C12 Maryland · Frederick + Columbia + Rockville
C12 Maryland — Peer Forums for Christian CEOs and Business Owners
Maryland’s peer forum for Christian CEOs and business owners building a great business for a greater purpose.
For owners and senior leaders of growth-stage Christian-led Maryland companies. We are a peer board, a proven framework, and a community of leaders who refuse to carry it alone.
- 4,000+
- C12 CEOs nationally
- 3
- Active Maryland boards
- 2020
- Since
If any of these
sound familiar
For the leader who carries more than the org chart shows.
There's a decision I have to make, and I can't put the weight of it on the people closest to me.
Every room I walk into now, I'm expected to have the answers. I've run out of rooms where someone challenges me.
I'm missing out on my kids growing up. I'm not there for my spouse the way I need to be.
Who am I to think I could build this?
I'm feeling stuck, like there's gotta be more.
You are not the only one.
That is the point.
Not sure where you stand?
Take the More Audit. Seven honest questions, four minutes, and one personal read on where there’s more for you.
§ 03 · The Evidence
Results matter.
When a Christian CEO joins a C12 forum, the change shows up in places most leadership frameworks never measure. Here is what 4,000+ C12 members report, surveyed annually.
report improvement in their marriage as a result of being in C12.
No other peer advisory network in America publishes that number, because no other peer advisory network is built to impact it.
“Who am I to think I could build this?”
of C12 CEOs report a better understanding of their purpose as a leader.
“Every room I walk into, I'm expected to have the answers.”
of C12 CEOs say those around them would agree they have grown as leaders.
“I'm not there for my spouse the way I need to be.”
report improvement in their marriage as a result of being in C12.
“I want my business to mean more than the bottom line.”
of C12 CEOs have implemented ministry programs in the business.
“I'm missing out on my kids growing up.”
of C12 CEOs say their work/life balance has improved.
“I'm feeling stuck, there has got to be more.”
of CEOs report implementing at least one C12 idea that improved their business.
“I keep working in the business instead of on it.”
of C12 CEOs report improved business planning disciplines.
“Growth has stalled and I can't see why.”
of C12 CEOs report increased profitability due to their C12 experience.
Source: C12 National Member Survey. Self-reported outcomes from active C12 Members across the United States. The C12 Group has been serving Christian CEOs since 1992 and is the nation’s largest peer advisory network for Christian business leaders.
Outcomes like these don't happen in a webinar.
They happen in the room. Twelve days a year. One Chair in your corner. A peer board that refuses to let you lead alone.
An ethos of transformation
A monthly forum. A proven framework. A community of peers.
Each month, we gather Christian CEOs and business owners in confidential CEO Business Forums across Frederick, Columbia, and Rockville. These leaders help each other make better decisions, avoid costly mistakes, and create solid plans for growth, while striving to create eternal impact far beyond the bottom line.
C12 is not a Bible study, and we are not a networking group. We are an architected environment for transformation, grounded in Business as a Ministry.
The CEO Business Forum
One full day each month with 8–12 other Christian owners running real companies. Confidential. Rigorous. Honest in ways you cannot find anywhere else.
The C12 Curriculum
Three decades of refined content. Each month covers a specific leadership and stewardship topic, paired with peer case study and application to the work in front of us.
The C12 Framework
The 5-Point Alignment Matrix and the C12 Tri-Value Model give us tools most CEOs have never had access to, for aligning revenue, financial stewardship, culture, operations, and eternal impact.
The C12 Tri-Value Model
Most leadership frameworks measure one thing. We measure three.
EVA
Economic Value Add
Is your leadership enhancing capital, or quietly depleting it? EVA asks whether the business is increasing in value year over year because of how you steward financial resources — not just activity, but real equity and valuation.
TVA
Team Value Add
Are people growing and experiencing a flourishing culture because they are part of your team? TVA measures whether individuals under your guidance are being developed, challenged, and encouraged — not just employed.
SVA
Spiritual Value Add
Do you see increased fruit and eternal return on investment from your ministry endeavors? SVA evaluates how the business serves as a platform for the gospel — discipleship, care, generosity, and Kingdom impact made tangible.
Together, these three are what we mean by stewardship.
§ 04 · Membership
What a year inside C12 Maryland looks like
Most peer groups give you a monthly meeting. C12 gives you an operating system for leading a great business with greater purpose.
