Search: Training Workshop, Christian Community Development Association (CCDA)

New models of for-profit community development are emerging. There are increased roles for partnerships with businesses in neighborhoods. This workshop will explore the biblical theology for this movement and ways to reclaim the purpose of business beyond profit maximization and demonstrate many small and large models that are working well.

God has uniquely equipped his people to exercise their time and talents to restore our communities in Jesus' name. However this great asset, the contribution of lay volunteers, has continuously been overlooked. This workshop is designed to offer insights and practical application for rediscovering the lost art of leading a volunteer driven ministry.

This workshop will help the church to enfold ex-offenders into the church, disciple them and help them to become active in the church. It will help you learn how to help them overcome their problems as they become valuable and contributing members of their community.

This workshop will teach how to draw strength from a Christian identity to advocate for economic justice at the local, state and national levels. Participants will gain a better understanding of the basic principles of advocacy, how to weave advocacy into congregational life, and how to build lasting relationships with elected officials.

We will look at how to develop and mobilize young leaders in our churches, ministries, and organizations.

This workshop will explore the critical need for followers of Jesus Christ in our cities and the power that can be unleashed through them. The presentation will use some examples of how local leadership foundations are building bridges and working relationships with a city's faith leaders, congregations, and ministries as they improve the lives of the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized.

There are many sources of conflict, but how can we transform it into an opportunity for positive change? We will explore how to address conflict constructively in our personal lives, work places and communities in which we minister.

Pastoring the “community church” is much different from pastoring at a traditional/suburban model. This workshop will look in-depth at various ways and creative approaches effectively being used to minister in community churches.

For seventeen years, Mission Waco has been mobilizing hundreds of middle class students and adults toward more compassionate involvement among the poor through its weekend Poverty Simulations and Out-of-Country Exposure trips. This workshop will describe how carefully designed experiences confront many of the myths about the poor during the guided mining. It will also provide both guidelines from building this experiential training from a Christ perspective and other creative initiatives which stretch Christians who want to be more involved in ministry with the marginalized.

This workshop is aimed at helping you develop a strong mentoring program that transforms the lives of youth through life-changing mentor-mentee relationships. This workshop will reveal the proven spices (essentials) needed in developing an effective program.

With the rise of Latino communities increasing across our nation, more people are becoming interested in ministering in the Latino Community. Come and learn the distinctions of working with a very diverse Latino population and some of the keys to effective ministry in the barrio.

The continued increase of the Latino population in our nation and the dynamics between African Americans and Latinos that often live side by side in urban communities are of crucial importance. In this workshop we will explore how our respective church communities can forge an honest dialogue that can lead to authentic partnership, cooperation, and reconciliation for the benefit of our communities, to the Glory of God.

You will learn the 3 G's of organizational development: Get Ready - how to start a CDC, Get Set - strategic planning, and Go - business and legal aspects of running a CDC. If your are raring to begin a CDC, this workshop will help.

In the Christian community development model in the urban context, relocators often move into a neighborhood and initiate programs. In that neighborhood are numerous lifetime residents with immense leadership capabilities who are often already functioning as leaders in an informal way. Who should lead and when should it happen? Is neighborhood leadership vital? Should relocators "work themselves out of a job?" A discussion of these issues in the light of New Song in Baltimore, a CCD model in existence for 17 years.