About Us
Who We Are
CCBF is a national community of Christian business owners who seek to:
• Live out our faith boldly by inviting God into our workplace
• Authentically connect and share the journey with others
• Build more value through meeting needs and improving our communities
OUR VISION
• What if our businesses were thriving exceedingly in our communities?
• What if it were God’s principles that led them to discover more success, prosperity, and joy?
• What if Christian business owners were the ones able to help more people to live better lives?
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What if this work inspired others to explore what it really means to be Christian?
We at CCBF are daring to re-imagine our nation where this is true. We believe that thriving, successful businesses can transform our communities, not just physically, but also spiritually in our hearts.
This is the vision we believe God has in mind for you and us through the success of your business.
Can you imagine being a part this movement?
OUR MISSION
“Connecting Your Sunday Faith to Your Monday Work”
The primary means of accomplishing this is through the study and application of Biblical Leadership Principles within the context of peer relationships resulting in lives changing and business growth that is experienced in authentic meaningful ways.
OUR GOALS
• Relational Connections
Establishing new connections with other leaders will open opportunities and possibilities for resourcing one another
• Spiritual Growth
Engage with Biblical Leadership Principles from the oldest textbook in the world that shapes leaders in their relationship to God and their business
• Business Success
Employ Biblically based development skills that influence the building and growth of a business through peer relationships
THE WAY WE SERVE
Our approach is to provide business leaders with practical help to live God’s unique principles of transcendent faith, authentic relationships, and grace that welcomes all.
Leading Through Relationships
• Demonstrating God’s Love: CCBF is committed to the success of local business leaders by demonstrating God’s love to a divided, broken and often polarized world.
• Christ, Our Example: We welcome all business leaders whoever they are, or wherever they are on their faith journey. Our example is Christ who welcomed everyone.
• Personal Journey: We believe positive growth and change is a personal journey that happens through God’s love, supported by a respectful community.
• Study & Apply: We aim to foster the application of Biblical leadership principles, which will see lives changed and needs met.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH
We unify around the tenets of faith: God our Creator, Christ our Saviour
and the Holy Spirit our Teacher, the inspiration of Scripture
and our citizenship in the Kingdom of God.
OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Rev Dr Don Moore
Executive Director
Don strongly believes that people are our nation’s most valuable asset. His “Listen-Learn-Lead” approach to leadership has made him highly effective in executive roles in a variety of organizations with local, regional, national, and international reach.
An entrepreneurial thinker and strategist, Don built a grassroots movement of denominational and ministry leaders committed to evangelism with The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and led a National Consultation in Ottawa.
Don holds a PhD in Education from Michigan State University serving on the faculty of Briercrest Bible College and the first Dean of the Seminary. He is an ordained minister and has served in pastoral positions in Canada and the USA.
Shirlee Arnould
Executive Assistant
Shirlee has a wealth of experience working in a variety of support roles including administrative services, communications, web and social media development in both private and public businesses in Canada and abroad.
She has a servant's heart and is willing to help in any capacity she is able.
Pete Baran
Board Chair
Pete grew up understanding that their small family businesses did more than just put food on the table and a roof over his head, they provided a sense of pride and accomplishment for his family who came to Canada to find a better life.
He obtained senior leadership and advisory positions in Fortune 500 and private Canadian companies including Canadian Tire, Mark’s Work Wearhouse, IBM, HP, Fujitsu Consulting and CGI. He worked with Alberta Energy under the Ralph Klein government and on the board of the BC Land Titles and Survey Authority. In his own consulting practice, Pete has managed corporate development projects with budgets of over $40 million.
Today, Pete works with owners of small and medium businesses to get their businesses running more smoothly, powerfully, and profitably so that they can enjoy their business more and in turn helps them find more time and capacity to participate in the things that really matters to them.
Pete has a degree in Commerce from the University of BC, a certificate in High-Performance Leadership from Cornell University, and a certificate in Process Improvement from Villanova University.
Lois Raats
Board Member
Lois is a certified business coach and counsellor with 30 years' experience who loves helping managers, executives, and professionals transition to their next level in life and business.
She is the founder and principal consultant of Ready2Grow Associates. Through skillful questioning and conversation, she quietly opens a space where the right change can emerge, simplifying complex ideas into do-able steps so clients move forward quickly and easily. Lois has been an active member of CCBF for several years.
She looks forward to unpacking all that God has in store for us as CCBF integrates faith with work in a more powerful and impactful way.
Dave den Boer
Board Member
Dave started his own public accounting firm in 1994, specializing in accounting, auditing, consulting and taxation services for small businesses and non-profits.
His practice became the foundation for DBK Accounting in Hamilton ON in 2016.
He retired in 2019.
He has served as a board member for many charities including churches, a Christian school and various other ministries.
Jenani Paul
Board Member
Jenani has extensive consulting experience with multi-level financial and technology corporations across North America.
She has developed effective and results-driven digital marketing strategies for companies.
She is the founder of Digital Consultants in Aurora ON, committed to taking the expertise and models used in large corporations to help Christian organizations with a kingdom mindset to gain new markets.
Jenani has been on the York Region advisory school board and currently serves on the Christian school board in Stouffville.
She and her husband Harry recently launched an evangelical ministry called Reconciliation Ministries with the heart to impact Canada with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
