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University alumnus Ken Crabb

(’88) and his wife Susan served

for 10 years as missionaries

to Chile with the Presbyterian

Church in America (PCA).

Returning to the United States

in 2000, Ken became missions

pastor at Arden PCA near

Asheville, North Carolina for

13 years. Since the time they

left for the mission field, they

had been renting out their

home in West Columbia, South Carolina. After retiring in 2013,

they began to evaluate and consider the advantages and

disadvantages of keeping the home. That’s when Ken’s alma

mater entered the picture once again. Here is their testimony of

the benefits of estate and gift planning through CIU:

After praying and consulting with our children, we all agreed

that this was the time to relinquish the house. We wondered

how best we could be faithful stewards and looked for possible

recipients. Having been so wonderfully blessed, we thought

it best not to try and sell the house but to donate it to a good

ministry. The Lord then impressed on us both – what about

CIU? Would they consider receiving the gift of our home?

A simple call to the Estate and Gift Planning Department at

CIU began a relationship with Keith Marion, vice president of

the department. We had several discussions with Keith and he

asked to meet us in our home in Fletcher, North Carolina. He

introduced us to the Charitable Remainder Unitrust (CRUT),

giving us a way to bless CIU by donating the house to the

university. Keith and his department made an assessment of

the house and put it on the market to sell. They assumed all the

details of the house – upkeep, bringing it to the market, and

finding a buyer.

In addition, CRUT allows us to bypass the issue of capital

gains on our property, provides us a Charitable Income Tax

deduction, and a stream of income for the next 20 years. It

also allows us to provide for two additional future ministry

beneficiaries: Mission to the World (PCA’s Sending Agency)

and Third Millennial, a ministry to train pastors around the

world. What a blessing! We were particularly blessed that CIU

graduates bought the house!

We had never anticipated such a win-win situation! We were

relieved of all the details of disposing of an asset needing

significant renovation that would have run into thousands

of dollars. We were enabled to honor and benefit CIU and

return the blessings received from graduate work there. The

Lord gave us joy in being able to donate an asset that would

continue to give – to our physical needs and the needs of

ministries for years. How great is our God!

Thank you, Keith and your associates for allowing us to be

better stewards. We highly recommend this designated giving

option and encourage others to contact these fine people. May

God be praised for His goodness!

Learn more about Estate and Gift Planning by contacting

Keith Marion at (803) 807-5011 or

kmarion@ciu.edu.

The Benefits of Estate and Gift Planning

The Testimony of Ken & Susan Crabb

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