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Bringing a message of spiritual hope and financial freedom
Slavery Can Be
Poverty Can Be
The Great Commission can be
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Dear friend,
Growing up the son of Ukrainian immigrant parents in a poor Italian neighborhood outside Buenos Aires city, I never imagined the Lord would bring me this far. To start with, the English language was de�nitely not on my radar screen. My Latin American upbring-ing also did not o�er many opportunities for global success. Nevertheless, as I travel around the world today, I can tell people with con�dence in my heart: the most important factor in personal success is not hard work, clear vision, or �nancial opportunities. The most important factor in achieving personal success is faithfulness to Jesus Christ. He is the Master, Owner of everything, and the Giver of success. When He opens a door, nobody closes it; and when He closes one, nobody can open it. One day of His grace is worth more than a thousand days of labor. And that’s what Global Freedom Concepts is all about: bringing biblical concepts on stewardship to see poverty defeated, �nancial slavery broken, and the Great Commission nationally funded all around the world. You can join us today. We can make this happen—together.
Yours, for the cause of Christ,
“Andrés is a true disciple of Larry. I have a special place in my heart for him and his wife, Rochelle. They faithfully carry on Larry’s legacy as they teach and serve in Latin America and all around the world.”
Judy Burkett, Wife of the late Larry BurkettFounder, Christian Financial Concepts
“Andrés Panasiuk is a world-class leader in every respect. He is an extraordinary person who is both a visionary and an energetic, competent, and courageous leader. He is a gifted communicator and author. In the eight years I served as CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, Andrés and his Latin American team were responsible for training millions of people to handle money God's way. He is a godly man whom I completely trust.”
Howard Dayton, Founder, Compass—Finances God's WayCofounder, Crown Financial Ministries
“Andrés is a world-class leader. People from around the world follow him because of his integrity, his personal commitment to God’s Word, and his ability to lead people to places where they have never been before.”
Dave Rae, Chairman of the BoardFormer President, Apple, Inc - Canada
Dr. Andrés G. PanasiukPresident
Board of Directors
Dave RaeChairman of the BoardFormer President, Apple, Inc - Canada
Dale T. VickSenior Partner, Everlucent, LLC
Dr. Dick WynnFormer President, Youth for ChristFormer VP, John Maxwell’s EQUIP Ministry
Mike MartinCo-Owner, Milton Martin Toyota
Board of Advisors
Richard RolesPresident of Roles Marketing International, Inc.
Dr. William CrothersFormer President, Roberts Wesleyan College Managing Partner, Presidential Leadership Associates
Dr. Andrés G PanasiukPresidentGlobal Freedom Concepts 3
his is an unprecedented moment in history, where both the unem-ployed and the employed are facing tough economic times. These times of crisis o�er incredible opportunities to reach people with the powerful, transforming in�uence of God’s Word. These are
times when hearts are willing and open to receive counsel and guidance. Today, more than ever, we can help those who are struggling �nancially and clearly present the transforming message of the Gospel to people who may have no church background or a�liation. We trust God to help us achieve our ministry's �nancial needs, which allows us to operate our current thirteen international o�ces throughout Latin America. Although some of our ministry directors are sta�, many others volunteer their time. Our entire ministry team—more than one thousand sta� members and volunteers—has been instrumental in impacting the lives of people across the globe. Marriages are being restored and businesses are paying their
debts and their taxes! Thousands of children are learning God's way of handling money. People are coming to know Jesus as their Savior, and a few individuals have been saved from committing suicide. Nevertheless, one of the most important contributions to the body of Christ has been the development of a network of local ministry leaders who have brought the vision of biblical �nancial freedom to their nations. These leaders are actively engaged in transforming individuals, families, and entire communities. For more than a decade, God has used faithful partners and donors to help us meet our �nancial needs and allow us to minister all around the world. We are driven not by �nances, but by our vision: to help believers around the world faithfully live by God's �nancial principles, bring order to their �nancial lives, be patient as they consider special purchases, save on a regular basis, live free of debt, and give with a high level of generosity. We accomplish these goals through the implementation of highly e�ective programs and award-winning, cutting-edge resources. We have a unique approach to our cross-cultural ministry. We write and edit our resources from the perspective of people living in developing nations, which has allowed our books and products to receive an overwhelming response not only in Latin America, but also in Africa and Eastern Europe. As usual, the needs of a prevention–and-restoration ministry such as ours always surpass the opportunities available. Your support will help fund programs and o�er assistance to key leaders overseas who may have di�culty raising their own support.
