CHILDREN IN CHRISTⓇ is a faith-based 501(c)3 ministry, founded in 1997, operating in 20+ countries across Africa, ministering to 200,000+ children weekly, with 15,000,000+ child-hours of discipleship annually, through a network of 18,000+ equipped local church indigenous volunteers via weekly CIC Clubs and Child Leadership Camps. \\Last year by God's grace, 72,000+ children received Christ, 105 unreached people groups were reached, with 61 of those being considered completely unengaged people groups with no previously known missionary, church, or mission organization reaching them.\\VISION: Every Child Reached, Mature, and Leading Others in Christ\\MISSION: Called to go to challenging places and unreached people groups, CIC inspires, equips, and mobilizes a God-grown indigenous ministry from local church to broader communities that:\1. Values Children\2. Ministers God's Love to Them\3. Matures Them in Christ\And Empowers them to Impact Families, Villages, and Nations for Christ. \\GOD-DESIGNED MINISTRY MODEL:\1. Focus on Children: 50% pop. in Africa\2. Deep Discipleship\3. Mobilized through Indigenous Local Church \4. Volunteerism Focus\5. Reaching the Unreached\6. Christ-Focused, God-Grown\\VALUES:\1. The Love of the Heavenly Father \2. Salvation by Grace \3. Transformation through His Love and Word\4. The Importance of the Local Church\5. Keeping a Small Footprint Yields Exponential Multiplication\6. Volunteerism - real-life implementation of the early church\7. Child Leadership\8. Humility - Servanthood\9. Purity in Motive and in Implementation\10. Faithfulness & Stewardship\\FAITH STATEMENT: See website http://childrenic.org/home/statement-of-faith/\\STAFF COMPOSITE:\US-citizen staff: 4 incl. a full-time volunteer CEO living overseas; African Staff: approx. 180 incl. full-time and part-time; Weekly Indigenous Volunteers: 18,000+\\CHILDREN IN CHRIST is also registered as CHILDREN OF CHARACTER