Christian Business League

10/03/2026

Posting the last set of pictures from Ann Gibson at the Mike Shinn Golf Outing, Awards Banquet, Campy Russell, Honoree--9/12/2026
JShinn Author

10/03/2026

More pictures from the 9/12/2026 MShinn Golf Outing, Golfers.
Ann Gibson photographer, Joyce Shinn, Scribe...

10/03/2026

Continuing to post more pictures from the 9/12/2026 Annual Mike Shinn Memorial Golf Outing, photographer Ann Gibson, pictures of volunteers, friends and others...
Author, Joyce Shinn

09/25/2026

The 11th Annual Mike Shinn Memorial Golf Outing was held on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Highland Park Golf Course, Highland Hills, Ohio with Campy Russell, Cavaliers Legend recognized as the honoree. Ninety-six golfers came out to play and despite the rain, the golfers played through the rain and quite enjoyed themselves. The awards banquet was catered by Talerico Catering and the food was very good. BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse The was our lunch sponsor and Dr. Pepper/Keurig the beverage sponsor.
Rev. Sadler and Rev Sadler served as co-hosts.
The Winning teams
1st Place Male, Gideon’s Army Team
2nd, Shinn Family Fund—Ben Davis Team
3rd Honoree Team-Campy Russell Team.
1st Place Female, Lillie Blair Team
2nd Place, Vivian Melton, AKA Team
3rd Place, Beverly Glass Team
Skill Shot winners
Long drive Male & Female—Don Rozell –Lillie Blair
Close to Pin Male & Female
Marsalis Hamilton--Brenda Whitley
Greek Shootout Winners—
Male Team-- Kappa Alpha Psi
Female Team-- Alpha Kappa Alpha

07/26/2026

The 10th UNFURL event, an evening in white was held on Monday, July 20, 2026 at Lakeside Yacht Club where three business leaders were recognized, Evelyn Burnett, LaRese Purnell and Tiffani Sutton-Taylor. It was a beautiful evening on the lake and the attending guests had a wonderful time, enjoying great food, lots of dancing, networking and just plain having fun!!
Author, Joyce Shinn—Photographer Lewis Burrell

07/25/2026

Announcing the Christian Business League’s 11th Annual Mike Shinn Memorial Golf Outing
Honoring Cleveland Cavaliers Legend Campy Russell
Sh***un Start at 9 am
Registration is open for golfers and sponsors
https://conta.cc/4bLDrd5

04/16/2026

Join us to meet our new pastor, Rev Owens and 1st Lady Barbara🙏🏼

Service starts @ 11a.m.

04/14/2026

I am proud to announce Mr. Leon Bibb as the 2026 Christian Business League Trailblazer. Leon is a popular newscaster in Cleveland with five decades of experience. He continues to work as a senior correspondent, commentator and television show host and he's won television’s coveted Emmy award ten times and has been recognized many times by civic organizations and professional journalism groups for his long and distinguished career.

He is a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served in the Vietnam war where he was awarded the Army’s Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service in combat.

I am asking our CBL friends to pass this information on as we recognize one of Cleveland’s greats who has been an outstanding representative for our city. Tickets are limited so reserve your spot soon.

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/pkbxrpa

JShinn, CBL Committee Member

03/09/2026

The Christian Business League team extend sympathy to the Smith family in learning of the passing of Hilton Smith. Hilton was the 2020 CBL Business Trailblazer. He was a longtime friend and great supporter to the league for over twenty years🙏
Joyce Shinn, CBL Consultant

02/07/2026

The League is going into its 23rd year and we'll be hosting several events this year. I've been involved since its inception when we held our first event at Mt. Zion Congregational Church, UCC, March 2003 with Andre Thornton as our guest speaker. CBL started as the brainchild of Rev. Paul Hobson Sadler, Sr and passed the idea on to my late husband, Mike Shinn. Mike took the idea and created this great ministry for Mt. Zion where we have for 22 years helped small minority businesses and brought them together by encouraging them to do business with each other and we've also introduced them to organizations who could mentor and provide them with financial support. Rev. Sadler and I have co-chaired the organization for over a decade and while I'll continue to be involved, new leadership is coming on board to continue the legacy started by Mike. As we celebrate Black History Month, this article taken from our archives features Rev. Marvin McMickle as our second guest speaker, June 2003. It was nostalgic to remember the great speakers we've had come through our doors and it's a roadmap for the new leadership to use as a guide to continue bringing in notable people so we can continue to help small minority businesses in Cleveland.
Joyce Shinn, former Co-Chair