About CCDA’s National Conference
Christian Community Development Association’s annual conference has been inspiring, training, and connecting CCD practitioners for over 30 years. Join us in Portland, Oregon from October 2-5, 2024 at the Oregon Convention Center for amazing speakers, workshops, worship, networking sessions, and more!
Members often describe the conference as a family reunion. Whether you’re new to Christian Community Development or a seasoned practitioner, there is a place for you at our family reunion!
At the conference, you can expect:
- Authentic community with other leaders and community organizers from around the nation.
- Workshops highlighting best practices in Christian Community Development.
- Plenary sessions featuring inspirational and relevant sermons.
- Opportunities for networking and collaboration with other ministry leaders.
- Exhibits providing an opportunity for learning beyond the conference through training resources, books, websites, and consulting.
- Time to rest and refresh through our embodied practices spaces or in praying with conference chaplains.
This Year’s Theme: Home
What comes to mind when you think of home? What does home really mean?
Every day we consider what home means for us and our neighbors. For many in our communities, home is quite literal. People need shelter.
But more than that, home embodies the pursuit of belonging, connection, and community—a sacred space where individuals thrive, families flourish, and neighborhoods prosper.
Drawing inspiration from the biblical call to “build homes and plant gardens” even in the midst of exile, we are reminded of our collective responsibility to foster peace and prosperity within the places we dwell.
Guided by God, we seek to co-create spaces of belonging and transformation—building not just physical structures, but vibrant communities where everyone feels at home.
This year at CCDA’s National Conference, we’ll look at home in all its facets and invite you to consider what it means to be home. From individual houses, to our families, communities, neighborhoods, and churches, from the built environment to the natural one—we are all looking for a place to call home. Together, let’s build vibrant communities and sacred spaces where our neighbors find belonging, connection, and community.
Let’s build homes and plant gardens to see our communities flourish. Join us for #ccdaPDX!
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Venue & Accommodations
The conference will be held at the Oregon Convention Center, located at 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232. You can book a room a short walk away at the Doubletree.
Transportation & Accessibility
We recommend taking the train from the airport to your hotel as a cheap option for getting to the conference location. You can find information around transportation in Portland here.
For accessibility questions, please refer to your hotel’s website and the convention center’s options here.
First Conference?
If this is your first CCDA National Conference, read our blog here to know what to expect.
Interested in Volunteering?
Come volunteer at the conference for a behind-the-scenes look at what we do at an affordable rate!
Dress Code
Dress is casual. Come as you are! We recommend bringing comfortable shoes to walk around the conference center and a light rain jacket/umbrella for that PNW rain.
Help Center
Looking for answers to your questions about Conference? Check out our help center here.
2023 Conference Recordings
Don’t miss out on the incredible sermons and trainings that were offered last year. Purchase the 2023 recordings today!
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