CCDA2010-Chris Wong, Chris Rice-Why Church Matters Listen 77:25 minutes (70.88 MB)

How do we move from the world’s shallow visions of peace and justice to a deeper journey with God, one that goes from diversity to koinonia? This workshop engages a word-made-flesh vision of reconciliation as a journey in concrete places of brokenness that is richly theological, contextual, and practical. Stories and experiments of hope in both Africa and America are presented. Listen 79:58 minutes (73.22 MB)

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Reconciliation is a core value of CCDA.  But a number of shallow visions and bad ideas resist a more radical vision of God's creation of a new people across the boundaries and loyalties of our communities and world - economics, nation, power, disability, have/have-nots, race, ethnicity, individualism.  How do we radiate and embody a more authentic vision of reconciliation throughout our CCDA ministries? Listen 68:31 minutes (8 MB)

Christian Community Development Association's 1996 Conference Thursday Evening Plenary with Spencer Perkins & Chris Rice. Listen 92:00 minutes (8 MB)

Chris Rice gives a talk entitled "From Genocide in Rwanda to Social and Church Brokenness in America" at CCDA 2005. Listen 74:58 minutes (8 MB)

From race and class in America to sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland and genocide in Rwanda, Christians across the world often mirror society's conflicts rather than offer an alternative witness. Hear from leaders from America, Africa, and No. Ireland: stories of pain and hope, pursuing the journey of peace building and reconciliation as a gift and vision from God, and hard lessons learned. Listen 49:09 minutes (8 MB)