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elieve it or not, this ministry to more than eleven million people started in a mother-in-law’s chicken barn, on a farm seventy miles northwest of Chicago. In September 1996, Dr. Andrés Panasiuk left
his position at the Moody Bible Institute to start the Latino outreach of Christian Financial Concepts. This ministry restored lives and marriages in the same way that Andrés’ �nancial life and marriage were restored and transformed a few years earlier by the teachings of the late Dr. Larry Burkett. In the early 1990s, Dr. Panasiuk began teaching Dr. Burkett's materials to the members of his congregation. At that time, he was a pastor at Chicago's First Missionary Church in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the inner city. As the administrator of Moody Spanish Broadcasting and as a church planter and a pastor, Andrés was introduced to Christian Financial
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Concepts and developed a relationship with Larry Burkett's family. By 1996, God’s call on Rochelle and Andrés Panasiuk was so strong that Andrés left Moody, found a senior pastor for his inner-city congregation, and moved to Gainesville, Georgia, to help expand the cross-cultural vision of the ministry—�rst to the Latinos in the US, and later to countries around the world. Since the merging of Burkett's organization with Howard Dayton's Crown Ministries, Dr. Panasiuk has traveled more than one million miles
around the world. He has provided support and leadership to thousands of volunteers in more than eighty countries in �ve continents, creating an especially strong presence in Latin America.
In January 2010, Dr. Andrés Panasiuk and his leadership team launched Global Freedom Concepts as an independent, self-su�cient organization. The goal of Global Freedom Concepts is to transform the stewardship culture of the Latin American people, grow the body of Christ in these countries, and bring salt and light to the Latin American nations.
We have provided support and leadership to thousands of volunteers in more than eighty countries on five continents, especially in Latin America.
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here are more slaves in the world today than all the slaves that were brought from Africa to the Americas—ever! One of the growing forms of slavery in the world, and especially in
India, is "debt bondage," where a person is literally enslaved because of the level of his or her debts. This slavery not only lasts the lifetime of the slave, but many times is inherited by his or her children as well. Even though we don't see many people physically enslaved in the US, many of your neighbors, coworkers, and friends are likely in deep �nancial bondage. In August 2006, United States consumer debt reached an all-time high of $2.35 trillion.* Sadly, the rest of the world is following our example. Global Freedom Concepts has made these words from Luke 4:18–19 our own:
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
For the last thirteen years, we have been in the business of setting people free from �nancial bondage. We have helped people from all walks of life, from the president of a prominent ministry in Latin America, to ministries, churches, denominations, pastors, businesspeople, and government o�cials. Our mission is to bring people closer to the Lord and set them free from �nancial bondage, allowing them to participate in the call to help �nance the ful�llment of the Great Commis-sion. Freeing people from �nancial bondage also o�ers a “freedom dividend.” When they are set free, they begin to sustain themselves, invest in their families, purchase necessities, and improve the economy of their communities, thus producing a "community transformation" e�ect. By God's grace, we have been able to bring His message of �nancial freedom not only to the poor, but to the privileged as well. In fact, Dr. Andrés Panasiuk has been invited by many government o�cials to present his workshop "Why Latin America Does Not Prosper."
For the last thirteen years, we have been in the business of setting people free from financial bondage.
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Impacting a Generation
Luis Otalora, the national director for Bolivia, explains, “The best way to transform lives is to begin teaching important lessons to them as children.” With this in mind, we have tailored our material to children in order to teach them financial basics. We are currently training three hundred workers, and starting in February 2010, we will be training more than ten thousand children throughout the country in partnership with Compassion International.
“When I discovered how practical God’s principles can be in managing money, my vision of life radically changed!”
