Happy New Year! We pray that your year is off to a great start!So many great and exciting things are coming in 2024, and we want you to be a part of them! One of the best ways to get involved to to become a CCDA member. Learn more about membership and join us!We are grateful to be on this journey [...]Read More
Lessons Learned Over 110 Years
Pastor Matt currently serves as one of the CCDA Economic Empowerment Network Connectors.I love to joke when I introduce Star of Hope Ministries that we’ve been around for 110 years...but I haven’t been there that long. My kids roll their eyes and groan, but it gets a chuckle from the audience EVERY. [...]Read More
Sitting in the Houston Airport
By Michelle E. Navarrete, in collaboration with World OutspokenI’ve been spending a lot of time in airports lately. After just moving to Atlanta for a PhD program in Hebrew Bible, my people are scattered all throughout the US, allowing me to visit parts of their lands. The travel is somewhat [...]Read More
The Process and the Product
by Robbie WatsonFor the last decade I have been living and working around the world and have experienced a broad spectrum of ministry endeavors. What was perhaps most impactful was my time working alongside community leaders in a camp for Congolese refugees in Rwanda. These dedicated folks were [...]Read More
3 Ways to Maximize your CCDA Membership
CCDA has been dedicated to pursuing a common vision of seeing our communities flourish with Christians (w)holistically engaged for the past 30+ years. With over 2,000 members, CCDA aims to inspire, strengthen, equip, and connect Christian Community Development practitioners. Becoming a CCDA member [...]Read More
Peace in the Storm: Reflections on the 2023 Border Southwest Conference
Reflections by:Reflections by Nancy LamCiudad Nueva Community Outreach, Abara Borderland Connections in El Paso“Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose,” the quote by Martha Postlethwaite, a United Methodist pastor, spiritual director, and counselor for addiction recovery, [...]Read More
The Radical Practice of Foot Washing: What it Teaches Us about God & Community
My name is Joshua Brockway, and I serve as the director for spiritual formation for the Church of the Brethren. We're a denomination rooted in the radical reformation and fit somewhere between Anabaptists (Mennonites) and Pietists (Quakers or the Covenant Church). We are often called one of the [...]Read More
Embodying the Truth of God’s Loving Care
by Sylvia KamandeOver the last few months, I have been asking the Lord what care looks like, particularly his care for us. In a couple of months, I will be going on sabbatical for 3 months, something I have never done before in my 13 years in ministry. Intentionally taking time away to rest, with no [...]Read More