Howard Dayton was the founder of Crown Ministries which later merged with Larry Burkett’s Christian Financial Concepts to form Crown Financial Ministries. As Dayton served for 22 years as the unpaid volunteer CEO, the organization taught over 50 million people in 88 countries. In 2009 he founded Compass: Finances God’s Way that uses small group studies to teach God’s financial principles. He is an author and hosts the radio programs MoneyWise and Hey Howard. Howard and his wife, Beverly, live in Orlando, Florida.