04/27/2023
The first board of CCM was the board of the First Christian Church in Washington Court House, Ohio (this was Jeanie’s home church, her family attended FCC). They remained the official board of CCM until early 2003. This is a screenshot of the articles of incorporation for CCM filed by them when Dale & Jeanie were in initial stages of planning. Sadly, only one of the original trustees is still alive. This group helped set up CCM as an official 501(c)3 non-profit and they were also instrumental in changing the course of Dale & Jeanie’s lives financially some 20 years later.
In the early 1990’s, they increased Dale & Jeanie's salaries and set up 403(b)s for both Dale and Jeanie. These retirement accounts were funded generously each month by CCM until Dec of 2022. These wise elders did not want Dale & Jeanie to have to work until their deaths, they had the foresight to give Dale & Jeanie the financial independence to be able to retire comfortably from missionary work and hand over the ministry to the Colombian leaders that were raised up.