Frank Gonzalez spent more than eighteen years as general manager for one of Venezuela’s most prestigious banks. His experience teaching about credit, investments, and mutual funds, along with his master’s degree in finance and administration, made him realize there was something more.
“It’s unfortunate, but in today’s schools and universities, there is no clear teaching about finances to help bring financial freedom. In my professional life, I have learned that people are taught to spend more, acquire more debt, abuse credit, and despise the concept of saving—all of which will lead to an economic disaster. When I discovered how practical God’s principles could be in managing money, my vision of life radically changed!”
Today, Frank is the national director for Conceptos Financieros in Venezuela and helps leaders set people free from their financial bondage. In addition, he teaches about finances at the state university.
Impact Story
Our ministry has been invited to teach stewardship to governments all over the world, including countries such as Paraguay and Guatemala. In the African nation of Namibia, all 90,000 government workers are being trained with Dr. Panasiuk’s book How Do I Make it To the End of the Month?
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espite the gloomy reports we hear from many relief organizations, poverty can be, and is being, defeated. Never before in the history of humankind have we taken so many people out of absolute poverty in such a short period of time.
• According to official figures published by the World Bank, from 1981 to 2001, the world has lifted 400 million people earning less than $1 a day out of absolute poverty. Poverty levels have also been reduced from 40 percent to 21 percent of the world's population. Amazingly, this was not done with welfare or with United Nations relief programs. It was done the old-fashioned way—with work! • Government research in China indicates that their internal migrant workers are sending more than $12 billion from the cities to their villages, and this "�oating" population could reach 160 million workers by the year 2010.**
• God's plan to end poverty can clearly be seen in Genesis 2:15, which says, "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." • The Bible shows that God's mandate to Adam and Eve was clear: production ("work it") and administration ("take care of it"). • Our business seminars, along with our association with the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International and our Micro-Enterprising
workshops, teach people how to create products and services in a way that is e�cient, abundant, and godly. We believe that abundant, e�cient production and proper, godly administration are the two key weapons necessary to defeat poverty. Not only are we fully engaged in this battle in Latin America, but all over the world.
Our best-selling book, How Do I Make it to the End of the Month?, was originally written in Spanish and is now being translated into other languages. We also o�er workshops, seminars, and small groups to help people use biblical principles and practical applica-tions to manage their money according to the timeless principles from the Word of God.
Poverty can be defeated, and you can join us in the joy of helping those in need to learn how to have plenty.
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Poverty won't allow her to lift up her head; dignity won't allow her to bow it down. Malagasy Proverb
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Why Join Us
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While the world has been on a downward spiral
toward economic collapse, our ministry has been
growing and teaching life-transforming principles
on �nances around the world for more than a
decade. Thanks to our partners’ unsel�sh giving to
our ministry, we have been able to positively
in�uence countless lives and impact God’s kingdom.
Today, as the world is seeing some of its darkest
days, we believe this is our moment in history to
shine most brightly.
Now is the time to act. Will you join us today?
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God has all the necessary resources “in-country” to finish the task of evangelizing the world.
In many developing nations, the body of Christ is ready to finish the task.
Nevertheless, the resources need to be unleashed. God does not need a successful economy to bless His people.
He does not need a prosperous nation to fulfill His will.
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Andrés Panasiuk joins Larry Burkett’s ministry, Christian Financial Concepts, and the transcultural international Ministry is birthed.
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ministry o�ce is opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The ministry’s international headquarters o�ce is opened in Guatemala.
The following ministry o�ces were opened and are still in operation today, forming our team of more than onethousand sta� members and volunteers:
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In Exodus 36:3–7, we learn that even though Israel was a nation of slaves, God provided for them all the resources they needed to ful�ll His will. The passage says,
They received from Moses all the o�erings the Israelites had brought to
carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued
to bring freewill o�erings morning after morning. So all the skilled
craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work and
said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the
work the Lord commanded to be done."
Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp:
"No man or woman is to make anything else as an o�ering for the sanctu-
ary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what
they already had was more than enough to do all the work. As God’s people in developing nations are liberated from �nancial bondage and taught generosity, they will be free to give all the resources needed to complete the Great Commission.
“The alliance between Banco Rural (a chain of banks in Guatemala) and the ministry has allowed us to reach almost the entire country with ‘The Bible and Finances’ seminars from Conceptos Financieros. This has helped both the people and the ministry leaders. Because the bank is teaching these principles, we have received financing for church projects. In addition, some of the bank’s best customers have been pastors, because they have committed to these principles and are paying on time.”
Melvy de De León National Director of Guatemala
A �ne example is the building of Guatemala Christian Fellowship, a project of more than $20 million, was fully funded with Guatemalan donations.
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Projects for
We have several projects planned for 2010. Learn how planting your financial seed in Global Freedom Concepts will help us to expand overseas and accomplish our goals.
We are proud of our sta� and volunteers, who have helped develop and grow the vision of obtaining �nancial freedom in Latin America.
Our continental meeting with our Latin America leadership team in Guatemala in 2008.
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The best way to transform a future generation is to start with the children and youth.
Currently, our ministry in Bolivia is launching an aggressive campaign in partnership with Compassion International. Using Beverly Dayton’s ABC’s of Handling Money God’s Way, we will teach more than ten thousand children, face-to-face, the basics of handling money.Our duplication and distribution cost will be $15,000.
Finanzas Sin LimitesThis will be a thirty-minute world-class TV program, produced in partnership with CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network, producers of the 700 Club). It will be placed in several markets throughout Latin America and the US, and will teach families how to be more resourceful with their �nances. Our cost for this series of thirteen programs will be $65,000.
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Sponsoring “The Woman Who Prospers” Conferences This will be a two-day event managed by our local team in each country, but coordinated from our continental o�ce in Guatemala. The objectiveis to bring in more than one thousand women and give them tools to handle family issues, �nances, the business world, as well as help them keep a vibrant relationship with God. The subjects of the conference and teaching pivot around the Proverbs 31 woman. These events are marked with a great roster of international speakers, musicians, as well as local businessespeople and ministry leaders who will facilitate workshops. Our cost for these events in nine countries will be an initial investment of $30,000.
MONTH DAYS COUNTRIESMay 2010 21-22 Guatemala
June 2010 25-26 Dominican Rep.
July 2010 16-17 Venezuela
August 2010 20-21 Paraguay
September 2010 17-18 Puerto Rico
October 2010 8-9 Bolivia
November 2010 5-6 Colombia
February 2011 25-26 Mexico
March 2011 25-26 Costa Rica
Sponsoring the continental Generosity Campaignwill help tens of thousands of pastors and business leaders
to increase generosity in their congregations and help fundthe Great Commission to other parts of the world.
Your sponsorship will also allow us to give out free teaching kits. *** These kits come with sermons, small group material and teaching on stewardship on DVD. We need 13,000 kits total to help us reach 1,000 pastors in each of the 13 countries with which we work. Our cost for thisproject will be an investment of $56,000.
Copies of the The Woman Who Prospers books, as well as the New Testament with notes for women, will be available at the events and
through our network of distribution throughout Latin America.
Answering the American Bible Society's $50,000 matching gift to launch a “Financial Freedom Tour” and minister to Latinos in the US in key strategic cities in 2010.
13*** Originally created by Crown Financial Ministries
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Budget
Our Goal. To efficiently use the investment that has been entrusted to Global Freedom Concepts
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Category Investment
Training $53,500
Opening Countries (3) $30,000
Salaries (National Sta�) $286,040
Media (Radio, TV, Web, Printing) $115,420
Travel/Lodging $61,450
Operations $52,820
Other $14,400
Total $613,630
Operations19%
Ministry81%
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Donors Investment
1 $100,000
2 $50,000
5 $20,000
10 $10,000
100 $100 monthly
At what level would God have you make your investment in freedom?
Contact us at
Global Freedom ConceptsPO Box 161909Atlanta, GA 30321
Tel: (404) 477-4045
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to visit us on the web @GlobalFreedomConcepts.org