Communities First Association

Extending Christian Community Development across the country

Communities First Association is a network of professional Christian colleagues with a common heart and role: Using Asset Based Community Development methods, the Communities First Association: Transforms a growing number of communities. Engages Christians and Churches in their community change story.

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	Biblical Reflections I bumped into a Public Broadcasting Documentary, and there was a British journalist in mid-paragraph. The sentence coming out of his mouth was �Christians say that wherever Christianity goes there is a spillover blessing...
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	Organizing the Community For a community to come together and effectively address problems in their neighborhood a community has to be organized. This seems like pretty obvious logic, right? But how exactly do you organize people...
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	In, For, and WITH the Community To develop a community you have to be willing to live in it. To be WITH a community means to be a servant to the community.
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	Jesus and the Kingdom This video link illustrates how heaven is not only a future reality, but also has the potential to be a present condition. Author Brian McLaren discusses the liberating yet disturbing message from Jesus about living in the Kingdom of God.
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	Beyond Charity This tool looks at how we can go beyond charity and move towards development ministries.
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	Developing Leaders for Community Transformation This document gives some advice on what to look for in a community leader and partner.
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Communities First Book and Workbooks Communities First - A book accompanied by a series of 8 workbooks that will challenge you and your church to discover what the Bible says about the church's responsibility to those who are poor and hungry. This series will help your church engage with your community and influence it in ways that will make life better for everyone here and now. Order a set today. To purchase the Communities First Book and/or workbooks click here.