Hundreds of nonprofits, churches and urban leaders from across Texas join together over three days to learn and share ideas. The conference format strives to educate, inspire, encourage, connect and equip attendees. We’ll be in Houston at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church on October 25‐27, 2017.
The annual conference includes:
- Inspiring talks from nationally known keynote speakers who are leading practitioners in Christian Community Development (CCD).
- Over 40 training workshops in key areas of CCD.
- Times of worship and corporate prayer
- Ministry tours of several local organizations doing CCD
- Intentional opportunities to network with others doing CCD by region and topic area so the conversations and sharing of ideas can continue beyond the conference
- Exhibitors, displays of local talent and art, and more!
Previous conference workshops have encompassed these topics:
- Helping Middle‐Class Churches & Non‐Profits Partner Together
- The 8 Key Components of Christian Community Development
- Empowering the Legally Marginalized
- Welcome To the Hood: Living Incarnationally
- Innovative Approaches to Help the Hungry
- Fair and Equitable Lending Practices: How to Become a Community Advocate
- Community First: Bringing The Homeless Home
- Lessons from the Neighborhood – Lecciones del Barrio
- Embracing New Racial Narratives: Christians, Churches and Race Relations
- Inside Out: Building Organizational Capacity to Grow Impact
- Empowering Parents in Public Schools: The Parent University Model
- Break Every Chain: Christians and Criminal Justice Reform
- Chasing Smoke: How Restorative Justice Can Be Used to Heal a City
- Using the “Food Hub Game” for Community Development
- Collective Impact and Housing: The Necessity of Real Partnerships
- Balancing Relief And Development
- The Power of Theories of Change: Articulating, Implementing and Evaluating a Theory of Change to Fight Poverty
- Community Development Through Sports and Youth Mentoring