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The Calvinist Cadet Corps (CCC) is a non-denominational, non-profit Reformed Christian organization that equips men to mentor boys. The ministry establishes clubs primarily in churches. Clubs meet weekly or biweekly and participate in Bible study, crafts, projects, games, and merit badge achievement programs that explores a boy’s specific interest areas.〔 Outside of the club meetings the members participate in church and community service projects, camping, and other outdoor adventure opportunities. The organization also sponsors a triennial international camporee which is a week-long wilderness camping experience. The event typically draws more than 1200 men and boys.〔〔〔 The Cadet Corps was founded in 1952 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, now the home of the organizational office. As of 2010 it serves 4,000 men and 18,000 boys in approximately 600 clubs in the United States, Canada, Kenya, and Uganda. The organization also shares materials and information with Cadet clubs in New Zealand and a brother organization, the Christian Cadet Corps, in Australia. The CCC is associated with the GEMS Girls' Clubs (a sister organization) and with Youth Unlimited in the umbrella organization Dynamic Youth Ministries.〔 ==History== In the late 1940s and early 1950s several churches in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area that were affiliated with the Christian Reformed denomination were sponsoring boys' clubs. A Boy’s Club Leaders Federation was formed in Grand Rapids in January 1952 to unify activities within these boys' clubs, and give direction to further development. The result of several meetings in the following months was the adoption of a constitution on October 16, 1952. This date is recognized as the formal creation of the organization that would eventually be named the Calvinist Cadet Corps. In early 1953 the organization had a membership of 30 clubs providing a ministry for boys ages 9 – 12 years. By the end of 1954 the Calvinist Cadet Corps was adopted as the official name for the organization. The organization began publishing materials needed to support the ministry — the first ''Cadet Guidebook'' in 1954, one year later the first ''Clarion'' Newsletter for counselors, and in 1958 the ''Crusader'' Magazine for boys (now ''Cadet Quest''). By the mid 1960s the organization had 330 clubs, a catalog of materials (guidebooks, badges, and uniform supplies), and it held its first international camporee in Colorado. In 1966, the Calvinist Cadet Corps, the Calvinettes (later known as the GEMS girls clubs〔see external links for GEMS site〕), and the Young Calvinist Federation (later known as Youth Unlimited〔see external links for YU site〕) merged to form the United Calvinist Youth (later known as the Dynamic Youth Ministries). During the 1970s and 1980s the Cadet ministry expanded to add three more programs. For older boys, grades 7 & 8, there was the Guide Trails program, and Voyageurs for boys in grades 9 and above. For younger boys, grades 1 – 3, the Junior Cadet program was established. Most of the 600 clubs that make up the organization are located in the United States and Canada. In past decades there were periodic Cadet ministries in Asia and Europe. As of 2010, the Cadet organization supports several clubs in Kenya and Uganda. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calvinist Cadet Corps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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