Howard Dayton
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Howard Dayton has served, without compensation, as CEO of Crown Financial Ministries since 1985, at which time he founded Crown Ministries in Longwood FL. Crown Ministries merged with Christian Financial Concepts, founded by Larry Burkett, in September 2000 to form Crown Financial Ministries, the world’s largest financial ministry.

In 1969 Howard developed The Caboose, a successful railroad-themed restaurant, in Orlando, FL. In 1972 he began his commercial real estate development career, specializing in office development in the Central Florida area. Howard was challenged by his business partner in 1974 to study the Scriptures to discover what God’s Word teaches about handling money. Following a profound life-change, the Lord gave Howard a passion to share these life-changing principles with others. He wrote Your Money: Frustration or Freedom, and for 10 years he invested about 30 percent of his time doing further research, writing, and conducting financial seminars for churches. He also is the author of Your Money Counts, Free and Clear, and Crown’s Small Group Studies.

Howard graduated from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 1967 and then served two and one-half years as a naval officer. Howard married Beverly in 1971 and they have two children: Matthew (married to Michelle) and Danielle (married to Kyle Hasbrouck). Howard and Beverly reside in Gainesville, Georgia.