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.

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.

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.

This workshop will focus on a proven strategy of not only where to find major donor prospects but how to get them, cultivate and engage them and effectively follow them up. A website, www.PeopleRaising.com will be introduced for ongoing fundraising training.

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.

This workshop will present Paul's theology of like-mindedness, with a special attention on multi-racial teams. A joint presentation including both African American and Anglo American perspectives will move from the theological basis to cultural observations and judgments guided by a Biblical Theology of Sin, Grace, and the Imago Dei.

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.

CCDA 2006 Conference hosts Nes Espinosa at their Bagged Lunch & A Drop of Oil: Multiplying Resources for Urban Ministry workshop.

CCDA 2006 conference hosts Tyrone Holland at his Organizing Your Ministry from Chaos to Clarity workshop.