Financial Empowerment Conference

The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Deuteronomy 28:12

FINANCIAL FAST DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET

FEATURED SPEAKER FOR TCC 161st CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2026 at 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker
For this milestone anniversary of the conference, we will have a Keynote Address. Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, who served as our featured speaker for the 3rd edition of the conference in 2014. He is well known for his participation in CNN's 2010 documentary, Almighty Debt, part of their Black in America series. He started the dFree(R) Foundation in 2005 to promote financial self-sufficiency and has been an advocate for both personal and community financial empowerment for decades.

How to Join the FEC Group

1.  Create an account using the Sign Up link on the dFree Foundation’s Billion Dollar Challenge website by going to the link https://bdc.dfreefoundation.org in your Google Chrome browser
2. After logging in, select the Groups link to join a group, and use the search bar to find the group Turner Chapel AME Financial Empowerment Conference, and select the group.
3. After selecting the group, we will receive a notification of your request to join, and then wait for confirmation that your request has been approved.

Entering Your Goal(s)

1.  Return to your Dashboard by clicking the Dashboard link.
2. To enter a Debt Paydown goal, while on the Debts page of your Dashboard, click on the gold + sign to add a Debt goal.
   -Enter a name for each Debt Goal, the type of debt you are seeking to pay down, the interest rate (if the rate is 0%, enter a minimal number like 0.1%), the type of interest for the debt, the starting date and end date (we suggest a date in June 2026), the amount you intend to pay on the debt during the period, and the frequency of payment.
   -The system will calculate the required amount of each payment.
   -Click Create to complete the goal data entry.
   
3. Upon completion, you will see a summary of the Debt goal on your Dashboard.
4. To enter a Savings goal, click the link to go to the Savings page of your Dashboard, click on the green + sign to add a Savings goal.
   -Enter a name for each Savings Goal, the type of and purpose of the goal, the
   -Start Date and Target Date (we suggest a date in June 2026), the amount you intend to save during the period, and the planned frequency of each savings deposit.
   -The system will calculate the required amount of each savings deposit.
   -Click Create to complete the goal data entry.
5. Upon completion, you will see a summary of the Savings goal on your Dashboard.

Entering Your Payments/Deposits

1. Select the Debt or Savings Goal to which you will apply your payment/deposit.
2. Click the middle icon to the right of the goal description to log a payment/deposit.
3. Enter the payment/deposit amount and click the Update button.
4. Upon completion, you the transaction in your Recent Payments history.

Additional Information

• Your participation in this campaign is completely anonymous. We will keep track of the goal amounts of the entire group and the progress made, but only you will know what goals you have entered and payments you have made.
• You can withdraw their request to join the group or can leave the group at any time.