Howard Dayton

Howard Dayton (born October 7, 1943, in Albany, Georgia), was raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. After graduating from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 1967, he served two and a half years as a naval officer. 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 central Florida. In 1970, Howard began to meet with a group of businessmen, who introduced him to Jesus Christ as his savior. Three years later his business partner challenged him to study the Scriptures to discover what God teaches about handling money. They discovered that the Bible contained 2,350 verses dealing with money and possessions, and Howard's life profoundly changed. God gave him a passion to share the life-changing principles he discovered, leading him to write eight books and six small-group studies, which have been translated into dozens of languages.

Howard founded Crown Ministries in 1985 and developed a small-group financial study. Dayton served, without salary,[1] as CEO of Crown. Crown Ministries merged with Larry Burkett's Christian Financial Concepts in September 2000 to form Crown Financial Ministries, the world's largest financial ministry at that time. During his tenure as CEO, the ministry taught more than 50 million people in 88 countries God’s way of handling money and operating a business. Dayton was named among the Top 20 CEOs of Christian Organizations, and the ministry was recognized as one of the “Best Christian Workplaces.”

Howard served as Crown's unsalaried CEO until 2007, when he transitioned from that role. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from Asbury University.

In 2009, Howard founded a new ministry, Compass - finances God's way, where he serves as the CEO as a full-time volunteer. The vision of Compass is to teach people worldwide how to handle money and operate businesses God's way. As of 2018, Compass had expanded into 80 countries.

On March 28, 2014, Asbury University dedicated the Dayton School of Business.

Howard has two adult children and four grandchildren and resides in Orlando, Florida.

Radio
  • Upon Larry Burkett's death in 2003, Howard followed Larry as the host of Money Matters, a 20-year radio program with co-host Steve Moore, featuring call-in questions from listeners. The broadcast peaked in 2007, carried on 2,000 stations and outlets, with a weekly audience of about 2 million.
  • In 2011, Howard joined Steve Moore again to start a new nationally syndicated call-in radio program, MoneyWise. It is aired on 850 Christian radio stations and outlets, with an estimated weekly listening audience of 875,000. Howard selected Rob West as his successor host in 2017.
  • Dayton also hosted HeyHoward, a one-minute feature carried on approximately 1,100 stations and outlets.

Global Compass
  • Compass has Regional Directors in North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and India.
  • Compass currently serves in 80 countries.

Publications

Books

  • Your Money: Frustration or Freedom (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Your Money Counts (Tyndale House Publishers)
  • Free and Clear (Moody Publishers)
  • Your Money Map (Moody Publishers)
  • Money and Marriage God's Way (Moody Publishers)
  • Business God's Way (Compass)
  • ABCs of Handling Money God’s Way (Moody Publishers—for children ages 4–7) co-authored with Beverly Dayton
  • The Secret (Moody Publishers—for children 8-12) co-authored with Beverly Dayton

Audio Books

  • Your Money Counts (Compass - read by author)
  • Business God's way (Compass - read by author)
  • Money and Marriage God's Way (Oasis Audio - read by author)
  • Your Money Map (Oasis Audio - read by author)

Bibles

  • Financial Stewardship Bible (in collaboration with American Bible Society)

Studies

  • Navigating Your Finances God’s Way - small-group study
  • Money and Marriage God’s Way - small-group study
  • Business God’s Way - small-group study
  • Set Your House in Order - small-group study
  • Charting Your Legacy - small-group study (for "those entrusted with much")
  • Give, Save & Spend - for-credit college course developed in collaboration with Dan Lewis and Kyle Hasbrouck

DVD Series

  • Navigating Your Finances God's Way
  • Business God's Way

References
  1. "Bible requires a servant's heart and a commitment to excellence". The Barrick Report. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
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