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Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) Affiliates in Indy...

The national convention was held in Miami recently.  Next year, the convention will be held in Cincinnati, Oct. 21-25, 2009.

We recently rallied some of our CCDA'rs in Indianapolis on Nov. 20, 2008... lunchtime @ Brookside Community Church.  It was a combined meeting with Transform Indiana networkers.  [If you missed last-year's luncheon, check this out.]  

Connect & communicate -- Join the national CCDA Facebook group.

Here are some links from last year's convention in St. Louis.

• Official CCDA.org website
• IndyChristian post:  "Live-Blogging from CCDA 2007"
• IndyChristian post:  "Crowbar Massage"

• IndyChristian post:  "Rev. A. R. Bernard, NYC, addresses CCDA 2007"

• IndyChristian post:  "What Do Perkins, Krumseig, Gill, Unruh & Apple Have In Common?"
• IndyChristian post:  "Communing Together"
• CCDA Photo Pool
• Links to ALL articles, photos, videos, blogs from CCDA 2007. 

"What is Christian community development, anyway?" 

• (white-paper from CCDA's national site...) "The 8 Components of Christian Community Development"
• (Locally here in Indy, Chris Provence will be leading that discussion on 11/16/2007 -- Come be with us.)
  • Relocation
  • Reconciliation
  • Redistribution
  • Leadership Development
  • Listening To Community
  • Church-based
  • Wholistic Approach
  • Empowerment

Advocates here in the Indianapolis area...

• Rebuilding The Wall
• Oasis of Hope Baptist Church
• Jireh Sports
• Outreach of Indiana
• Unleavened Bread Cafe
• Crossroads Bible College
• IndyChristian.com
• ChristianVolunteering.org
• Center For Urban Innovation
• Faith Hope & Love citywide initiative
• Brookside Church & Saturday Sunday School -- (here's a temporary link in the meantime)
• DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative (2 Indianapolis cohorts)
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Other Significant CCDA-related Links:

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• CCDA Facebook group (come get a Facebook ID and join us!)
• CCDA videos at YouTube! 
• PHOTOS tagged 'CCDA'
• Bob Lupton audio file explaining the gentrification issue.  (slow-load, but way worth it). [hat-tip, Jeremy Del Rio, NYC urban blogger]
• Brian Fickert, Chalmers Center (at Covenant College )... "How To Help The Poor Without Hurting Them... Or Us."
• Other CCDA tagged items around the net.