™ is a
Nondenominational ,
Evangelical Christian organization dedicated to equipping
Church and
Marketplace leaders around the world to know, apply and teach
Biblical Financial Principles . Since
1975 , Crown has reached over 40 million people with the life-transforming message of faithfully living by
God ’s
Financial Principles in every area of their lives. As a global organization, Crown seeks to minister to everyone, from those entrusted with wealth to those living in poverty.
Through its
Radio ministry, Crown touches some 2,000,000 listeners every week (
Arbitron ) from more than 1,100 stations across the
U.S. ,
Canada , and
English -speaking
Caribbean nations. In addition,
Spanish language broadcasts are heard on more than 1,900 stations in 23 countries, and
Crown broadcasts are now heard in
Africa and
China .
Using comprehensive
Crown Teaching Solutions resources, thousands of churches are successfully implementing small group studies,workshops, and seminars to teach lifechanging biblical financial principles to their congregations and communities. A recent survey found that within three years of completing Crown’s
Biblical Financial Study , respondents, on average, had reduced personal debt 38%, increased savings 58%, and increased charitable giving 71%. A large majority also indicated that their relationships with their spouses and with the
Lord had been strengthened. Referring to the study, Pastor
Rick Warren says,“Crown Financial Ministries is the most effective program we’ve ever used to train people to handle God’s money.”
Crown ’s global field staff serves the local church by training and equipping lay leaders to promote effective growth in stewardship—of the 40 million people
Crown has reached worldwide to date, over 11 million have been impacted through
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Crown has trained more than 10,000
Money Map coaches, who volunteer their time and expertise to help walk individuals and families through the personal budgeting process.
To complement its church programs,
Crown offers a wealth of products and training materials, such as online budgeting and career development tools,
Financial Budgeting Software , and practical guides for children, teens, and adults.
See Also: History of Crown Financial Ministries
Larry Burkett and Howard Dayton had been acquaintances for years and friends since the early 1990s. Concurrently, God had impressed both men with the need to expand into new areas for their respective ministries.
Howard had founded Crown Ministries on September 19, 1985. He recognized that Crown Ministries was doing an excellent job one church at a time with small study groups in many parts of the country and the world. However, he had a vision to reach millions, not thousands. Something was missing.
Larry had seen phenomenal growth in the outreach of Christian Financial Concepts since he founded it on May 6, 1976. Yet, the one area he wanted to impact with small study groups was the local church. The radio broadcasts had given Larry ready recognition all around the country and in many parts of the world. But something was missing.
Every once in a while a really good idea comes along, like ministries combining forces to do God’s work better. But then personalities and possessiveness get in the way and it usually falls apart. Not this time. This time the leaders listened to the Lord, and Christian Financial Concepts and Crown Ministries decided to get married. Of course, when Christian Financial Concepts and Crown Ministries decided to merge their strengths, respective know-how, and experience into one ministry, it was obvious that God must have been at work in the process. But, how did it happen?
Organizations often merge when a weaker one is taken over by another. However, why would two healthy ministries want to merge and thus lose their individual identities? It is rare for flourishing organizations that function well individually, and already serve hundreds of thousands of God’s people, to combine into a singular ministry. Almost simultaneously, God began a process of prompting both Howard Dayton and Larry Burkett with an uneasy sense that there was something more that their ministries should be doing. The same Scripture reference kept prompting both Larry and Howard to seek a better way: “Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14 NKJV)
After a radio interview, Larry felt led to ask Howard, “Why don’t we merge our organizations together?” This led to personal talks between Howard and Larry and, later, to serious discussions with the boards of directors of both ministries. After much study, discussion, and a lot of prayer, the boards of both Crown Ministries and CFC unanimously agreed to merge into a new organization, Crown Financial Ministries, on September 7, 2000.
Howard assumed the role of CEO, and Larry continued to do radio broadcasts and served as the chairman of the board until his home-going on July 4, 2003. The union of these two ministries created an alliance that will have a far-reaching impact on the church in America and around the world. In fact, Larry and Howard had a vision that will allow this marriage of ministries to reach and train more than 5 percent of the world’s population (some 300 million) over the next 15 years. If this goal is achieved, the efforts of Crown Financial Ministries will help to fund the Great Commission in a way never seen before.
To see the followers of Christ in every nation faithfully living by God’s financial principles in every area of their lives.
Equipping people worldwide to learn, apply, and teach God’s financial principles so they may know Christ more intimately, be free to serve Him, and help fund the Great Commission.
Crown Financial Ministries is a Christ-centered, Bible-based ministry whose core values include recognition of God's ownership of all things, the need to pray about everything, and the desire to equip and serve others with excellence while teaching in ways understood by all cultures and generations.
To teach God’s financial principles to 300 million people by September 15, 2015.
We believe that the Bible is the inspired, authoritative Word of God. It is without error in all its teaching.
We believe that there is one God, Lord of the universe, eternally existent in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ; in His virgin birth; in His perfect, sinless life; in His miracles; in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to heaven to the right hand of God the Father; and in His personal and visible return in power and glory.
We believe that all people are lost sinners and that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe that all people will be resurrected-those who are saved to eternal life and those who are lost to eternal damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that God, as Creator, is the ultimate Owner of all possessions on earth. God has given people the authority to be stewards of those possessions and the responsibility to faithfully manage them according to the principles in the Word of God.
