Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent meant for the women who were a pivotal part of Jesus’s birth. Join us in a communal reflection on the very real ways Jesus’s birth and incarnation required an unexplainable hope during a season of waiting and [...]Read More
Ministry Spotlight: New Community Church
After years of doing urban ministry, a 2010 conversation with gang-affiliated teens led Darryl and Stephanie Answer to contemplate what it would look like to live in a neighborhood, follow Jesus, get to know their neighbors, join what’s already going on, and see what the Spirit does. In 2011, they [...]Read More
How Solidarity with Neighbors led to their Collective Liberation
Along with at least 4.5 million Texan families, Lisa lost water and power during the unprecedented snowstorm in March. She is a pastor at Gateway Church in Pflugerville, Texas, where they launched this Easter. Lisa has been connected with CCDA for 5-6 years and has worked in community development [...]Read More
The Church as a Warming Station
by Roy RhodesImpact Temple Church occupies an old warehouse that's been repurposed into a church. The brick structure is quite solid, and six years of renovations have transformed the building into a fairly versatile space. So, for the second year in a row, we have served as one of two [...]Read More