Christian Church Foundation - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

inception in December 1985, 9.0%• Common Balanced Fund: 12.2% in 2012; average returnsince inception in December 1985, 7.8%• Campbell Multi-Strategy Fund: 12.5% in 2012; averagereturn since inception in February 2008, 0.5%• Brown Income Fund: 9.5% in 2012; average return sinceinception in December 1989, 6.5%o The economic markets, while volatile, rewarded investors who maintaineddiscipline and were able to stay the course. Despite two dramaticeconomic declines since 2000, the Foundation’s investment servicesprogram has continued to grow and is stronger than ever.o Being a faith-based investor. We seek to fulfill our fiduciary responsibility byensuring that the resources we manage reflect our faith values. By sponsoringshareholder resolutions and engaging in dialogue with key corporate managers,the Foundation works to influence the way global companies conduct business,use resources and treat employees and the environment. We are in partnershipwith the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. ICCR, a coalition of faithbasedinstitutional investors, raises a prophetic voice of faith by seeking to builda more just and sustainable society by integrating social values into corporateand investor decisions.o Living out our faith in all aspects of our ministry. People, regardless of means,have concerns, hopes and a need for significance—to make a difference in theworld. Our development officers, through their work with individuals andcongregations, listen to donors’ and investors’ needs, share their joys, join intheir vision for the future, protect their interests and reassure them of God’spresence in their lives and in the world. The Foundation seeks to bringwholeness with a personal presence to congregations, pastors and individuals.o Through 2012, Foundation development staff:• Made 523 personal visits to donors and donor prospects• Visited 471 congregational pastors• Led 94 inheritance planning seminars for congregations and otherministries• Preached 57 sermons on planned giving• Conducted 93 investment seminars for leaders of church ministries• Met with 46 congregations to assist in the development ofendowment fund policies• Encouraged congregations to create their own planned givingministries. Workshops called Blessing Generation to Generationhelped better articulate for pastors and church leaders the value ofpermanent funds to enhance future ministries. More than a dozenof these special events were conducted in 2012 in various regions.Several similar events were held in partnership with the Center onFaith and Giving.o Inspiring trust, honesty and transparency. In a world fractured by mistrust of