Today we’d like to introduce you to Christina Jackson.
Hi Christina, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I became a mother at 23, and like many women, I was trying to balance providing for my daughter while building a career and creating a better future. On paper, I was doing everything “right.” I had previously earned my bachelor’s degree in finance and while my daughter was 4 months old I started pursuing my master’s degree. I earned my MBA and built a successful career, eventually reaching a six-figure income. But despite those accomplishments, I still experienced significant financial challenges, including surviving foreclosure attempts.
Those seasons taught me that financial stress isn’t always about how much money you make, it’s often about the systems, habits, and beliefs that shape how you manage what you have. Through prayer, practical financial education, and a commitment to becoming a better steward of what God had entrusted to me, I slowly rebuilt my finances, my confidence, and my relationship with money.
As my own life changed, I realized there were countless people who loved God but still felt overwhelmed, ashamed, or uncertain about their finances. I wanted to create the resource I wish I had during my hardest seasons, one that combined biblical principles with practical financial guidance.
That’s why I created Faith to Finances. Today, I help people move from financial survival to intentional stewardship through budgeting, financial education, and faith-based encouragement. My mission isn’t simply to help people manage money better; it’s to help them experience the peace, confidence, and freedom that comes from aligning their finances with their faith.
Looking back, every challenge I faced prepared me for the work I do today. My story reminds me that our greatest struggles often become the foundation for the purpose we’re called to fulfill.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Not even close. And I’ve stopped apologizing for that.
The financial struggles are the ones people expect like foreclosure attempts, rebuilding my credit from the ground up, and learning to manage money in the middle of a crisis instead of before one. But those weren’t the hardest part. The hardest part was the shame.
Money shame is uniquely isolating, especially for women, and especially in the church. I could talk about almost anything else. But admitting I was struggling financially felt like admitting something was wrong with me my character, my competence, even my faith. So, I did what a lot of us do: I got very good at looking fine. I sat worried about the bills waiting at home, singing about God’s provision while doing math in my head. I stopped answering unknown numbers. I smiled in public and panicked in private. That silence cost me years. You cannot get help for a problem you refuse to name.
Building Faith to Finances brought its own challenges. Deciding to tell this story publicly was genuinely difficult. There’s a real vulnerability in being a financial coach who openly says, “I lost control of my finances several times.” I worried my story would cost me credibility. Instead, it’s become the foundation of it. The people I serve don’t need someone who’s never struggled. They need someone who’s been in that mailbox-dread season and made it out, someone who can hand them the map instead of just the memory.
So no, it hasn’t been smooth. But I don’t think smooth was ever the assignment. Every hardship taught me something I now have the privilege of sharing with someone else. Looking back, I can honestly say my greatest struggles became the foundation of my greatest purpose. God wastes nothing, not even the season you’d never choose again.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
At its core, Faith to Finances helps people move from financial survival to intentional stewardship by combining biblical principles with practical financial education. I teach budgeting, credit rebuilding, debt reduction, savings strategies, career coaching, and financial planning, but what I really help build is confidence. My goal is to instill both the tools and the mindset to manage money with wisdom instead of fear.
One of the things that sets my brand apart is that I don’t separate faith from finances. I don’t believe we have to choose between practical financial strategies and trusting God, we need both. Throughout Scripture, God speaks often about stewardship, generosity, wisdom, and preparation. I believe financial education is one way we honor what he’s entrusted to us.
I’m also transparent about my own journey. I don’t teach from a place of perfection. I teach from experience. I’ve experienced financial hardship, rebuilt my life, and learned that true financial freedom isn’t defined by a number in your bank account. It’s the ability to make decisions from a place of peace instead of panic.
Today, Faith to Finances includes coaching, financial planner, and digital products designed to make financial literacy practical and accessible. My vision is to continue expanding through books, courses, workshops, partnerships, and speaking engagements so that more people can experience financial freedom in a way that aligns with their faith.
What I’m most proud of isn’t a product, it’s the conversations we’re creating. Every time someone tells me, “I finally feel hopeful,” or “I don’t feel ashamed anymore,” I’m reminded why this work matters. Financial transformation begins long before a credit score changes. It begins the moment someone believes that their past doesn’t have to define their future.
Ultimately, I want people to know that Faith to Finances is more than a financial education brand. It’s a movement to help people replace fear with stewardship, shame with confidence, and financial stress with lasting freedom.
If someone leaves Faith to Finances believing they’re too far gone, then I’ve failed. But if they leave believing there’s still hope, that with God’s help, practical wisdom, and consistent action they can rebuild their financial future, then I’ve done exactly what I was called to do.
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
Every meaningful season of my life has required some level of risk. One of the biggest risks I’ve taken was stepping away from the certainty I had known in my career and trusting that God could use even an unexpected season of transition to grow both me and my business.
Some of those risks were practical such as investing in learning new skills like Forex trading because I believe learning the stock market is one of the best investments you can make in yourself. I took the risk of starting Faith to Finances because I knew there were women who needed the kind of guidance I wished I’d had during my own financial struggles.
But the biggest risk I’ve taken was walking away from security to pursue purpose. Last year, I made the difficult decision to leave a good government job. From the outside, it probably looked like the safer choice would have been to stay where I was. Government careers are known for stability, great benefits, and predictable income. Choosing to step away from that wasn’t a decision I made lightly. It came after a lot of prayer, planning, and trusting that God was leading me into a new season.
People often think faith means taking blind leaps, but that’s never been my perspective. I believe faith and wisdom go hand in hand. I prepare, I plan, I seek counsel, and then I move forward even when I don’t have every answer.
Life isn’t guaranteed. There are no promises that tomorrow will look exactly like today. What I do know is that if fear makes every decision for us, we’ll often spend our lives wondering, “What if?”
Has it always been easy? Not at all. Entrepreneurship comes with uncertainty, and there have been moments that stretched my faith. But I can honestly say God has sustained me every single day. He has provided opportunities, opened doors, and reminded me that his faithfulness isn’t dependent on my comfort.
Looking back, every risk I’ve taken has taught me the same lesson: courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s choosing to move forward in faith anyway. And many of the greatest blessings in my life have come after taking that first uncertain step.
Pricing:
- Faith to Finances- Financial Planner $50
- One on One Coaching- $150
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.faithtofinances.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithtofinances
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@faithtofinances
Image Credits
Alyssa Monica Photography https://www.alyssamonicaphotography.com/
