Dear CCDA Familia, As most of you know by now, our dear brother Richard Twiss left this life after suffering a massive heart attack while attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC on February 6th. A memory I will forever treasure is the opportunity I had to pray for Richard, his [...]Read More
Bear witness to the truth of the Gospel
In light of Black History month, I want to take the time to provide a tangible example of how racism in the U.S. has evolved from what we’ve recognized it to be in the past--- an overt individual act of discrimination---into a more elusive existence in the present, a systemic injustice that [...]Read More
The Passing of Richard Leo Twiss
Friends, It is with great sadness that we pass this information on to you. Please continue to be in prayer for Richard's family and consider a financial gift to help the Twiss family cover the multitude of expenses - airfares, lodging, meals, and lost income - during this stressful time. You can [...]Read More
Athens From Jerusalem
This year, CCDA released the first edition of a Theological Journal for Christian Community Development workers to better integrate theology into their practice. This month we are featuring an article by Vince Bantu. His article, A View Of Athens From Jerusalem: The Attitude Toward Education [...]Read More
People who “get you”
After my first National Conference in 2009, I had the opportunity to meet Dave Clark at our first National Conference Host Team meeting in Indianapolis. At the beginning of the meeting he mentioned the Leadership Cohort program. Having just enjoyed my first CCDA National Conference, and new to [...]Read More
Inspired
CCDA has influenced both my personal life as well as our approach to ministry in very big ways. Our urban church in Waterloo, Iowa has many people with lots of different needs. Before we were introduced to Christian Community Development, we had several programs that were charity [...]Read More
Life on Life Mentoring
I received an email from a national grantor informing me that our organization would not receive the (critical) funding that we had budgeted and anticipated. I was far away from my office, my team and my Board. I felt like I was keeping a dark secret... I received an email from a national [...]Read More
The Ongoing Scandal
This year CCDA released the first edtion of a Theological Journal designed to for Christian Community Development workers to better integrate theology into their practice. This month we are featuring an Article by Soong-Chan Rah. His article, The Ongoing Scandal of the Evangelical [...]Read More