Is Crown Financial Ministries Small Group Study a Catholic Bible study?
What is the Crown Small Group Study?
How often do the Crown Small Group Studies begin?
How can I become a Small Group Leader?
What is a Crown Money Map Coach and how do I contact one?
How can I become a Money Map Coach?
How can I train my children?
What is the Crown Comprehensive Church Program?
How do I start a Crown program in my church?
How can I host a Crown Seminar in my church?

Is Crown Financial Ministries Small Group Study a Catholic Bible Study?

If one is using the word catholic in the universal sense as is done in the Creed, the answer is yes. In its ecumenical intention, The Crown Bible Study is not written specifically for Catholics but rather for all Christians. In this sense, the Crown Bible Study is not a specifically Catholic study, but the Catholic Supplement is intended to help Catholics see how the Crown Bible Study is compatible with the teaching of the Catholic Church and to give further Catholic reflection on the topics found in the Crown study. The Catholic Supplement has been granted an Imprimatur by the Bishop of Orlando. The Catholic Supplement can be found by clicking on the appropriate tool bar on the left side of the page.

What is the Crown Small Group Study? (Back to Top)
This is an in-depth bible study exploring what the bible teaches about managing our money wisely. Crown groups consist of a maximum of eight students plus two trained leaders or leader couples.

Your Crown group will meet for two hours each week and the homework for each meeting usually takes approximately 20 minutes per day for six days. In this a 10 week study you will learn the biblical principles for managing money, build a budget and debt-elimination plan for your family, and gain some life-long friendships.

Cost:
$45 single (plus shipping and handling)
$55 married couple (plus shipping and handling)

How often do the Crown Small Group Studies begin? (Back to Top)
You may begin a Crown Small Group Study at any time. But generally, the Studies begin three times each year:
Late January
Mid May
Mid september

How can I become a Small Group Leader? (Back to Top)
There are three ways to become certified to lead this study:

1. Attend a "Small Group Leader Training". This is a one-day training seminar that will prepare you and your co-leader to lead the study.

Click to go to "Events Calendar" for scheduled training dates. You can register online at www.crown.org or by calling 1 (800) 722-1976.

Make sure you register at least three to four weeks prior to your training date as you will have eight to ten hours of required homework to complete before the training and it will take seven to ten days for your study materials to arrive once you are registered.

The cost of the "Small Group Leader Training" is $88 per person or married couple.

2. You can also become a trained leader by graduating from the study as a student and attending a two-hour "Leader Orientation". Please contact your local field staff to find the next two-hour training in your area.

3. We also have a "Small Group Leader Training" self-study available online at crown.org. This self-study is intended for people who live in areas where we do not offer live training and is not recommended if live trainings are available in your area.

The cost for the self-study is $88.

Please contact your Crown staff contact if you have any further quesions about becoming a Crown small group leader. You can find your Crown staff contact under the "Meet the Team" tab above.

What is a Crown Money Map Coach and how do I contact one? (Back to Top)
The Money Map Coach program is designed to meet the needs
of those who would like one-on-one assistance to order their financial lives according to God's word.

The Money Map Coaching process normally involves three to six meetings spread two to four weeks apart and includes bible study, creating a financial statement, debt-elimination plan, and a written budget.

Please call 1-800-722-1976 to find the Money Map Coach in your area or click here.

How can I become a Money Map Coach? (Back to Top)
Our "Money Map Coach Training" is a 25-hour self-study course that will prepare you to work one-on-one with married couples and singles to get their financial house in order.

Over several sessions together, you will guide people through a Bible study teaching biblical financial principles, analyzing their income, spending, debt, and giving history. You will also help them develop a written budget, a debt elimination plan and guide them through important financial changes they may need to consider in their life.

This important ministry helps to reduce stress in people’s lives, builds stronger marriages, increases giving to God’s kingdom and brings people into a closer relationship with the Lord. If serving God in this way sounds interesting and fulfilling to you, then you are ready to become a trained Money Map Coach.

Here is how you may complete your training:

1. You can complete the study on your own in about 25 hours and receive your certificate of completion when you send your completion statement to the Crown Home Office signed by your pastor.

