The core of leadership development is identifying, mentoring, retaining, and getting out of the way of leaders already in our communities. Christian Community Development restores, empowers, develops, and creates opportunities for leadership. As CCD practitioners, we desire to help develop citizens of the Beloved community and not just clients of our programs.
At the center of the leadership vacuum in marginalized and low-status communities is leadership and talent attrition. Too often, success is defined as being able to move out of marginalized and low-status communities, rather than remaining there. As a result, these communities may experience major drain on their local leadership talent.
For CCD ministries, developing leaders from the community is a huge priority that requires absolute commitment; the payoff is that our communities will be filled with strong Christian leaders who love their neighbors, and have the skills and abilities to lead our churches, organizations and other institutions that bring sustainable health to our communities.
Dive Deeper into CCD by learning from our amazing practitioners!
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Intentional Leadership: Investing in Organizational Culture, Equity, and Leadership Development – Medard Ngueita, Luke Williams$5.00 -
Conflict Transformation: Mining Conflict as Catalysts for Community Building – Rev. Christine Youn Hung, Ray Kim, Almarie Navarro, Rebecca Cataldi$5.00 -
Centering Discipleship: Connecting the Church to Community Development-Rev. Dr. Eun K. Strawser, Melissa Cabagbag, Kelci Schedler$5.00 -
Cultivating A Culture of Operations – Sonja Schappert Howden$5.00 -
Transformative Leadership: Empowering Change Through Trauma-Informed Practices – Dieula M. Previlon$5.00 -
Sustaining Movements: Paul’s Fivefold Leadership Model – Jonathan Haskell, Madjoel Douglass$5.00 -
An Effective Tool for City-Wide Impact: The ABCD Community Organizing Cycle (With an Interactive Digital Tool) – Ivan Paz, Christian Gonzalez, Andrew Feil$5.00 -
Overview of CCD Philosophy, Theology, and Practice – Dr. Eun Strawser, CCDA Speakers$5.00
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