That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life; That
the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations;
That economic justice can best be won by free men through free
enterprise; That government should be of laws rather than of
men; That earth’s great treasure lies in human personality; And
that service to humanity is the BEST WORK OF LIFE. “The year was
1946; the place, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; the event, the
United States Junior Chamber National Convention. Visitors came
from Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Philippine
Islands. It was here that the idea of a JCI Creed was born. Past
President of the Ohio Junior Chamber and National Vice President
of the United States Junior Chamber William Brownfield realized
at this convention that the organization did not have a Creed.
He was inspired by the devotion of Junior Chamber members “to
the purpose of serving mankind in a thousand different ways,
right down at the grass roots where freedom lives or dies.”
Brownfield saw Ju