Christian Estate Planning Seminars

A Christian Estate Stewarship Seminar is a seminar providing information on Christian Wills and Revocable Living Trusts and is sponsored by the Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist Foundation at no cost to the local church or association. The seminar is usually fifty minutes in length with some of this time devoted to questions and answers. The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Charles L. Wood, Th.D., a Southern Baptist pastor for 43 years and now an Estate Planning Consultant with the Baptist Foundation. He has been trained and certified by the National Institute for Wills and Bequests Training.

The purpose of the seminar is to encourage and challenge Southern Baptist Church members to make adequate planning for the distribution of their estate in a Christian manner by remembering Christian causes in their Wills or Revocable Living Trusts. With 70% of Americans having no Will or Will substitute, it is important that our Baptist church members be challenged now to make a Christian Will or Revocable Living Trust.

These seminars can be scheduled at any time. Most frequently they are held during the Sunday School hour for all adults, or during the evening service of worship or one hour prior to the evening service. However, they may be scheduled at any time and for any special interest group in the church.

Those attending the seminar who would like the assistance of the Baptist Foundation in preparing a Christian Will or Revocable Living Trust are asked to sign an appointment card. Those signing an appointment card will be contacted and an appointment will be made to conduct a confidential interview with these persons to develop their estate plans. There is no cost for this service if the persons have a benevolent interest in mission causes supported by the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists when they die. The suggested amount is a minimum of 10% of one’s estate after both spouses are deceased, all debts are paid, and all children are grown and educated through college. If you would like to schedule a seminar in your church or association, please contact Dr. Wood at:

1419 E Pine Tree Rd
Derby, KS 67037
(316) 788-6935

or you may e-mail Dr. Wood at: clwood1@cox.net