Bob Lupton

Christian Community Development Association's 1990 Conference Evening Session with Dolphus Weary and Bob Lupton.

Christian Community Development Association's 2000 Conference Saturday Evening Plenary Session with Bob Lupton.

Dr. Bob Lupton speaks at the CCDA 2005 conference on empowerment.

As gentrification gains momentum, urban ministires face the challenge of helping longtime neighbors remain in the community. This workshop explores the gentrification issue and offers practical methods for ministries to make the necessary paradigm shift into real estate development.

Gentrification is a new national norm.  Like the rising tide, it cannot be stopped.  Nor should we want to stop it.  We need to harness it for the benefit of the poor.  This workship explores how to do just that.    

This workshop will provide lessons regarding economic development, gentrification, and reconciliation taken from one of the Bible's first community developers.