SAN DIMAS, Calif. — When $450 million Christian Community Credit Union cut a $232,500 check last month to Launch a Village, a project that assists two missionaries in their efforts to provide water, sanitation, education, medical care and microenterprise loans for three villages in northern Thailand, it was more than just a Good Samaritan handout.
Fourteen years agoa, Christian Community decided to offer airline miles to credit cardholders. However, as a Christian credit union that promises to use profits to "build God's Kingdom," it decided to also donate a percentage of signature-based interchange income to charities supported by members.
Since 1993, the credit union has donated a total $2.5 million through its "cards that give to missions & ministries" credit card branding, in which 20% of net interchange income is set aside for missionaries and churches.
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