Benoit Kudinga
Founder, Church Growth & Leadership Institute
Benoit Kudinga
Founder
Benoit Kudinga is an ordained minister, author, mentor, conference speaker, economist, researcher, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor. He brings together more than three decades of ministry service with professional experience in economics, public finance, governance, organizational leadership, research, and institutional strategy across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Canada.
Since 1990, he has served in pastoral leadership, Christian formation, evangelism, youth ministry, music ministry, mentoring, intercession, and church development. His ministry has also included organizing conferences, seminars, evangelistic activities, outreach events, and leadership training initiatives.
Professionally, he is an economist, researcher, and strategic advisor with expertise in macroeconomic analysis, public finance, and institutional strategy. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, he conducted research and published on key economic and public-policy issues. He also served as a Ministerial Advisor, taught at the training institute of the Central Bank of Congo, and held teaching and research responsibilities at the University of Kinshasa.
In Canada, he has held senior financial, corporate, and strategic leadership roles in Alberta’s public sector. He formerly served as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer for Grande Yellowhead Public School Division, with responsibilities spanning public finance, governance, financial operations, and organizational leadership. He also conducted applied research at the University of Alberta.
He holds two master’s degrees in economics from universities in the United States and Canada.
Since the late 1990s, Benoit Kudinga has developed an independent body of research, analysis, writing, and course work on church crisis, stability, leadership, strategy, policy, systems, financial sustainability, and growth. This long-term work forms part of the intellectual foundation of CGLI.
As Founder of the Church Growth & Leadership Institute, Benoit Kudinga brings together ministry experience, economic and management analysis, research, strategic thinking, and leadership development. Through CGLI, he translates this interdisciplinary work into practical strategies, policies, frameworks, and systems that help church leaders navigate crisis, establish stability, strengthen church operations, and prepare their churches for sustainable growth and outreach.