Crown Financial

1. Crown Financial Discover God’s Way of Handling Money “Your Money Counts” Seminar 06 Jan 2006

2. Vision Statement To see the followers of Christ in every nation faithfully living by God’s financial principles in every area of their lives.

3. Mission Statement Equipping people worldwide to learn, apply and teach God’s financial principles so they will know Christ more intimately, be free to serve Him, and help fund the Great Commission.

4. Major Objective Teach 300 million people worldwide by September 2015 to handle money from God’s perspective.

5. Core Values Prayer Christ-Centered Bible-Based Excellence Relevance Ownership

6. The Problem Why should we talk about Stewardship?

7. The Problem Lack of Biblical criteria to make financial decisions

8. Spiritual Crisis  Poor understanding of Who God really is.  We feel we are OWNERS.  Situational ethics / Pragmatism / Materialism  We freely accept erroneous teachings.

9. The Solution… What is God doing?

13. Born in Campus Crusade for Christ • Founded in 1976 by Larry Burkett • Teaching people the Biblical • principles of managing money • Radio, TV, seminars, books, • tapes, computer software

14. Founded in 1985 by Howard Dayton • Remarkably effective small group study • Church focused ministry with a network of • national missionaries

15. Combined Ministries Largest Stewardship Ministry in the world National and International outreach

16. STRATEGY Catalytic Events Mass Media Leadership Development Marketplace Seminars and Conferences Couching Small Groups

17. STRATEGY Catalytic Events

18. STRATEGY Pastors

19. PERU - September 2003 1,700 pastors

21. INDIA - August 2003

25. Guatemala - October 2003 1300 Pastors

26. STRATEGY Business people

27. Lima, Peru Hundereds of business owners present at our Spanish language events.

28. Economic Summit - Central America.

30. Today Session 1: Ownership Session 2: Counseling, Spending and Debt Session 3: Giving, Saving and Knowing God Session 4: Integrity Planning Training the Trainers

31. Commitment To teach these materials to, at least, 100 other people as soon as possible, and before September 2015.

33. I. Introduction 1. Spiritual reasons A. How we handle money has a big impact on the intimacy of our relationship with Christ. “If you have not been faithful in the use of [worldly wealth], who will entrust the true riches to you?”Luke 16:11

34. I. Introduction 1. Spiritual reasons B. Money is a primary competitor with Christ for the lordship of our lives. “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” Matthew 6:24 (NIV)

35. I. Introduction 2. Practical reasons

36. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 1. God’s responsibilities A. God is the owner of everything “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;”Psalm 24:1 (NIV)

37. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 1. God’s responsibilities B. God is in control. “The LORD does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth…” Psalm 135:6 (NIV)

38. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 1. God’s responsibilities C. God will provide our needs. “My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”Philippians 4:19 (NIV)

39. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 2. Our responsibilities with money A. We are stewards of God’s possessions.

43. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 2. Our responsibilities with money B. We are to be faithful “…it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2 (ASV)

44. II. God’s Responsibility and Our Responsibility with Money 2. Our responsibilities with money C. When we are faithful, we will benefit in three ways: I. We will grow closer to Jesus Christ II. We will develop godly character III. We will begin to have financial stability

45. Poverty – Prosperity-Stewardship

46. III. Work 1. God created work for our benefit “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Genesis 2:15 (NIV) “…Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food…” Genesis 3:17-19 (NIV)

47. III. Work 2. God’s perspective of work A. Work is necessary. “Six days you shall labor…” Exodus 34:21 (NIV) “…If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV)

48. III. Work 2. God’s perspective of work B. Work develops character. “Diligent hands [a good worker] will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.” Proverbs 12:24 (NIV)

49. III. Work 2. God’s perspective of work C. We work for Christ. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men… It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV)

50. III. Work 3. God’s work responsibilities A. God gives us our job skills. “…and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work…” Exodus 36:1 (NIV)