Christian Business Men's Connection
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Christian Business Men's Connection (CBMC) is an international evangelical Christian mission organization to reach out to businessmen. CBMC began in Chicago in 1930, joined with other similar groups to create a national organization in 1937, and moved its headquarters to Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1978.[1][2] Among its prominent early leaders was the industrialist R. G. LeTourneau.[3] Timothy N. Philpot was President of CBMC International from July 1996 to September 2003.[4][5]
According to the organization there are now 18,000 members in 700 teams in the US, and international branches in over 70 countries with over 50,000 members.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b David W. Miller, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2006), ISBN 978-0195314809, pp. 33-34. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ "About Us". July 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ Darren Dochuck, "Moving Mountains: The Business of Evangelicalism and Extraction in a Liberal Age", in Kim Phillips-Fein and Julian E. Zelizer, eds., What's Good for Business: Business and American Politics since World War II (Oxford University Press, 2012), ISBN 978-0199754007, pp. 76ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ "CBMC Belfast – Chaos in Court: Perspectives of a Family Court Judge (Dinner Event)". CBMC – Belfast. September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ "Linkedin – Tim Philpot". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ "History". July 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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