Search: Leadership, Christian Community Development Association (CCDA)

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.

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.

Recognizing conflicting core values as the primary obstacle to understanding and reconciliation, From Suburbia to Urbana reveals common leadership struggles that many well-intentioned leaders from a suburban culture often face when initiating community development efforts in urban environments for the first time.

This interactive workshop will frame out the characteristics of exceptional leadership drawing from the Posner Leadership Challenge materials and look at leadership and servant leadership as impacted by our faith base. We will draw on the participants to look at the leadership challenges of our times out of that framework.

Saturday Morning Bible Study talks about justice leaders for the 21st century.

What does a real board do? A real board needs to know its job and have the right tools. Real governance is the highest level of organizational leadership. The job of governance is about values, vision, empowerment of both the board and staff, and the strategic ability to lead others.

Movements and organizations, such as Leadership Foundations of America (LFA), are in the end as good as the leadership that undergirds them. "Leader as servant" had been the historical posture by which local leadership foundation seek to love and serve their cities. This session will look at how God is developing our eyesight and enlarging our view of the poor in cities we serve. It will also explore how servant leadership is shaped and its influence on organizations. Participants will be able to understnd the biblical foundation of servant leadership and see how historical leadership examples can be integrated within their organization.

Does your church leadership support CCD? Do you want to help leadership value CCD greatly, but need the tools and know- how to make changes happen? This workshop provides theory and practice for taking your church's
leadership to higher leadership levels.

Sharing from the personal experience at Bethel New Life in leadership succession and the literature in the field from a founding leader to a next generation community leader the possibilities and pitfalls and the neccessity of having a plan and planning ahead. The opportunity for organizational growth in the process.

This workshop will help you prepare to meet the needs of our youth. This will not be a lecture but a workshop where we work together. Many of our youth have incredible abilities. Yet we often give limited tasks such as selling cakes and sodas after church. What can we do to bring out their leadership abilities, talents, and skills? Youth need to possess a basic knowledge of God's work and the contributions of Christian leaders in our own country and around the world in order to become informed, productive Christian leaders.

To identify viable leadership qualities, and develop strategies of implementation in an effort to effort and, subsequently, induce personal behavioral change, increase organizational effectiveness and establish a framework that supports the needs of those they lead within their communities.

A call to ministry is beyond developing skills to perform tasks. The purpose of this workshop is to teach participants the method of surrendering their heart to God's refining process. A surrendering heart glorifies God and depicts servant leadership characteristics. A transformation of the mind, body and soul occurs.

Most youth workers are trained to lead but not develop leaders, to lead youth but not empower youth to lead. Discover how to unleash the leadership potential of youth within your ministry as Ted Travis explores the principles, goals, challenges, joys and how-to's of forging among inner-city youth to help them become tomorrow's leaders today.

It is important to listen to the people being served, hear their ideas, and to develop assets.