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Dr. Ray Bakke speaks at Saturday evening's plenary session for CCDA 2005.

Christian Community Development Association's 1994 Conference Plenary Session with Ray Bakke.

Christian Community Development Association's 1999 Conference Saturday Morning Plenary with Ray Bakke.

by Ray Bakke
Talk presented Sat, May 17, 2003 at the Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference 2003.

It will start with Jesus, that Asian born baby, born in a borrowed barn, who became a political refugee in Africa. A whole village full of babies died for Jesus before he could die for them on the cross. If anybody understands the pain and suffering of the poor who are sinners (but most often the ’sinned against’), it is Jesus. We’ll start with Jesus and the Kingdom, but be prepared to look at texts in both testaments, and then think about the 95.5% of the world, which lives outside the USA, and which is increasingly Christian and most often living in poverty.

by Ray Bakke
Talk presented Fri, May 16, 2003 at the Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference 2003.

This is part of the personal quest behind my latest book, A Theology as Big as The City. My city, Chicago, exlpoded and most of the white established church fled in response. Unfortunately, my bible school, Christian College and highly esteemed semianry education had not prepared me for this. Come join me as I explore the question of, ‘What text, themes and stories shaped my serach for a theology that can take on the urbanization of the planet earth?’

by Ray Bakke
Talk presented Sat, May 17, 2003 at the Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference 2003.

Follow the footprints of the spirit of God into the cities of the world where for 2000 ears God’s people did incredible things for the Kingdom, Dr. Ray Bakke will share some special photos and challenge you to be a ‘historical charismatic’ and meet the people on whose shoulders we stand on ministry in 2003.

How the earliest Christians discovered how radical the
Kingdom was, and what we learn from that for today.