Christian Community Development Association
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Reconciliation is the essence of shalom—restoring relationships where nothing is missing and nothing is broken. Christian Community Development is committed to seeing people and communities experience God’s shalom. Join Sam Heath and Rev Dr. Hanna Broome to learn more about the CCD component of Reconciliation.
Christian Community Development (CCD) affirms the dignity of individuals and collaborates with neighbors to leverage community resources and assets to bring about sustainable change. Join Host Sam Heath and Pastor Keeyon Carter to learn more about the CCD component of Listening to the Community.
This Radical Imagination event invites us to explore how we can nurture both individual and collective well-being. Participants will hear from Liturgies for Resisting Empire by Kat Armas, receive practical guidance on embodied care from Dr. Courtnye Lloyd, and glean wisdom from Dr. Vatreisha Nyemba that can be taken back to communities.
Michael Sickles and Madison Walter from Back2Back Cincinnati share about The Holistic Coaching model. The model is designed to equip adults investing in teenagers, so that they may coach and train youth towards holistic care and sustainability through an established, trusted relationship following the principles of Luke 10, as people of peace.
In a culture that is ever clamoring for our attention, nonprofits and ministries need a clear, concise, and consistent message that motivates donors, volunteers, and program participants to take action. Effective messaging starts with an understanding of an organization’s purpose and of the target audiences that it exists to impact. This course offers proven insights […]
How can we reside in awe of others experiences and what they are carrying, instead of judgement at how they carry it? Fr. Greg Boyle explores measuring the health of community through kinship within a story of one of his “homies”, Jose. Father (Fr.) Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries. […]
Our American culture values productivity and the bottom line. Our Christian culture adds to these values the importance of ministry and helping those in need. With all these influences pushing in on us it can be difficult to step back and allow rest to reset our life rhythms. This mirco course focuses on the importance […]
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 […]
How can we present pain and lament suffering within our communities while fostering action and change? Learn from Christine Brooks Nolf’s experience of John 11 & 12 that teaches us how the experience of pain can be transformed into innovative action.
Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber teaches how pain can serve as a space for cultivation.
Amy Williams reminds Christians to think soberly about their position in the work of Christian community development. As Christian community developers, we acknowledge that we are joining in work that God started before our arrival and that God will continue after our departure. As a result, we reject the tendency to see people as personal […]
Too often, our efforts to promote reconciliation in our local community starts with conversations about the types of programs we should begin. Pastor Jin Kim reminds us that the ministry of reconciliation begins with simply viewing others as being made in the image of God. Additionally, the ministry of reconciliation requires each of us to […]