What you get every month and every year
§ 05 · The First 90
The First 90
Most CEOs join a peer group and wait six months to feel the value. C12 Maryland is engineered so the work starts on day one.
It starts with your first Focus60. Not a get-to-know-you. You and your Chair build your 90-day onboarding plan together, the biggest decisions on your plate, mapped against the Tri-Value and 5PAM Models. Part of that work is a focused 90-minute onsite at your business, where your Chair meets your team and sees what you actually carry. So when you walk into your first Forum room, your peer board isn't starting from zero.
You leave with a written plan, not a feeling. A documented 90-day action plan you keep, work, and bring back to the room. Most peer groups give you a welcome packet. You get a quarter's worth of direction.
And an advance copy of Beyond the Multiple. My book on stewardship and the C12 Tri-Value Model, yours before it's available anywhere. The thinking that runs underneath the work we do in the Forum room.
Twelve days a year in the room. One Chair in your corner. A first quarter engineered to be the most productive of your year. Yours to keep. Yours to deploy.
Before you reach out
C12 Maryland is for serious leaders
“Be honest with yourself.”
The right room for me if…
Fit- I am the owner or top operator of a growth-stage Maryland company, $5M+.
- I follow Jesus, and I want my business to reflect that beyond Sunday.
- I am coachable. I am willing to be the least experienced person in the room.
- I am ready to commit one full day each month for at least a year.
The wrong room for me if…
Not fit- I am looking for networking or referrals. That happens here, but it is not why this room exists.
- I want to be coddled. The room will challenge me.
- I cannot carve out a day each month.
- I am not truly looking to grow.
If you nodded along here, this isn’t your room. That’s honest, and that’s okay.
What C12 Maryland members say
Great businesses. Greater purpose.
C12 Maryland has been a foundation for personal and professional growth since 2020. The curriculum, peer networking, and one-on-one coaching has been instrumental in charting a new course for our growth.
instrumental in charting a new course.
Rich Daughtridge
CEO, Warehouse Cinemas
I have always struggled to work on my business instead of in it. C12 has met that need, with great leadership from David and an incredible team of peers who provide honest and intelligent feedback.
honest and intelligent feedback.
Brett Hess
CEO, BMC, Inc.
The structure and commitment of C12 have made me more confident in my walk with the Lord. Prior to C12, my daily walk with the Lord was not daily. The monthly accountability has made me stronger with Him.
stronger with Him.
Nancy Newmister
CEO, Frederick Mutual Insurance
You may have already met us
Leaders on Tap
Our public conversation series. Christian leaders, real stories, recorded live in Maryland breweries. It is how many of our members first heard our voice.
Always free. Always recorded.
See Upcoming EventsHeard an episode that hit close to home? Take the More Audit.
You don’t have to wonder
You areInvited
Visit a forum. The most useful thing a serious leader can do is sit in the room for a day.
Qualified prospective members are invited to attend a full forum day as our guest. No pitch. No pressure. Sit in. Watch how the room works. Meet the members. Then decide if this is the kind of room you want to be in for the next year of your leadership.
C12 Maryland is built for owners and operators of Maryland companies with $5M+ in revenue.
Our Guarantee
Spend a full Forum Day with us as our guest. Your time is your most valuable asset, and we know it. If you don't leave with at least three insights worth more than a day out of your office, we'll cover your lunch, send a $250 gift to the charity of your choice as thanks for the day you invested, and wish you well. No follow-up. No pressure.
Not ready to visit a forum? Take the More Audit first. A short, honest read on where your business and your life stand.
Meet your Chair
David Weigelt
David leads the C12 Maryland forums. Before C12, he founded and sold Immersion Active, a company he built and exited after 18 years. He's sat in your chair. He knows what it costs to grow something, and what it costs to let it go.
David also serves as a trustee of the Community Foundation of Frederick County, and is the author of the forthcoming bookBeyond the Multiple, on stewardship and the C12 Tri-Value Model.
He hosts the Leaders on Tap series, which gathers Christian business leaders across Maryland for honest conversations on faith, courage, and stewardship.
“I know what it is like to walk in your shoes. One of the great honors of my life is walking with leaders whose heart is for the ’more’ God has for them, and for the companies they lead.”
Made for More.
If that resonates with you, let’s talk.
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:10