CCDA Podcast

2018 CCDA National Conference — Chicago Workshop Kingdom United: Exploring Multicultural Worship — Chantel Varnado Kingdom United is an interactive workshop that will explore the depth and dynamics of multicultural worship. Come learn how to develop practices that increase community engagement and empower marginalized people to have a voice and a sense of belonging.

2019 CCDA National Conference — Dallas Workshop Living Intentionally: Perspectives on Poverty — Elia Moreno This workshop teaches how to build relationships and strengthen interactions with those living in emotional and economic poverty. Educating practitioners about the diverse perspectives of people who live in poverty is essential for CCD ministry. Attendees are invited to explore the diverse t...

Presenter: Terrance Hawkins Terrance Hawkins is a husband & father of 4 beautiful children. A native of Winston-Salem, NC,he has served the local church & his city for the last 17 years through pastoral ministry, peace &justice activism, intercultural community building, youth development, & the arts. He is the founder/director of Lit City (a youth development initiative), co-found...

    Excerpts from songs Chantel Varnado  -I'm all Yours - https://youtu.be/GjTNJg1fidM The Porter's Gate - Instrument of Peace - https://youtu.be/d0ZYPpqcIP0    

2018 CCDA National Conference — Chicago Workshop Home in the Hood: Rooting Your Family In CCDA Principles — Jonathan & Micheál Brooks, Paco & Sylvia Amador Raising your family in the hood presents incredible opportunities and unique challenges. The Brooks and Amador families will share from their hearts the practical experiences of raising their families where Christ has called them to ser...

In this episode, Jerome Garciano presents his masterclass on Impact Investment for Christian Community Development. Check out ccda.org/shownotes for additional info and slides on this and previous episodes.

Today, we're joined by Paul Miles, the President and CEO of the We Raise Foundation, and Raquel Patterson, the executive director of oak tree ministries in Birmingham, Alabama. So thank you all, for being with me and having this conversation.

In our era, we are facing a tremendous problem. The essential ingredient for community transformation is leadership. Yet most ministries do not have an intentional process to grow leaders. Solid leadership within an urban ministry organization is critical for sustainability. In this course, Alvin Sanders will address the challenges of developing indigenous urban leaders. He shares a model of how a...

Dr. Peace Amadi leads this session to define spiritual bypassing, identify how it’s operated in our lives and ministries, unpack how it has negatively impacted mental health and spiritual health, individually and communally, and explore new ways of being with each other during times of emotional pain.

This week, Adrian Pay teaches us about the minority experience, navigating emotional and organizational realities. Today's session is taken from the 2018 CCDA National Conference in Chicago.

Developing A Healthy Organizational Culture lead by Emanuel Padilla

Today's conversation is with Elizabeth Cronlund from the 2021 CCDA Conference.

2016 CCDA National Conference — Los Angeles Workshop Biblical Justice Through Faith-Rooted Organizing and Advocacy — Michelle Warren, Gullermo Torres, and Alexia Salvatierra

In this episode, Dayna Carr teaches us about Cultivating Healing Spaces: Strategies For Wholeness And Wellbeing On A Community-Level from the 2019 CCDA National Conference

Hello and Merry Christmas, I am Lorenzo Watson, your interim CEO & President at CCDA. I’ve stopped by the podcast to say thank you. Thank you to all of our CCDA members and friends who have given of your gifts, talents, wisdom, and friendship throughout the year. Your commitment to justice and community transformation continue to inspire me. It is because of you we are seeing people and commun...

Jonathan Haskell, Matthew Best, and Daniel Watson share about how to recruit, assess, and encourage your Board of Directors. Taken from the 2021 CCDA National Conference.

Tamice Namae Spencer shares from her workshop - Heaven For A G?: Hip Hop, Film, & The Great Commission. Taken from the 2019 CCDA National Conference. Psalm 139, Luke 9, John 18.

Taken from their workshop at the 2018 CCDA National Conference, Matthew Watson, Nikki Wiggins, & Justin Fung teach us about Pastoral Challenges & Opportunities In Gentrifying Neighborhoods.

On today's episode: Jesse Chang, Raw Huang, and Tim Yee help us understand how an urban garden connects us all to the community.

Effective Successions: A Framework For Leadership Transition with Dr. Joanne Solis-Walker and Dan Walker. Hosted by former CCDA President, Ava Steffens.