Name: Jon & Evelyn Bean
Phone: 407-977-1991
Cell: 407-947-4930
jon@crowncatholic.org
evelynbean@crowncatholic.org

About Jon & Evelyn Bean:
Crown Focus: All Crown programs in the USA

Jon and Evelyn Bean are Directors. Catholic Initiative for Crown Financial Ministries. They live in Winter Springs, Florida where they are active members of St. Stephen Catholic Community.

They were first exposed to Crown Ministries in 1987. At that time, through a series of bad decisions, they had $35K in credit card debt, had used all long term savings for short term living expenses and their marriage was under significant stress.

In the Crown Small Group Bible Study they learned what the Bible teaches about finances and were amazed to learn that there are 2,350 verses in the bible on money, possessions and stewardship. As a result of the Crown class, they changed the way they handled finances and were able to dig out of debt by:

• Tracking every penny they spent for 3 years
• Spending only on needs, not wants
• Freezing their credit cards (really – in a bowl of water)

By faithfully following what they learned in the Bible through the Crown class, they have been able to live a lifestyle following biblical principles for the past 20 years. In the process they taught over 45 Crown Financial Ministries’ classes in the Central Florida area. As a result of staying focused on His principles, they have been able to retire early and to begin work as full time volunteers for Crown, teaching people about biblical financial principles.

Stewardship is handling all of the gifts God has given us in a manner pleasing to Him – it’s not just how much money we put in the collection plate each week. Each of us spends so much time each day making money, handling money and spending money, that doing it according to biblical principles is an area where we as Catholics can have a positive influence on our families, friends, and society as a whole.