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Ava Steaffens

Lessons from the Journey: Pruning with Promise

by Ava Steaffens on April 16, 2019

By Ava Steaffens This Spring, I had the opportunity to visit with Christian Community Developers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My trip was a chance to enjoy family time, tour housing developments, schools, youth development centers, a community college and much more. Most importantly, the time in [...]
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A Statement from CEO Ava Steaffens and the Board of Directors

by Ava Steaffens on March 11, 2019

CCDA’s vision of “Wholistically restored communities with Christians fully engaged in the process of transformation” commits us to continually work toward healthy and restored relationships. A few months ago CCDA released a Statement of Repentance. We recognize that statements of repentance need to [...]
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Women’s Equity Statement

by Ava Steaffens on August 31, 2018

CCDA is committed to upholding the dignity of women and their contribution to all areas of ministry and leadership within our organization. We acknowledge that throughout our history women have not always been validated as equal ministry partners within our movement. As current leadership and board [...]
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CCDA Commitment to the Equity of Women in Ministry

by Ava Steaffens on August 1, 2018

CCDA is committed to upholding the dignity of women and their contribution to all areas of ministry and leadership within our organization. We acknowledge that throughout our history women have not always been validated as equal ministry partners within our movement. As current leadership and board [...]
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CCDA and Education Equity

by Ava Steaffens on September 25, 2017

I am the product of a private, 12 year Catholic education generously made possible by my aunt who was a former elementary school teacher in Cuba. When I started school, I spoke only Spanish and found no sympathy or consolation from my teachers in this English-only setting. This was par for the [...]
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Witnessing the power of CCD principles

by Ava Steaffens on April 10, 2017

My first introduction to CCDA was reading the book, "Restoring At-Risk Communities" by John M. Perkins in 1999 and subsequently attending the New York CCDA Conference in 2000. The book in itself had already turned my world upside down. Then, being at the Conference and amongst so many beautiful [...]
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Ava Steaffens: Why I am doing El Camino

by Ava Steaffens on August 27, 2016

As a young law school grad in 1981, I prayed to the Lord for guidance on what area of law He would have me practice. His response was a bit of a shock to my system because as I prayed, I knew that He was calling me to practice Immigration Law. This was so unexpected; it wasn't even a course that I [...]
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Meet Lorenzo, CEO & President

By Christina Foor

Read the full press release about his announcement here. A Little about Lorenzo Tell us [...]
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Christian Community Development Association Announces New President & CEO

By Christina Foor

Lorenzo A. Watson, M.Div. will lead the future vision of the 30+ year-old national [...]
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Connecting Kingdom to Community

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by Lydia Lucas, in collaboration with Chasing Justice I am from El Barrio of New York City, and [...]
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