Poland: Communism to Capitalism
Streets of Warsaw
17 years ago, this nation began the transition from Communism to Capitalism. I’m reminded of the words of my old Economics professor, Dr. Pangrasic (who grew up under Communism), “The wrong economic system kills people!” When the old red guard was finally defeated, very few of the people had ever experienced personal financial responsibility. They went headfirst into Capitalism.
As you can imagine, the pendulum swung the complete opposite direction, with people serving money and assuming this was the solution to all their past problems.
Today, Crown Financial Ministries is happy to be playing a key role in the financial education of this nation. We are certainly being welcomed with open arms. Both the Catholic and Protestants here are warmly receiving us (Poland is the most churched nation in the world, with over 95% belonging to the Catholic church).
Our teaching is seen as revolutionary, and even mainstream secular organizations are encouraging their constituents to attend. One of these, the European Academy of Financial Planning even sent two of their employees.
Pray for Zdzichu Miara as he leads the work here.
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