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Immigration symposia description: How do we as Christians think about and respons to the immigration issue? What does the Bible say about immigration? What are some ways Christians are choosing to respond? Hear a diverse panel of leaders speak about and explain their different theological and organization responses to immigration and the need for policy reform. The Church is moving on immigration; don't miss this opportunity to be a part of what God is doing! Listen 159:56 minutes (146.43 MB)

CCDA presents Craig Wong & John Liotti holding a special institute workshop on redistribution. The workshop was held prior to the start of the CCDA 2009 national conference. Listen 164:34 minutes (150.68 MB)

Understanding the national budget as a “moral document,” how is the Church to interpret a defense budget that nearly exceeds the military budgets of all other nations combined? As CCD practitioners, we must grapple with how our military spending directly, or indirectly, propagates impoverished communities here and abroad. In this workshop, participants will discuss how the Church should proclaim, and embody, the peace of Christ amid these realities. Listen 78:33 minutes (71.91 MB)

  Militarism and Poverty: The Cost of War Four decades ago, Dr. King spoke prophetically to the inextricable relationship between America’s militarism and the plight of its poor. This workshop helps the church examine this costly and egregious relationship, and discusses how to bear witness to God’s shalom in the world today.Read more Listen 74:53 minutes (8 MB)

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It was 40 years ago in Riverside Church that Dr. Martin Luther King asserted that there is a "very obvious and almost facile connection between the war and the civil rights struggle."  This workshop examines the interrelationship between militarism, nationalism, and the racism and poverty we confront in our local communities.  What is the Church's prophetic role in speaking truth and embodying peace in this day and time? Listen 76:51 minutes (8 MB)