Vision:  To See every follower of Christ in every nation faithfully living by God’s financial principles in every area of their lives.
     
  Concept of Stewardship

One of the central principles in Christian living is that we don’t really own things; we are simply stewards and managers of what God has entrusted to us. In Crown founder Larry Burkett’s case, that included the ministry he founded. In 1971, Larry gave his life to Jesus Christ and committed to follow wherever the Lord would lead and to boldly teach the life-changing truths of Scripture. And he did this with all his might.

Crown CEO Howard Dayton

In 1973, Dr. Bill Bright invited Larry and Judy to join the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ. Here he counseled the staff, many of whom were struggling financially, on how to handle money God’s way. In 1976, he founded Christian Financial Concepts. He poured his life into serving the Lord through this ministry. He loved the ministry, he loved his staff, and he genuinely loved the people who looked to the ministry for help.

When God prompted Larry to turn over the leadership of the ministry, he never hesitated. Then he said, “My greatest fear in life is standing before the Lord and hearing Him say, ‘I had so much more for you, but you held on too tightly.’ That’s why I want us to merge. Together we can accomplish so much more for the building of God’s kingdom than we could separately.” Many times he said that the decision to merge (the merger of CFC and the old Crown Ministries) was the best decision he ever made.

His greatest desire was to see Crown Financial Ministries fulfil its God-given vision of teaching 30 million people in America and 300 million around the world to handle money God’s way. As he said, “This ministry is not my invention; it exists because of a calling from God. I’m not alarmed at the thought of Crown’s future without me. I recognized that it was crucial to put in place leadership that can carry on and even expand this ministry. And God has been faithful to bring Crown a godly capable leadership team. God has used Crown wonderfully in past. May He use us in the future to help train millions of God’s people—even after the Lord calls me home.”