2019-12-20T07:36:09-05:00 2019-09-30 990 2018-10-01 820541197 Children of Character Inc % Jennifer Merryman CHIL 9186079026 6608 N Western Avenue Oklahoma City OK 73116 Jennifer Merryman CEO 9186079026 2019-12-20 false 98.160.116.183 2019-12-20 ES 2018 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z Children in Christ Jennifer Merryman 6608 N Western Avenue Oklahoma City OK 73116 905518 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. 7 7 2 23839 0 0 1309025 793137 0 0 558 3942 0 0 1309583 797079 580816 733844 0 0 64229 122776 0 0 49653 112521 116645 757566 973265 552017 -176186 639977 463951 9242 9402 630735 454549 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 541869 449708 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 2019, approximately 256,000 children in 3,370 sites in 24 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa attended CIC clubs weekly. 216842 179949 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 2019, CIC inspired and mobilized 23,839 indigenous ministry volunteers to minister in these clubs. Total adult ministry trainings in FY 2019 were 831 in which 1,708 pastors were trained and equipped for the ministry. 124847 104187 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. In 2019 CIC held 33 youth leadership trainings and trained 2,292 children and youth. 883558 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false 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 0 0 false X 7 7 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 Avenue Oklahoma City OK 73116 Terry Andrews Director and Founder 2.80 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Andrews Director 0.05 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tayo Fagbenro Director and Secretary 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank Williams Secretary and Chairman of Board 0.05 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sam Voorhees Director 0.01 0.00 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 793137 108402 793137 0 1089 1089 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111292 0 108439 0 2853 0 2853 2853 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 797079 3942 0 0 0 0 0 0 733844 733844 40000 32000 4000 4000 0 0 0 0 79022 55316 3951 19755 0 0 0 0 -2291 0 -969 -1322 6045 4232 302 1511 20000 14000 2000 4000 245 123 0 122 24690 0 24690 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16014 0 0 16014 0 0 0 0 10647 1770 5765 3112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40076 40000 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bank Charges 4718 2018 315 2385 0 0 0 0 973265 883558 40054 49653 525609 460966 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2088 0 0 0 111725 0 3368 3068 555 300 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2585 639977 463951 9242 9402 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9242 9402 X 630735 454549 0 0 0 0 630735 454549 639977 463951 -176186 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 1133655 502438 694137 1309025 793137 4432392 1133655 502438 694137 1309025 793137 4432392 1141355 3291037 2 46 82 558 1089 1777 4434169 0 0.7422 0.7584 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3368 0 3068 300 0 0 0 0 300 Sub-Saharan Africa 24 229 Program Service Funding for CIC clubs. 733844 24 229 0 0 24 229 733844 0 733844 CIC clubs and trainings Sub-Saharan Africa 229 449708 Wire transfer Ministry volunteer training Sub-Saharan Africa 229 179949 Wire transfer Youth leadership training Sub-Saharan Africa 229 104187 Wire transfer false false false false false false Part I, line 3f | ExplanationTxt:| Cash| 733844.00| Part III, line 1 | ExplanationTxt:| Cash basis| Cash basis| Cash basis| Part III, Column(c) | ExplanationTxt:| The organization used a reasonable method of estimation that includes only the stipended 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.| The organization used a reasonable method of estimation that includes only the stipended 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.| The organization used a reasonable method of estimation that includes only the stipended 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.| X 2 108402 Value of security at date of donation., Fair value of stock on date of donation. 0 false true false FormAndLineReferenceDesc: Part I, Column(b) 9.Securities - Publicly traded-Number Of Item Contributed: 5 Part VI, Line 2 | Employee:, Relationship:, Employee:| Terry Andrews, Family Relationship, Tim 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 1.An interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts 2.After disclosure of all material facts, the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon 3.Procedure for addressing the conflict of interest A. An interested person may make a presentation of the transaction involving the possible conflict of interest B. Investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction 4.If a more advantageous transaction is not reasonably possible, the board or executive committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction is in CIC's best interest 5. Violations A.If the board or executive committee has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, the member has an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose B.The board or executive committee shall take appropriate disciplinary actions 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, Jennifer, the CEO, volunteers her time to the organization and does not receive payment. During a prior period, the organization requested that an independent auditing firm provide a fair market estimate regarding the value of her donated services for the purpose of this disclosure. The amount was reasonably determined to be $120,000., 2018| Terry Andrews, Terry, the founder of this organization, volunteers her time to the organization and does not receive payment. During the current period, the organization provided a fair market estimate regarding the value of her donated services for the purpose of this disclosure. The amount was reasonably determined to be $5,000., 2018| James Saunders, Officers generally do no receive compensation. The only officer who receives income from CIC is the treasurer for 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., 2018| 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.