MISSION STATEMENT

Set apart by coming together! Elevating Christian-led organizations to a new standard of operating excellence that they may become truly God-honoring and culturally impacting organizations.

WHAT

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce encourages Christian-led organizations with the knowledge that God has specifically created these organizations and has entrusted the stewardship of these organizations to us as leaders in order to bring glory to Him and further His Kingdom on earth. The USCCC provides the leaders of these organizations with a blueprint and tools to help them lead their organizations in a manner that is pleasing to God, that honors Him by demonstrating our love for and obedience to Him and that serves our fellow mankind in a Christ-like manner.

We believe that Christian business, ministry, school, and church leaders are uniquely ordained by God as stewards of His resources which are to be used to further His Kingdom on earth. We challenge and encourage these Christian leaders to view themselves as stewards and their organizations as resources that God desires to use to further His Kingdom on earth. We encourage all Christian-led organizations, including Christian-led businesses of all sizes, to have a relationship with God through a local church.

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce is an ecumenical, Christ-focused, chamber of commerce organization whose mission is to elevate Christian-led organizations to a new standard of excellence. We desire to encourage, promote, and elevate Christian business ownership and Christian organizational leadership in the United States of America.

In support of this mission we strive to elevate Christian-run businesses, churches, schools, and ministries to a new standard of excellence by developing and implementing a set of biblically-based operating standards and encouraging the sharing of information, the sharing of experiences and corporate prayer. The biblically-based operating standards cover the following areas:

• Relationship with God
• Relationship with a Local Church
• Financial Integrity and Accountability
• Relationship with the Civic Community
• Service and Evangelism

In short, our desire is to help each other run our organizations in a manner that is purposely honoring to and brings glory to our Lord!!! We believe Christian-led businesses and organizations are under-tapped resources for Christ's Kingdom on earth.

We believe Christian organizations should operate with the highest level of accountability to God, the community of Believers, and to the local civic community. We believe Christian organizations have a duty to and should achieve and maintain the highest level of accountability, excellence, and transparency in the business world. Christian-led businesses should be standard setters.

The fruit of our labors will be the development of a network of high-quality Christian organizations that both believers and non-believers alike can feel confident will meet their needs with a level of accountability and quality that is unmatched.

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce desires to partner with the other Christian Business Organizations in each community (local Christian Business Directories, local Christ @ Work organizations, local Christian Leadership Affiliation organizations, etc.) in order to maximize and optimize God's Kingdom message. The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce also desires to partner with the local church organizations first as members of the Chamber, second as places where we can hold regular chapter meetings, and third as a way to engage the local business and ministry leaders in each congregation.

HOW

This mission is accomplished through bringing Christian organizations together in a spirit of worship, obedience, submission, fellowship, and cooperation with the dual purposes of improving our spiritual relationship with God and improving the quality of our organizations, so that we can positively impact the culture with the Gospel message. Our part is to be obedient to God's calling to bring Christian business, ministry, school, and church organizations together. Our desire is then to stay out of the Lord's way and leave the heart-changing, relationship-changing, city-transforming miracles to Him.

We desire and support the following:

• The growth and relationship of 100+ local chapter organizations around the country with 500 members each through a vibrant affiliation program and structure
• Regular meetings of 100+ local chapter organizations to build relationships, discuss common issues, share best practices, and engage in corporate prayer
• The implementation of a biblically-based operational 'blue-print' for Christian-led business and other organizations
• Leveraging the experience and wisdom of specialists and professionals
• Compilation, development and publication of resources
• Developing relationships through corporate prayer
• Sharing Christian leadership and industry best practices
• Developing and implementing a set of biblically-based operating standards

• Adding new levels of accountability, transparency, and quality to our business relationships with one another
• Encouraging business transactions within the Christian community
• Placing God where He should be - at the front and center of the organization

WHO

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce membership consists of Christian-led businesses, churches, ministry & para-church organizations, schools, and individuals.

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce purposely strives for the integration of and reconciliation between men and women of different denominations, cultures, ethnicities, races, nationalities, and socio-economic standing in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The United States Christian Chamber of Commerce tithes 10% of revenues as a first fruit tithe to the local church and uses 5% of revenues to support the local physical needs ministry efforts as our Father requires in Malachi 3:10 and James 2:15-17.

THEY WILL KNOW US BY OUR FRUITS – THE FUTURE

The Christian Chamber of Commerce eventually envisions a United States Christian Better Business Council credential for a subset of our member organizations. Christian Chamber of Commerce member organizations that meet the requirements and elect to participate as Christian Better Business Council members will be making a statement in front of God and their community that their organization meets the membership requirements and that they want their organization to be publicly held accountable to God and to the community for the way they operate their organization. The Christian Chamber of Commerce is also in the process of building a website which will be recognized as a premier Christian website in America and will serve as a marketing opportunity for our members through the premier multi-media online directory listing of Christian organizations. The website will also serve as an evangelical outreach tool to the culture as they seek to learn about our member organizations.