Our congregation is still teaching Crown Financial material, but others are using Dave Ramsey's stuff.
Here's a great article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about one of our Catalyst leaders, Bill Ellis, and his congregation's classes on financial management.
Has anyone used both Crown and Ramsey? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Monday, January 21, 2008
Teaching People How to Handle Money
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I have seen the Crown material and found it to be real good, but a bit restrictive, and very "serious".
We decided to use the Dave Ramsey videos here at church and it was one of the best groups I ever ran. Dave is funny and keeps things light and simple. His weakness is that his understanding of scriptural principles is limited. He makes no big blunders, but does not satisfy those looking for a deeper spiritual basis for their finances.
We have had a significant number of people who have taken this class and I've not heard anyone who felt that the cost of the course wasn't worth the benefits they received from it. We are finding that more and more people from outside the church are hearing about the course and coming to it. This is taught as a small group and is offered each semester at Riverside.
It's nothing profound and not deeply scriptural, true, but it is very practical and needed.
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