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Thrivent Financial commits $5 million to Ron Blue Institute at IWU
Indiana Wesleyan University has announced a $5 million commitment by Thrivent Financial to the Ron Blue Institute for Financial Planning at the Marion, Ind., university. Thrivent Financial is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously.
For more than 30 years, Ron Blue has elevated a biblical view of financial stewardship and generosity. In , Blue licensed his intellectual property to IWU to create the Ron Blue Institute. The Institute is positioned to move forward with plans that will help it change the way Christians think, act, and communicate about financial stewardship.
Blue sees tremendous value in the partnership. &#;Thrivent Financial is one of the great stories in America over the last hundred-plus years. It&#;s a story that too few people know about, and I am so excited about partnering with Thrivent and Indiana Wesleyan University to bring a message of financial stewardship and generosity to thousands of churches and individuals who need to hear it.&#;
Funding from Thrivent Financial will allow the Institute to hire executive and academic leaders to begin fulfilling initiatives with Indiana Wesleyan (IWU) and other universities, seminaries, schools, churches, and professional financial planners.
&#;The wise use of money is one of the Bible&#;s most common themes,&#; says Dr. David Wright, president of IWU. &#;The Ron Blue Institute is dedicated to becoming a national center of research and teaching about biblical principles for the use of money. A task of this magnitude requires strong partners. We are delighted to welcome the partnership of Thrivent Financial in this great work.&#;
Thrivent Financial will give $2 million to fund the operations of the Ron Blue Institute over the next four years, provide an initial gift of $1 million to the Institute&#;s endowment, and match $2 million of additional giving to the e
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The Ron Blue Institute for Financial Planning opened in at Indiana Wesleyan University and focuses on applying biblical principles to all areas of the financial decision making process. The Institute is a partnership between IWU and financial expert Ron Blue.
As founder of both a CPA firm and a financial planning firm, Ron Blue has an extensive background in the financial industry. He is also the author of eighteen books on personal finance from a biblical perspective, including the best-seller, Master Your Money. He is a regular contributor to several national Christian magazines and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
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Ron Blue
Ron Blue. Following his graduation from Indiana University in with a master’s in business administration, Ron joined the management group of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. and worked with the firm in New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco.
In , Ron founded an Indianapolis-based CPA firm that has grown to be one of the 50 largest CPA firms in the United States. Leaving the CPA firm in , Ron became administrative vice president of Leadership Dynamics International. While with Leadership Dynamics, he was involved in developing and teaching biblically-based leadership and management seminars in the United States and Africa.
Since , Ron has held a passion to help Christians plan and manage their finances in order to maximize their giving to Kingdom purposes. God has allowed him to work this out in several ways. Dr. Howard Hendricks influenced him to begin what later became a financial planning firm. He has written several books on this topic, and in he helped to found a ministry training Christian financial advisors to integrate God’s financial wisdom in their advice and counsel.
In , Indiana Wesleyan University established The Ron Blue Institute, which is dedicated to multiplying the over 40 years of professional experience and intellectual property of Ron through curriculum development and other products in multiple outlets worldwide.
Ron and Judy, his wife of 50 years, live in Atlanta, Georgia. They have five children and thirteen grandchildren.