Christian Community Development Association

Inspire. Train. Connect.

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.

Featured Courses

  • Wholistic Approach (2026)

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    Redistribution means creating equal access to resources, power, and opportunity for all humanity. When God’s people commit to living in marginalized and low-status communities, seek to be good neighbors, exemplify what it means to be a follower of Christ, work for justice for the entire community, and utilize resources to address the problems of the community alongside their neighbors, then redistribution is being practiced. A lifestyle of redistribution confronts the unjust distribution of our economic, social, educational, and relational resources. It breaks down our systems of poverty and oppression and decreases the economic disparity in our communities. As a result, our communities are able to flourish with the resources they need to do so. Join Darryl Answer to learn more about the CCD component of Redistribution.

  • Relocation (2026)

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    • Relocation (2026) - $5.00

    Redistribution means creating equal access to resources, power, and opportunity for all humanity. When God’s people commit to living in marginalized and low-status communities, seek to be good neighbors, exemplify what it means to be a follower of Christ, work for justice for the entire community, and utilize resources to address the problems of the community alongside their neighbors, then redistribution is being practiced. A lifestyle of redistribution confronts the unjust distribution of our economic, social, educational, and relational resources. It breaks down our systems of poverty and oppression and decreases the economic disparity in our communities. As a result, our communities are able to flourish with the resources they need to do so. Join Darryl Answer to learn more about the CCD component of Redistribution.

  • Redistribution (2026)

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    • Redistribution (2026) - $5.00

    Redistribution means creating equal access to resources, power, and opportunity for all humanity. When God’s people commit to living in marginalized and low-status communities, seek to be good neighbors, exemplify what it means to be a follower of Christ, work for justice for the entire community, and utilize resources to address the problems of the community alongside their neighbors, then redistribution is being practiced. A lifestyle of redistribution confronts the unjust distribution of our economic, social, educational, and relational resources. It breaks down our systems of poverty and oppression and decreases the economic disparity in our communities. As a result, our communities are able to flourish with the resources they need to do so. Join Darryl Answer to learn more about the CCD component of Redistribution.

  • Leadership Development (2026)

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    • Leadership Development (2026) - $5.00

    Leadership development is vital to thriving communities and neighborhoods. Here you will find definitions and descriptions of leadership development. For CCD, the goal of leadership development has historically been to embolden and develop local leaders where CCD practitioners are present and working with residents to build a thriving community. Join Rev. Sandra María Van Opstal to learn more about the CCD component of Leadership Development.

Courses

Course Category: Featured

  • Four Words that Change Everything

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    • Four Words that Change Everything - $10.00

    The work of reconciliation begins by understanding that all of humanity has been created in the image of God. Furthermore, being made in the image of God means that humanity has the responsibility to care for God’s creation. Harper helps us recognize this responsibility and teaches us that when we declare war on our neighbors […]

  • Environmental Justice as a Way to Love Your Neighbor

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    • Four Words that Change Everything - $10.00

    Pollution, climate change, and environmental injustice represent existential threats to our communities and to the gospel. These growing threats disproportionately impact low-income neighborhoods and communities of color throughout the United States. Environmental injustice still receives relatively little attention from Christians, however. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap teaches us that one of the greatest ways to demonstrate love for […]

  • Leading Through Pain

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    • Four Words that Change Everything - $10.00

    Some pains stay with us and do not get healed. These pains can be physical, mental, spiritual, or emotional. Such chronic pains may take a lifetime to address. Despite our desire to resolve pain quickly, we eventually realize that we may have to find a way to live with chronic pains. Joyce del Rosario teaches […]

  • How to Create a Leadership Pipeline

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    • Four Words that Change Everything - $10.00

    In our era we are facing a tremendous problem. The most important ingredient for community transformation is leadership. Yet most ministries do not have an intentional process to grow leaders. Solid leadership within an urban ministry organization is critical for sustainability. In this course, Alvin Sanders will address the challenges of developing indigenous urban leaders. […]

  • Utilizing Tech to Steward Organizational Resources

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    • Utilizing Tech to Steward Organizational Resources - $40.00

    Join Christina Foor and Daniel Watson to learn how about leveraging technology to steward organizational budgets and employee time well. Experience developing and managing organizational technology frameworks along with team and individual staff oriented technology resources will be discussed to help organizations and staff maximize their budgets and work smarter. 

  • Listening to the Community

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    • Listening to the Community - $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.

  • Reconciliation

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    • Reconciliation - $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.

  • Course: Journey To Justice — Advocacy That Moves Beyond The Criminal Legal System And Builds What We Need

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    • Course: Journey To Justice — Advocacy That Moves Beyond The Criminal Legal System And Builds What We Need - $5.00

    How can the Church work for the flourishing of all society? Often, Christians care deeply for those within our church and see those outside its walls as “causes” or “issues” rather than image bearers with equal dignity and need. Our criminal legal system has replaced the Church as the first and longest responder to violence. […]