Budget for your mission. Keep your finances to yourself.
Blueprint for Mission is the envelope budgeting app from Christian Money Help. Give every dollar a job before the month begins, see your accounts, debts and net worth in one place, and track your progress through the 8 Money Milestones, from your first gift to living generously.
Free during the beta. We’re looking for a small group of households to use it with their real budget.
- No bank passwords, ever
- Your budget isn’t on our servers
- No ads, no data for sale
- Built by Christian financial counselors
Most budgeting apps want the keys to your bank. This one doesn’t.
Many people never start a budget because they don’t want to hand their financial life to a tech company. So we built Blueprint for Mission so there’s nothing to hand over. Here is where your information goes.
From your bank’s website, save a Quicken (QFX) or OFX file. You stay signed in to your bank, not to us.
The app reads the file right in your browser. Assign each purchase to an envelope.
Saved where you choose: your computer, or your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive or Dropbox to use it on every device.
| Typical cloud budgeting app | Blueprint for Mission | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your budget lives | On the company’s servers | In a file you own, on your device or your own cloud drive |
| Bank access | You give your bank sign-in to a data aggregator | None. You import your bank’s download file yourself |
| Who can see it | The company, and often its partners | Only you, plus any copy you choose to send your counselor |
| If there’s a data breach | Your accounts and history may be exposed | Your budget isn’t there to take |
| If you cancel | Your history stays with them | Your file stays with you. Rejoin anytime and open it again |
What we do keep: your name, email and membership, which Kajabi handles for your login. That tells us you’re a member. It tells us nothing about your money.
Simple enough to keep up with. Thorough enough to trust.
Every dollar gets a job before you spend it. When an envelope runs low, you decide on purpose where to move money from.
A plan for every dollar, month after month
Fill your envelopes from your monthly targets with one click. Money you don’t spend carries forward, so you can save up for car repairs, gifts or property tax.
- Change one month without touching your baseline budget
- Starts with the categories from your Foundations plan
- Tap any envelope to see every dollar in and out
Bring in your bank’s file in about a minute a week
Download a QFX or OFX file from your bank, import it, and pick an envelope for anything new. Duplicates are caught before they’re counted, and any import can be undone.
- You choose every envelope, so nothing lands in the wrong place
- Split one purchase across several envelopes
- Grouped by month, with what still needs an envelope
See where you are on the path, and what comes next
Track the 8 Money Milestones taught in Christian Money Help counseling, from starting to give to living generously. List your next steps, follow progress toward a goal, and keep notes for your counselor.
- Suggested steps to get you started on each milestone
- Your current milestone sits on the Dashboard
Computer, tablet or phone, with nothing to install
Blueprint for Mission runs in your web browser. Keep your budget file in your own cloud drive and pick up where you left off on any device. When you’re done, Save & log out clears it from the browser.
- Net worth over time, including your home, retirement and loans
- Nine clear reports: where it went, trends, income vs. spending
- Searchable help on every screen
Screens shown with a sample household.
Built around what we teach
Blueprint for Mission comes from the same counselors who walk families through the Foundations plan, so the app and the counseling speak the same language.
Giving comes first
Charitable giving is the first envelope, the way it’s the first line of the Foundations plan.
Progress you can see
The 8 Money Milestones and your net worth show how faithful months add up over years.
Your counselor, on your terms
Send a read-only copy before a session. Your counselor can look, but never change your budget.
Help us get it right before launch
We’re inviting a small group of households to use Blueprint for Mission for their real monthly budget and tell us what works and what doesn’t.
What you get
- Free access to the app for the whole beta
- A short welcome call to set up your accounts and first month
- A direct line to the people building it
- [Launch thank-you, for example a founding member price]
What we ask
- Use it for your household budget for at least 6 weeks
- Import your bank transactions about once a week
- Answer a short feedback form every couple of weeks
- Tell us when something is confusing. That’s the most useful thing you can do
- NowApplications open
Tell us a little about your household and the devices you use.
- [Month]Beta begins
Testers get access, a welcome call and their first month set up.
- Early 2027Soft launch
Blueprint for Mission opens to Christian Money Help clients and members.
Questions
Can Christian Money Help see my financial information?
No. Your budget is kept in your browser and in the budget file you choose. Nothing you enter is sent to us. Your counselor sees it only if you send them a read-only copy.
Do I have to connect my bank account?
No. You never give the app a bank password. Download a Quicken (QFX) or OFX file from your bank’s website and import it, or add transactions by hand. Most banks and credit unions offer one of these downloads.
Where should I keep my budget file?
If you only budget on one computer, keep it there. To use more than one device, save it in your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive or Dropbox, and open the same file on each device.
What if I use a shared or family computer?
Use Save & log out when you’re done. It saves your file one more time and clears the budget from that browser, so the next person can’t open it.
Can my spouse and I use it together?
Yes. Keep one budget file in a cloud drive you both can reach, and each of you opens it there. This is one of the things we most want beta testers to try.
What devices does it work on?
It runs in your web browser on a computer, tablet or phone, with nothing to install. A computer with Chrome or Edge works best for setup, because it can save to your file automatically.
What happens after the beta?
Blueprint for Mission opens to Christian Money Help clients and members at a soft launch in early 2027. Your budget file is yours, so you keep everything you built during the beta.
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”
1 Corinthians 4:2
Be one of the first households to use it
Free during the beta. Your budget stays yours, start to finish.
