CCI’s team is made up of mature Christian professionals with an unmatched combination of training, global experience, and technical expertise. CCI has served hundreds of organizations and worked on the ground in more than 65 countries.
IN THE EARLY 1980s, a series of high profile staff kidnappings prompted several faith-based sending organizations to seek out specialized training in the area of crisis event management. In 1986, after more than two years of prayer and planning, Crisis Consulting International (then named Contingency Preparation Consultants) was founded to meet this growing need. CCI’s founders included Bob Klamser and the late Dr. Chester Quarles.
In the early 1990s, Contingency Preparation Consultants changed its name to Crisis Consulting International. New trainers and consultants were added to the CCI team. Throughout the decade, the ministry of CCI expanded from crisis management training to other areas, including risk and security assessments, security details, executive protection, and crisis event management.
By the 2000s, the work of CCI was regularly carried out on all major continents. Additional training seminars were added, such as the Field Security Seminar and the Security Orientation Workshop.
By the 2010s, CCI had conducted hundreds of training and consultation sessions, trained thousands of faith-based workers, worked with over 200 organizations in more than 50 countries, and managed more than 100 major critical incidents for multiple clients.
Into the 2020s, CCI has worked in more than 65 countries for hundreds of organizations, added additional levels of expertise (conference event management, threat assessment, global analysis), and added new training courses (interrogation management, cybersecurity, field leaders’ contingency workshop, and field security management).