The Social Change Ecosystem Map is a framework that can help individuals, networks, and organizations align with social change values, individual roles, and the broader ecosystem. It can amplify Christian Community Development by helping us examine our community roles from a different perspective.
Create and promote stories that inspire while honoring the life and dignity of people, their experiences, and the storyteller. Join Angelica 'Lica' Acosta Garnett and Nate Ledbetter to integrate ethical storytelling standards into your practices.
Leaders need teams to accomplish their mission, but it’s not easy. People with diverse perspectives and communication styles can face many challenges when working together. Discover the benefits of using StrengthsFinder for team-building. Learn more about your team's individual and collective strengths, nurture personal, spiritual, and emotional health within your organization and between team members. Led by pastor and leadership coach Steve Garcia, leaders will receive tools to build their teams, play to their strengths, and get things done.
Which evaluation lens best fits your organizational context right now?Join us for the Check Yourself: The Spiritual Practice of Review and Evaluation class with Sonja Schappert to learn seven key areas to review and evaluate for organizational wellbeing. Learn important evaluative rhythms, multi-directional aspects, and how to root your vision in your present context.
Psalm 1 encourages us to be as trees planted by streams of water because they yield their fruit in season, and their leaves do not wither. Enid Almanzar reminds us that these benefits are conditional on the tree being rooted near living water and not toxic and tainted water. Similarly, as CCD practitioners we must […]
For generations individuals have banded together to fight against the broken and inequitable systems of their day. Unfortunately, those systems continue to rebuild themselves into new systems that are as evil and insidious as the torn down system they replace. Soong-Chan Rah teaches us that these systems of evil continue to re-emerge because we have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Rev. Michelle Williams & Rev. Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige teach from their Diversity Playbook that helps diversity professionals, CCD ministry and nonprofit organizational leaders examine their current efforts. The why, what, how, and when of implementing equitable organizational systems will be examined and discussed. Learn best practices for implementing equitable systems from the experts and gather tools to examine diversity efforts within your ministry and organization.
Art can illustrate our creativity, imagination, lived experiences and serve as a vehicle for social change. Join artist, activist, and professor Mark Menjivar to learn how creative conduits can foster community connections and impact.
The Social Change Ecosystem Map is a framework that can help individuals, networks, and organizations align with social change values, individual roles, and the broader ecosystem. It can amplify Christian Community Development by helping us examine our community roles from a different perspective.
