Crown Bulgaria has been working at a rapid speed this year! They have started 2010 with a series of several key events. On January 16, they held a "Bible on Money Seminar" at the Christian Center Church in Sofia. There were 30 participants at this seminar. 

After attending the Leader's Summit at the end of January, they held another "Bible on Money Seminar" in the city of Stara Zagora. This time there were 31 people in attendance. There was a wide range of participants- from city judges, to bank directors, to one of the directors of a top ten business in Bulgaria! Because of this seminar, they were invited to participate in the Christian TV broadcast live and present the ministry of Crown. Grozdan Stoevski, National Director of Crown Bulgaria writes, "Almost everyone had tears in their eyes when we showed them 'Abraham and Isaac' from the God Provides series. Our new colleague, Alex did a wonderful job as a speaker too! He is God's answer to our prayers and a real blessing to our team!"

On February 18, Crown Bulgaria's board held a meeting and created a strategy for sustainability in the upcoming     years. They also held an event called "Financial Survival in Days of Crisis" which is an introduction to a "How to     Make it to the End of the Month" seminar. This introduction was held at the American Corner Culture Center in downtown Sofia on February 25. And to complete all of their hard work, Crown Bulgaria finished updating and working on their site. You can find it at www.crownbulgaria.org! What an exciting and busy time for our team in Bulgaria! 

On February 14, members of Crown UK passed out 6,000 copies of their new devotional to members of Hillsong Church in London. These books were passed out over four services that Sunday. Each member of the congregation was given a 15 minute introduction to Crown and the devotional that they were soon to receive.

Rhoda Lloybottom writes, "During one of the breaks a lady came up to us and thanked us profusely for the book. She had been to the coffee shop and she had already read days 1-3. She was bowled over by chapter 3 which is on counsel and God had clearly spoken to her. She expressed how much people need to know His wisdom in financial matters." 

Anatoliy Musiyenko and his team have been working very hard in Ukraine this year. Some of their accomplishments include: launching Crown Ukraine's website; developing a new cash organizer and Youth Study Group; and holding several training events. Make sure you click here to get more details about the work in Crown Ukraine. 

MoneyLife, Crown Financial Ministries' daily radio program, features today Chuck Bentley, Crown CEO, with snippets of interviews he recorded at the Crown Europe Leaders Summit in Oberaegeri, Switzerland in 24-27 January 2010.

In the beginning of the 25-minute program Chuck mentions Dawid Mrotek - financial advisor and board member of Crown Poland. Then he plays a significant part of an interview with Unnar Erlingsson, graphic designer and Crown volunteer in Iceland. Unnar shares his personal story of believing in Christ and learning how to be financially free. At the end, Chuck plays snippets of an interview with Victor Bozhenko and Alexander Karpov, volunteers with Crown in the region of Volgograd, Russia.

You can download and listen to the program here. You can also subscribe to the MoneyLife podcast and listen to past programs by going here.

With a history spanning three decades, Crown Radio is the source of Biblical wisdom for living in today's economic times. Crown Financial Ministries offers two radio programs, hosted by Crown CEO, Chuck Bentley: MoneyLife™ and My MoneyLife™.

Aired Monday-Friday, the 30-minute MoneyLife™ features in-depth discussion and fresh, relevant information on how to make and manage money while fulfilling God’s purposes for your life. Find out more about Crown's media resources.