{"id":35537,"date":"2022-09-14T15:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T19:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=35537"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:46:32","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/cccc\/2022\/09\/14\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series 50th Anniversary: Our Big Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

The ministry of CCCC was born on October 12, 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ian Stanley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ian Stanley had the original idea of creating a new organization. He had been invited to share World Vision Canada\u2019s expertise in fundraising with Christian ministries at a meeting held in Ottawa. Not only was his own workshop full, but all the handouts were snapped up by those who attended other workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, stewardship was the original \u2018demand\u2019 that CCCC was created to satisfy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Ian\u2019s concern was the plight of overseas missionaries on retirement. After serving for their entire careers, many were left with no financial resources to see them through their old age. Ian wanted missionaries to have access to a pension plan and thought that CCCC would someday be able to administer one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian came home from Ottawa and recruited six of his friends to create the original board of a new organization. The seven individuals who met (in their personal, rather than organizational, capacities) on October 12th were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n