Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development

Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later CCDA€s eight key components of community development still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits engage cities with the whole gospel.

• Relocation
• Reconciliation
• Redistribution
• Leadership Development
• Listening to the Community
• Church-Based Development
• A Wholistic Approach to Ministry
• Empowerment