Wellington Heights Community Church was birthed out of our family's living room as a group gathered to consider what it looks like to love God, neighbor, and neighborhood. We structured our time with prayer and discussion on CCDA Immerse, discerning what it may look like to embody the CCD [...]Read More
Listening to the Community: Affirming Dignity with a Posture of Humility
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” Mark 10:51 (NIV) Some people may have considered it obvious that the blind man wanted to see, but Jesus didn’t assume what the man wanted. He asked the man what he wanted. Even though Jesus, [...]Read More
Communal Stories for Community Thriving
by Chandra Crane As a Mixed Thai-American minister working with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Jackson Metro area, one of the things that first drew me to the Christian Community Development Association is the emphasis on listening to the community in which we are serving. Healthy [...]Read More
Making Space for Latinx Voices
by Alma Lizette Cárdenas Rodríguez One of the arteries to the heart of CCDA is listening to the community. The kind of listening that creates space to listen to the groanings of the community-to sit with them. Listening to the community also allows us to reimagine, dream and contribute to making [...]Read More