2022-02-15T12:52:06-05:00 2021-09-30 990 2020-10-01 820541197 Children of Character Inc % Jennifer Merryman CHIL 9186079026 6608 N WESTERN AVENUE SUITE 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 Jennifer Merryman CEO 2022-02-15 false 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Children in Christ Jennifer Merryman 6608 N Western Avenue Suite 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 1309036 false X www.childrenic.org X 2002 OK Called to go to challenging places and unreached people Children in Christ inspires equips and mobilizes a God-grown indigenous ministry from local church to broader communities that: Values children ministers God's love to them matures them in Christ and empowers them to impact families villages and nations for Christ. 6 6 2 26875 0 0 897447 1047536 0 0 482 3439 0 0 897929 1050975 620367 779941 0 0 112819 112820 0 0 48694 63539 68059 796725 960820 101204 90155 557440 644596 1687 1676 555753 642920 X Called to go to challenging places and unreached people Children in Christ inspires equips and mobilizes a God-grown indigenous ministry from local church to broader communities that: Values children ministers God's love to them matures them in Christ and empowers them to impact families villages and nations for Christ. false false 543332 477957 0 CIC holds weekly children's clubs CIC Clubs in remote unchurched regions which are led by equipped and trained indigenous local church ministry volunteers. These weekly CIC club meetings include games worship Bible lessons discipleship content life application questions and prayer. In FY 2021 approximately 148,925 children in 3,550 sites in 24 countries 25 country groups across Sub-Saharan Africa attended CIC clubs weekly. This number is less than last year due to Covid lockdowns in these countries. 217382 191253 0 CIC inspires equips and trains indigenous African church leaders and lay ministry volunteers in the importance of children and how to minister to them effectively. We train pastors and churches to understand that children who are 48% of the entire population in Africa are very important to God and should be very important to the church as well. Additionally CIC emphasizes the importance of the local church reaching out to unchurched children and ministering God's love to them. CIC provides interested pastors and churches with 5 days of children's ministry vision and ministry trainings so that those churches can establish ministry to unchurched children in their proximate regions through children's weekly clubs. In FY 2021 CIC inspired and mobilized 26,875 indigenous ministry volunteers to minister in these clubs. Total participants trained in FY 2021 were 8,551 in which 949 pastors were trained and equipped for the ministry. There were 725 training events in FY 2021. 125873 110731 0 Children in Christ inspires equips and empowers children and youth ages 9-18 to lead effectively as positive healthy role models and servant leaders in 3 ways: 1 Weekly Monthly youth leadership discipleship meetings 2 5-day child youth leadership trainings 3 Equipped and empowered active leadership roles within CIC club ministry and peer trainings. 886587 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 3 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 6 true false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true true false GA OR TN VA X Bill Schneider 9186079026 6608 N Western Ave Ste 1053 Oklahoma City OK 731167326 Terry Andrews Director and Founder 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Andrews Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tayo Fagbenro Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank Williams Secretary and Chairman of Board 0.05 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Merryman Director and President 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Zimmerman Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Saunders Treasurer 40.00 0.00 X 40000 0 5000 40000 0 5000 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 0 1047536 121699 1047536 0 4546 4546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 256954 0 258061 0 -1107 0 -1107 -1107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1050975 3439 0 0 0 0 0 0 779941 779941 40000 32000 4000 4000 0 0 0 0 63000 34650 3150 25200 0 0 0 0 5000 4000 500 500 4820 2651 242 1927 30000 21000 3000 6000 225 0 225 0 11224 0 11224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14720 9975 0 4745 0 0 0 0 6581 0 2926 3655 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bank charges 5309 2370 272 2667 960820 886587 25539 48694 534583 357699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22857 0 0 0 0 0 0 286897 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 557440 644596 1687 1676 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1687 1676 X 555753 642920 0 0 555753 642920 557440 644596 90155 -2988 0 0 0 0 X false true X true false X 694137 1309025 793137 897447 1047536 4741282 694137 1309025 793137 897447 1047536 4741282 1346078 3395204 82 558 1089 415 4546 6690 4747972 0 0.7151 0.7446 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1167987 -2988 120000 0 0 117012 1050975 0 0 0 1050975 1080820 120000 0 0 0 120000 960820 0 0 0 960820 true Sub-Saharan Africa 25 229 Program Service CIC Clubs and Trainings 477957 Sub-Saharan Africa 25 229 Program Service Ministry Volunteer Trainings 191253 Sub-Saharan Africa 25 229 Program Service Youth Leadership & Discipleship 110731 25 229 0 0 25 229 779941 0 779941 Program Service Sub-Saharan Africa 229 477957 Wire transfer Program Service Sub-Saharan Africa 229 191253 Wire transfer Program Service Sub-Saharan Africa 229 110731 Wire transfer false false false false false false Part I Line 2 The organization used a reasonable method of estimation that includes only the stipend principal recipients of the support funding reported in Form 990 Part IX Line 3. These 229 individuals are responsible for spending the organizations funding in accordance with our exempt purpose achievements. Part I, line 3f | ExplanationTxt:| Cash| Cash| Cash| Part III, line 1 | ExplanationTxt:| Cash| Cash| Cash| Part III, Column(c) | ExplanationTxt:| Number of stipends paid| Number of stipends paid| Number of stipends paid| X 2 121699 Market value on date of gift Market value on date of gift 0 false false false FormAndLineReferenceDesc: Part I, Column(b) 9.Securities - Publicly traded-Number Of Item Contributed: 3 Part III, Line 4d | Description:, Expense Amount:, Grants Amount:, Revenue Amount:| Part VI, Line 2 | Employee:, Relationship:, Employee:| Tim Andrews, Family Relationship, Terry Andrews| Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The CIC board chairman distributes the Form 990 to all board members for review. Board member questions are addressed and any board member comments on information in the Form 990 are reviewed and when appropriate incorporated in the final Form 990. Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Conflict of Interest The purpose of CIC's conflict of interest policy is to protect CIC's interests when it is contemplating entering into a transaction that might benefit the private interests of an officer or director of CIC or might result in a possible excess benefit transaction. 1. Duty to disclose 2. Recusal of self 3. Determining whether a conflict of interest exists 4. Procedure for addressing the conflict of interest 5. Violations of the conflicts of interest policy If after hearing the member's response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances the board or executive committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | Name of the Person:, The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:|, The year in which this process was last undertaken:| Jennifer Merryman, Officers generally do not receive compensaton for services in their capacity as officers. The only officer who receives income from CIC is the treasurer. However the income received is for accounting services rendered. The board reviews and determines all prospective officer and key employee salary packages. All salary packages are determined to be at or below market value., 2020| James Saunders, Officers generally do not receive compensaton for services in their capacity as officers. The only officer who receives income from CIC is the treasurer. However the income received is for accounting services rendered. The board reviews and determines all prospective officer and key employee salary packages. All salary packages are determined to be at or below market value., 2020| Part VI, Section C, Line 19 After filing the tax return CIC generally posts the 990 for public inspection on its website. In order to ensure the privacy of its donors CIC carefully reviews and redacts any private donor information which takes one or two weeks before the return is posted publicly.