My Story

Hello, my name is Jason Berry. I would like to give you a little background on myself.  I have lived in the Morgan City area since the late 90s and I have been a member of  Bayou Vista Baptist Church for the same amount of time.  I am currently serving as a deacon in my church and I am also the church treasurer. Since about 2010 my wife and I discussed adopting a child into our family.  This became a reality in 2014 when we brought our son home to complete our family.  When we began the process of adopting one of my main concerns was the financial responsibilities involved.  International adoption is not cheap.  As a couple, we knew we did not want to get a loan to fund all the expenses we would incur throughout the process.  We were an average couple in America.  We had credit card debt, car payments, a student loan, and a mortgage, but we decided to change the way we behaved with money.  We signed up for Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University(FPU) and worked through the program on our own.  Shortly thereafter FPU was offered at our church and I signed us up for the classroom setting with others in the same boat as us.  I began to have the desire to study the scripture more about what God says about money, possessions, wealth, debt, and savings.  Since that time our church has offered FPU on several more occasions and I have had the privilege of being the coordinator 3 of those times.  By studying the scripture and using the knowledge I gained from studying other personal finance programs, today, I have not used a credit card in 12+ years, my student loans are paid off, I own 3 vehicles that are all paid for and I will have my mortgage paid off in less than 2 years, shortly after my 47th birthday.  

So I mention all of this to say this, God has placed a passion in my heart to serve others in their journey with their personal finances.  This has been something God has been working on in my life for a few years now but unfortunately, I have not responded as I should have,  Within the past year I have worked to become as knowledgeable as I can in the world of personal finance.  I have earned a few certifications along the way to help me on this path.  I completed training from the Nation Financial Educator’s Council for the Certified Financial Educator Instructor(CFEI). I enrolled and completed Dave Ramsey’s coaching program FCMT, I worked through a program with FaithFi, a Christian-based podcast and website offering biblical advice and resources for viewers calling into the show, and I have completed and passed for the certification CCFC, Certified Christian Financial Counselor, offered through the Institute for Christian Financial Health, endorsed by Art Rainer

My goal is to guide individuals in the biblical view of stewardship in their personal finances.  If you are one of the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, tired of the stress that personal finance can bring, please reach out to me and I will help you gain control of your money using God's word.