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Christian Community Development Association

Christian Community Development Association

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Welcome to the online institute: providing courses to effectively equip you to live out the CCD philosophy and help create wholistic transformation in your community.

CCDA’s mission has always been to inspire, train and connect Christians called to marginalized communities. The CCDA Institute Online provides accessible training through online courses designed to help you be part of the restoring work God is accomplishing in your neighborhood.

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Featured Courses

  • Church-based (2025)

    3 Lessonsin Church-Based, Featured, Philosophy and Community
    • Church-based (2025) - $5.00

    At the heart of Christian Community Development is the church, the body of Christ, fully engaged in the process of transformation. The church is uniquely equipped to affirm the dignity, gifts, and skills of individuals and communities. Join Rev. R.R. Tavárez to learn more about the principle of Church-based.

  • Church-Based

    0 Lessonsin Church-Based, Featured, Philosophy and Community
    • Church-Based - $5.00

    Christian Community Development practitioners are committed to listening to their neighbors, living in community, and hearing their dreams, ideas and thoughts. By actively listening, together we can identify community assets, opportunities, and needs. Together we then cultivate, implement and benefit from a shared vision for our community.

  • Organizing your Church to Engage your Community

    1 Lessonin Church-Based, Featured
    • Organizing your Church to Engage your Community - $10.00

    The primary mission of every Christian is to love God and to love neighbors. Unfortunately, many seminaries ignore training church leaders on how to guide their congregations in engaging their local community. In this course, Zac Martin helps to fill this training gap by teaching church leaders how to guide their congregation in fulfilling this […]

  • Disciple-making for Community Transformation

    1 Lessonin Church-Based, Featured
    • Disciple-making for Community Transformation - $10.00

    John Wesley’s 18th century evangelistic movement developed more than 200,000 committed Christ-followers who changed the face of England and transformed the world. Wesley’s disciple-making methods are often mimicked but rarely understood. They are too often mistaken for simple church-growth methods rather than a Biblical model for holistic transformation. In this course, Dr. Kwesi Kamau guides […]

Courses

Course Category: Church-Based

  • Changing the Narrative

    3 Lessonsin Church-Based, Relocation
    • Changing the Narrative - $10.00

    We have to begin with the work of the narrative. We must recognize the narrative that we own and the narrative of the people who are there have owned. The narratives we have about the communities we serve and the narratives the residents of the community have greatly impact Christian Community Development. In this course […]

  • Disciple-making for Community Transformation

    1 Lessonin Church-Based, Featured
    • Disciple-making for Community Transformation - $10.00

    John Wesley’s 18th century evangelistic movement developed more than 200,000 committed Christ-followers who changed the face of England and transformed the world. Wesley’s disciple-making methods are often mimicked but rarely understood. They are too often mistaken for simple church-growth methods rather than a Biblical model for holistic transformation. In this course, Dr. Kwesi Kamau guides […]

  • Organizing your Church to Engage your Community

    1 Lessonin Church-Based, Featured
    • Organizing your Church to Engage your Community - $10.00

    The primary mission of every Christian is to love God and to love neighbors. Unfortunately, many seminaries ignore training church leaders on how to guide their congregations in engaging their local community. In this course, Zac Martin helps to fill this training gap by teaching church leaders how to guide their congregation in fulfilling this […]

  • Church-Based

    0 Lessonsin Church-Based, Featured, Philosophy and Community
    • Church-Based - $5.00

    Christian Community Development practitioners are committed to listening to their neighbors, living in community, and hearing their dreams, ideas and thoughts. By actively listening, together we can identify community assets, opportunities, and needs. Together we then cultivate, implement and benefit from a shared vision for our community.

  • 2024 Philosophy and Community: Church-based

    1 Lessonin Church-Based, Philosophy and Community
    • Philosophy & Community 2024: Church-Based - $5.00

    Join Chris Battle to learn more about the CCDA principle of Listening to the Community. By actively listening, together we can identify community assets, opportunities, and needs. Together we then cultivate, implement and benefit from a shared vision for our community.

  • Church-based (2025)

    3 Lessonsin Church-Based, Featured, Philosophy and Community
    • Church-based (2025) - $5.00

    At the heart of Christian Community Development is the church, the body of Christ, fully engaged in the process of transformation. The church is uniquely equipped to affirm the dignity, gifts, and skills of individuals and communities. Join Rev. R.R. Tavárez to learn more about the principle of Church-based.

  • Immerse | Church Based

    4 Lessonsin Church-Based, Immerse
    • Immerse | Church Based - $15.00

    This course provides you and your team with insightful readings, biblical reflections, and thought-provoking discussions on the essence, challenges, and questions concerning the CCD practice of being church based. For further resources, Subscribe to this week’s Digital Journey to receive daily devotionals that include a brief prayer, reading, reflection and response. If taking this course […]

  • Inmerse | Iglesia como Base

    4 Lessonsin Church-Based, En español, Immerse

    Este curso está en beta. Por favor complete la encuesta al final.This course is in beta. Please complete the survey at the end. Este curso le brinda a usted y a su equipo lecturas perspicaces, profundas reflexiones bíblicas y discusiones que invitan a la reflexión sobre la esencia, los desafíos y las preguntas relacionadas con […]

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