Mission Adelante Community Development Director, Elena Chan, did not grow up anywhere near her current community in Wyandotte County, Kansas. In fact, she didn't grow up anywhere near the United States.Elena grew up in formerly-Soviet Tajikistan, located in Central Asia between Afghanistan and [...]Read More
To CCDA Friends and Supporters,
To CCDA Friends and Supporters,In early November 2018, we set out to honor the legacy of Drs. John and Vera Mae Perkins and celebrate CCDA’s 30th Anniversary at our National Conference. While our focus was set on being rooted in a deep and abiding faith in God, it was not without its [...]Read More
CCDA Statement of Repentance
As CCDA looks back over the past 30 years we have much to celebrate. We have grown and changed and continue to seek to become all God has planned for us. But as with any organization, we are led by people. And when people work together, strive together, do life together, we will fall short of God’s [...]Read More
Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods
God has taken me on an incredible journey. I was once a young man who was itching to get as far away as possible from my neighborhood. Now, twenty years later, as an unplanned returning resident, I love Englewood passionately and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. Church Forsaken shares this [...]Read More
Who Is My Neighbor Part VI: Conclusion
CCDA Global Connections presents: Who is My Neighbor, a six-part blog series recounting stories and impacts from a trip to Central America, written from a CCDA perspective.Part VI: Conclusionby Tom Yaccino & Nate BaconThere are magical moments where, in the face of grave threats against [...]Read More
Who is My Neighbor Part V: the Mexico/Guatemala Border
CCDA Global Connections presents: Who is My Neighbor, a six-part blog series recounting stories and impacts from a trip to Central America, written from a CCDA perspective.Part V: Identities of the Mexico/Guatemala Borderby Katie WhiteMexico is a land of two identities. One one hand, you have chaos [...]Read More
Who is My Neighbor Part IV: Guatemala
CCDA Global Connections presents: Who is My Neighbor, a six-part blog series recounting stories and impacts from a trip to Central America, written from a CCDA perspective. Part IV: Guatemala, a Light in the Dark by Michael Phillip “GOD HAS COME HERE TO STAY SO DARKNESS HAS TO LEAVE!” It is hard to [...]Read More
Building Bridges Through Faithfulness
By Lillian Arjona-Garzon I was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. When I was two years old my dad was given an incredible opportunity to study in the United States. We packed our bags, said goodbye to our families and moved to California. With no family in the States it was just the three of [...]Read More