Being a part of our association allows you to connect with, learn from, and contribute to our CCDA family across the United States, living with marginalized communities.

Rather, CCDA pioneer, Dr. John Perkins, first developed this philosophy while working with his neighbors in Mississippi. The first three CCD philosophy components were based on John Perkins’ …

About CCDA’s National Conference Christian Community Development Association’s annual conference has been inspiring, training, and connecting CCD practitioners for close to 40 years. Join us in …

Our goal is to have Practitioners and Partners joining together as active CCDA members, ensuring the ongoing mission of CCDA to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the …

Our Values At CCDA we practice: Equitable Mutuality We believe that each person has something to gain and offer in community. Therefore, we monitor and calibrate power dynamics within our …

Find the list of the 2025 Conference workshops in the CCDA app! Workshop spaces are designed to share CCD praxis knowledge, center lived experiences in marginalized communities and deepen …

CCDA started as a longing in the hearts of just a few people-you can read more about our history here. We call those of us who orient our lives around this practice, Christian Community Development …

You are invited to CCDA’s National Conference happening November 2 – 5, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jul 8, 2025 · Rather, CCDA pioneer, Dr. John Perkins, first developed this philosophy while working with his neighbors in Mississippi. With God and Our Neighbors is a short devotional that connects …

Jul 16, 2025 · CCDA founders and pioneers Wayne (Coach) Gordon and John Perkins share about the philosophy in their book Making Neighborhoods Whole. The philosophy known as Christian …