Chuck Bentley

Executive Director / Board of Advisors

As our CEO, Chuck Bentley has a relentless passion to travel the globe teaching biblical financial principles to stewards from all walks of life including the affluent, middle class, poor, and ultra poor.

He is the author of four books, including The Worst Financial Mistakes in the Bible, and How You Can Avoid Them and love and money.

He is also the executive producer of the God Provides™ film series, starring Dean Jones. The films are now used throughout the world in 30 languages with the potential to reach 2 billion oral and visual learners.

In addition, Chuck writes and produces a daily radio broadcast heard on over 1,200 outlets in the USA.

As the Founder and Executive Director of the Christian Economic Forum, Chuck also focuses on advancing God’s economic principles through this annual gathering of select marketplace leaders dedicated to improving the world through the advancement of ideas that work.

He also serves on the board of Foundations for Farming, an initiative aimed at bringing transformation to individuals, communities, and nations through sustainable agriculture and faithful stewardship of the land.

Chuck and his wife, Ann, both graduates of Baylor University, have been married since 1978. They can be found reading and spending time outdoors with their family at their home in Knoxville, Tennessee when they are not traveling the world together to advance Crown’s mission.

They have four adult sons, a daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren.

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Handre de Jongh

Coordinator of Forums

Handre de Jongh graduated from Global University, Missouri in 1995 with a BA degree in Theology and obtained a BA Honors (Cum Laude) degree in Psychology from the University of Stellenbosch in 1997.

During the time Handre served in various positions ranging from a pastor, psychological and school counselor and finally school principal, he became involved with Crown Financial Ministries on a part time basis as a Career Direct ® counsellor in 2002 and joined Crown full time in July 2005. In July 2006 Handre became the National Director of Crown Financial Ministries South Africa.

His passion for building potential in individuals and teams has been supported by his effort in helping more than 1,300 individuals and numerous teams to find their purpose and alignment in life, studies and operations. Handre also hosted “Your money counts” on Radio Tygerberg in Cape Town, South Africa from 2007 to 2012 with listenership of 500,000. In July 2012, Handre joined the Crown Home Office team in a Director role where he oversaw the US field team, served as the International liaison between Crown Home Office and the Ministry Expansion Officers in the globe until he was promoted to the role of Vice President of Global Outreach.

Handre has been married to Marelise since 1996 and they have three children. They reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Lauren Spear

Senior Program Manager

Tracey Fries

Production Coordinator