2. To enhance your training, we offer a one-day seminar that brings you together with other new budget coaches to learn from our experienced counselors. The seminar includes role plays of counseling sessions, and discussion of coaching issues you may encounter.

The seminar cost is $30 per person, and you can register by calling 1-800-722-1976 or online at www.crown.org. Please go to the "Events Calendar" tab above to see the schedule for upcoming seminars.

Please purchase the “Money Map Coach Training” kit online at www.crown.org or by calling 1 (800) 722-1976. The cost of the kit is $125.

How can I train my children? (Back to Top)
Go through a Crown program yourself first to learn the principles and/or use:

The ABC's
The Secret
The Teen Study

What is the Crown Comprehensive Church Program? (Back to Top)
Crown has designed a comprehensive program to equip people of all ages to handle money God’s way.

FOR ADULTS
Crown offers four adult learning experiences to accommodate individual preferences and the different teaching methods used in churches.

1. Journey to Financial Freedom Seminar. The seminar is the most efficient way to quickly expose many people to God’s financial principles. The seminar is six-seven hours long, and each participant receives a manual. Crown will supply a seminar instructor.

2. Small Group Study. This study is the foundation to the entire program, because usually the greatest life change takes place in small groups. Groups are limited to 12 people, including a leader and coleader, and meet for two hours once a week for 10 weeks. Topics include earning, giving, saving, spending, investing, getting out of debt, and training children to handle money. Training of the leaders is required.

3. Video Series. The Discovering God’s Way of Handling Money series is comprised of eight, 20-minute videos, each taught by a gifted communicator. There is a group discussion after each video presentation. Leaders facilitate the group discussion, and no leader training is required.

4. Budget Coach Training. Budget coaches are trained to help people use a budget. This personal, one-on-one attention is necessary for many people to begin budgeting.
After completion of the self-study, attending an optional six-hour workshop is strongly recommended.

FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND COLLEGE STUDENTS

Crown offers outstanding studies for children from ages 5 to college students. The studies for children may be taught in a variety of settings: one-on-one, in a small group, in a Sunday school class, or in a Christian school. No leader training is required for the children’s and teen’s studies.

The College Study addresses the issues college students need to know about at this formative time of life. This may be taught in a small group or classroom setting. Training is
required to lead the College Study.

How do I start a Crown program in my church? (Back to Top)
1. Introduce Crown to church leadership. Sit down with your pastor and share the ministry of Crown with them via our Web site. Watch the Crown Celebration Video together. You may also want to include one of Crown’s field representative in this meeting. They offer their help as a service to you and your church.

2. Recruit a Church Coordinator. Work with church leadership to determine a good church member to serve as a Church Coordinator for your Crown ministry. Refer to the Church Manual for some requirements that this individual should fulfill before being assigned the task of implementing Crown in your church.

3. Decide on the plan.  We recommend starting a comprehensive financial teaching program with some of the recommended Crown Teaching Solutions. Choose the resources that will best meet the needs of your church members.

4. Implement the plan. After you have chosen the Crown Teaching Solutions materials you want to teach, implement the plan. A very detailed Church Manual to starting Crown in your church is available.
If you have questions or concerns about starting a Crown program, please find a local Crown field representative or contact us.

How can I host a Crown Seminar in my church? (Back to Top)
Crown offers a variety of seminars and workshops to introduce biblical principles of financial management and stewardship to the church and community. Seminar instructors around the country are available to present Crown Financial Ministries’ seminars and to speak to church groups, business organizations, denominational meetings, and pastors. The Journey to True Financial Freedom seminar is the most popular with churches and several are held every month.

Available Seminars:

1. Journey To True Financial Freedom
2. Money Map Coach Training Workshop
3. Business by the Book

Seminar instructors can offer help in developing or expanding your financial ministry. Crown seminars are a great way to broaden the base of stewardship teaching in your church and community. Training programs provide proven methods for those who want to do budget counseling to single parents, couples, and individuals through their own churches.
To register for a seminar in your area, please register online.

Host a Seminar
For your convenience, the seminar department has placed seminar hosting information for you to read and download for future reference.
Specific questions that are related to the hosting criteria should be directed to the seminar department. You may call 1-800-722-1976 and ask them to connect you to the Field Care and Seminar Team.