Partnership Proposal · For John Beehner · 2026-05-29
The Wise Counsel Platform
Built for John Beehner. Built for the Kingdom. Built to outlive its founder.
“Every business is a ministry, and every ministry is a business.”
— John Beehner, Founder, Wise Counsel
Section 1
What I Heard
You’ve spent 50 years building a vault of inspiration for Christian leaders.
You have:
5 books containing the doctrine
The 6-hour "How and Why Good Business Creates True Wealth" course
The Rock Solid Leadership Blueprint
350+ video sessions from speakers and CEOs
250+ episodes of Inspiration 316
The cassette vault from the 1980s tech meetings
100+ vetted coaches
A 3,500-person email list
The Wise Counsel trademark — 15 years held
The roundtable process C-12 copied to build a 3,000-group business
And right now, every bit of that is locked behind four disconnected websites, four SaaS tools that don’t talk to each other, and a developer who didn’t know who you were building for.
You told me your biggest competitor is time. People don’t want to fill out a 50-question intake form. They don’t want to schedule a phone call before they know if you can help them. They want 15 minutes of inspiration when they need it, where they need it, from a voice they can trust.
You also told me something else, near the end of the call, that I haven’t stopped thinking about:
“I’m going to be very disappointed if I sit on all the assets that I have and not get them out to people and die one day and say, oh God, what could I have done?”
— John
That’s not a website problem. That’s a legacy problem.
The Legacy Promise
The product isn’t a website. It’s your inheritance.
When the Lord calls you home, Wise Counsel doesn’t end. It scales.
The Vision
The Seven Pillars
What we’re going to build, and what it will take to build it. Each pillar shows what’s ready today and what’s left to build for Wise Counsel.
1
The AI Doctrine Brain
John's wisdom, in vector form
Your 5 books, the True Wealth course, Rock Solid Leadership Blueprint, every video and radio transcript, every cassette tape we can recover — ingested into a private AI knowledge base. Every feature on the platform queries this brain. Every answer is rooted in your doctrine, your voice, and Scripture.
Private AIDoctrine-TrainedVoice-Cloned
Ready Today
Architecture proven on Check & Mate (Dwight's existing platform). Vector database, embedding pipeline, and retrieval engine all working code.
To Build
Ingest John's 5 books, True Wealth course transcripts, Rock Solid Blueprint, and the foundational video archive. Tune the voice and Scripture-citation behavior.
2
Conversational Intake
Replace the 50-question survey
A new member spends 5 minutes in conversation with the platform — "tell me what's weighing on you, what season your business is in, what you're trying to discern from the Lord" — and the brain matches them to the right starting place. Inspiration retrieval, not data collection.
5-min onboardingAI-matchedVoice-first ready
Ready Today
Chat infrastructure and matching algorithm proven on Check & Mate's coaching brain. Conversational state management and member profile generation.
To Build
Wise Counsel-specific intake script (designed with John), test against existing 50-question survey for diagnostic parity, voice-input option for accessibility.
3
The AI Consultant
John, on call. 24/7. Forever.
Your members can ask the platform anything, anytime. Hiring, firing, conflict, calling, marriage, cancer, succession. The AI answers as a guide — never as the final word — drawing from your doctrine, citing your content, suggesting which testimonies to watch and which coach to call.
24/7 AccessSource-CitedCoach-Referral
Ready Today
Source-cited LLM response pipeline. Coach-routing logic. Member context awareness across sessions.
To Build
John's voice fine-tuning, Scripture-citation safeguards, coach-availability calendar integration, conversation handoff to human coaches.
4
The Curated Course Library
True Wealth, restored. Rock Solid, structured.
"How and Why Good Business Creates True Wealth" becomes the curriculum spine. "Rock Solid Leadership Blueprint" becomes Course Two. The video archive gets sorted into themed courses. The AI assigns courses based on what each member actually needs, not what they think to ask for.
Digital restoration of True Wealth (13 sessions, AI-modernized cuts), structured Rock Solid Blueprint into 7-module course, themed course generation from video archive.
Roundtables, webinars, one-on-ones — all booked, attended, and recorded inside the platform. Front-facing members see content, not calendars. Every session is automatically transcribed and archived. The library grows by itself.
Booking system architecture, calendar integration patterns, auto-transcription pipeline (used on Check & Mate).
To Build
Wise Counsel-specific roundtable booking flow, Zoom/Riverside integration, post-session ingestion back into the doctrine brain.
6
Subscription & Stripe Spine
$49 / $89 / $299. AI consultant unlocks at Partner tier.
Your existing tiers, kept simple. The AI consultant becomes the upgrade driver from Associate to Partner. Books, course bundles, and one-time purchases all flow through one Stripe checkout. The 5% partnership fee is wired in at the infrastructure level.
Three TiersOne CheckoutAuto-Routed
Ready Today
Stripe integration patterns (used on Iliaid, OpenGym, Festaiv). Tier-gating logic, subscription lifecycle handling.
Members get access to a curated list of professionals — accountants, fractional CFOs, legal counsel, technology partners — whom you personally vet. Future revenue stream for Wise Counsel; future credibility lift for your members. Cenac Enterprises becomes your inaugural AI partner.
John-VettedMember-DiscountInaugural AI Partner
Ready Today
Directory architecture and partner-listing framework.
To Build
Wise Counsel-specific vetting workflow, member-discount tracking, AI-for-Christian-Business webinar series hosted by Cenac AI.
Section 3
The Partnership Structure
Not a vendor agreement. A covenant.
Component
Setup & Legal
What
$2,500 one-time
Why
Phase 0 audit + Florida attorney consult on the “University” brand.
Component
Transcription Processing
What
$1,500/month, while processing only
Why
Auto-terminates when archive is complete. If your video guy can handle transcription, this fee disappears.
Component
Platform Transaction Fee
What
5% of Stripe revenue, perpetual
Why
Wired into payment infrastructure. Replaces vendor build fees and monthly retainers. Half the rate Uscreen takes.
Component
Equity
What
15% non-voting in Wise Counsel LLC
Why
Vests over 5 years. Fully accelerates on platform/umbrella sale, John's passing, or termination without cause. Non-voting means John keeps every decision.
A Personal Letter
Why the Numbers Look Like They Do
I’m not a vendor. A vendor charges you forty grand upfront, walks away when the check clears, and you fight them when something breaks. You’ve already paid that price once. I’m not going to ask you to pay it again.
I believe in what you have. I believe in what you want to do. I believe in the impact this platform is going to make on the world for the Kingdom.
Do I see a monthly payout that dwarfs what any regular vendor would ask just to build and maintain your platform? Of course I do. But that’s because I will be committedto getting this platform to the stage where it’s making the difference in the world for God that you have always dreamed of making. That is the sole reason it will be generating that revenue.
The 5% and the 15% are not a price tag. They are my proof that I’m in this with you for the long haul. The structure is the covenant.
— Dwight Cenac, Cenac Enterprises
Section 5
The Next Five Days
Wed 6/3
Dwight at the Wise Counsel roundtable in Jacksonville (listening, not pitching).
Thu 6/4
Final refinements to the proposal based on what Wednesday teaches.
Fri 6/5 at 3 PM EDT
Decision call.
Mon 6/8
Phase 0 begins (if we sign).
October 2026
A working platform at Boot Camp.
In Closing
“You opened our discovery call in prayer, John. You closed it in prayer. You asked the Lord to guide our thoughts and our words to honor Him and fulfill His purpose.”
“If the Lord wants this to happen, we’ll know on Friday. And if He doesn’t, we walk away friends.”