized multi-year capital stewardship and generosity initiative designed uniquely for a church's culture, DNA, leadership style, history, and future dreams, including spiritual-journey frameworks, financial analysis, leadership coaching, and campaign management through Commitment Sunday and follow-through.
• School Capital Campaign Customized capital campaigns designed specifically for Christian schools to fund facility expansion, enrollment growth, debt reduction, or new programs with community-wide engagement tailored to school culture, leadership, and history.
• Annual Giving 12-month partnership that assesses, implements, and improves a church's stewardship systems to achieve sustained year-over-year increases in regular giving, structured around 10 giving systems (Preaching, Communication, Digital Giving, First-Time Giver, High-Capacity Giver, Special Offerings, Stewardship Education, Weekly Services, Year-End, and Evaluation).
• Personal Finance Congregation-wide financial discipleship solution including teaching, seminars (Financial Learning Experience, Maximize & Magnify), coaching (Financial Coaching Experience), group studies ("I Was Broke. Now I'm Not."), and an online membership community rooted in Biblical principles.
• Financial Analysis Comprehensive review of a church's financial health covering giving trends, financial sustainability, debt and cash flow, and generosity opportunities, used to inform campaign goal-setting and stewardship strategy.
• Planned Giving Strategic planning solution that helps churches develop systems for planned and legacy gifts, including estate planning experiences, planned giving consulting, and financial leader training to build a long-term pipeline of legacy gifts.
• Fully Funded Life Online membership community providing ongoing personal finance discipleship for individuals through courses, challenges, coaching, community forums, and financial tools, with a dedicated Coordinator to support church members post-campaign.
• Church Stewardship Resources (booklets, study kits, books) Physical and digital stewardship resources including 'Your Presence Matters', 'Your Giving Matters', and 'Your Serving Matters' booklet bundles (e.g., $197 for 50 booklets), group study kits, and books by Joseph Sangl, sold through the MinistryDeal.com partnership.

Quantifiable outcome

• 18% increase in weekly giving (Piedmont Church, during COVID-19 pandemic)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, foundational and minor.

• Joseph SanglcoreOthers · 1 January 2011Joseph Sangl purchased INJOY Stewardship Solutions in 2011 and serves as President and CEO. He is also the founder of 'I Was Broke. Now I'm Not.', Co-Founder of Fully Funded Life, and Co-Owner of MinistryDeal.com. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (1996) and an MBA from Clemson University (2001). Sangl's personal mission statement — 'to help people accomplish far more than they ever thought possible' — is central to the company's culture and product development.
• Dr. John C. MaxwellfoundationalOthers · 1 January 1992INJOY Stewardship was founded in 1992 by Dr. John C. Maxwell, a globally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author. Maxwell's foundational influence on leadership and stewardship principles shaped the company's values. The company was founded out of the recognition that leadership and stewardship are inseparable. While no longer an owner, Maxwell's influence is central to the company's identity and methodology.
• Fully Funded LifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFully Funded Life is an online personal finance discipleship platform co-founded by Joseph Sangl. It operates as a distinct product/platform within the INJOY ecosystem, providing ongoing membership-based financial education, coaching, community, and tools for individuals within church congregations. INJOY incorporates Fully Funded Life into its broader personal finance ministry solution for church partners.
• MinistryDeal.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMinistryDeal.com is a co-owned e-commerce platform with INJOY Stewardship Solutions (and Joseph Sangl) that sells church stewardship resources, books, study materials, and ministry products. INJOY's shop page links to MinistryDeal.com for product fulfillment. The partnership allows INJOY to offer physical and digital products through a dedicated ministry retail platform.
• I Was Broke. Now I'm Not.coreOthersI Was Broke. Now I'm Not. is a personal finance content brand founded by Joseph Sangl, which forms the basis of INJOY's personal finance ministry solutions. It includes books, a group study curriculum, a financial learning experience event, and coaching programs. The brand extends INJOY's reach into individual household financial discipleship beyond church-specific stewardship.
• Harvest IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoulder Mountain Community Church partnered with Harvest India to fund a well and medical clinic in a leper colony as part of its 'Next Generation Project' capital campaign facilitated by INJOY. This is a church-client initiative rather than a direct INJOY partnership, but it reflects the types of mission partnerships INJOY helps churches structure within campaigns.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Karsun Solutions: Church and ministry consulting firm offering stewardship campaigns, generosity initiatives, and pastoral coaching. Overlapping church-client base and high-touch capital campaign methodology.
• Church Fuel: Provides practical resources, coaching, and consulting for church pastors on growth, stewardship, and generosity. Comparable consulting/educational content offerings targeting similar church leadership buyers.
• Ministry Architects: Consulting firm serving churches with strategic planning, stewardship, and ministry design. Comparable client profile and consultative engagement approach.
• Stewardship Growth (Horizons Stewardship): One of the longest-standing church stewardship and capital campaign consulting firms in the US. Directly comparable to INJOY in core service offerings, customer base (churches and ministries), and high-touch consultative model.
• Auxano (The Unstuck Group): Church consulting firm focused on vision clarity, generosity, and stewardship campaigns for pastors and church leadership teams. Overlaps directly with INJOY's capital campaign and leadership alignment offerings.
• Generis: Christian fundraising, generosity, and stewardship consulting firm serving churches and faith-based nonprofits. Directly comparable service catalog (capital campaigns, annual giving, planned giving) and customer profile.
• AG Financial (AG Trust): Faith-based financial services organization supporting Assemblies of God churches with planned giving, foundation, and retirement services. Comparable stewardship, planned giving, and donor development offerings within the church ecosystem.
• MasterPlan (Master Plan Consulting Group): Provides strategic stewardship, capital campaign, and church consulting services. Similar consultative engagement model and customer base to INJOY.

Broad incumbents

• Tithe.ly: Church giving and engagement app serving tens of thousands of churches globally. Different delivery model (self-serve SaaS vs. consulting) but addresses the same underlying donor development and generosity outcomes.
• Pushpay (Church Community Builder parent): Church engagement and giving software platform with broad reach across tens of thousands of churches. Adjacent rather than directly competitive: serves the same buyers (pastors/church administrators) with technology-led generosity tools versus INJOY's high-touch consultancy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ISS_Injoy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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