CCDA2010-Jimmy Dorrell, Janet Dorrell-Mobilizing Middle Class Christians Listen 71:22 minutes (65.34 MB)

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For 17 years, Mission Waco has been mobilizing hundreds of middle-class students and adults toward more compassionate involvement among the poor through its weekend Poverty Simulations and Out-of- Country Exposure trips. The workshop will describe and give guidelines on how carefully designed experiences confront many of the myths about the poor during the guided training. (Manuals of the Poverty Simulation available for $10). Listen 36:18 minutes (33.24 MB)

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Based on a biblical theology of ‘wholeness,’ it is important that Christians doing community development understand how to assess needs, develop programs, sustain funding, train staff, and evaluate efforts. This elective will focus on integrating faith and appropriate program development that addresses the holistic needs of people. Listen 72:04 minutes (65.99 MB)

  Including the Excluded: Mental Illness and Recovery Of all folks in our communities, the mentally ill and those recovering from addiction desperately need to be loved and included. Yet the average church or ministry struggles to find meaningful ways to embrace those on the margins. The panel discusses the important threads that are missing in the tapestry of Kingdom Shalom and how intentional community can be formed to include and empower these that are commonly “excluded.”Read more Listen 87:05 minutes (8 MB)

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Experiential learning for middle-class Christians about the issues of poverty are very effective through an intensive plunge for students and adults.  The leaders have been training over 600 participants a year for twenty years to understand God's heart for the poor using Kolb's model of education.  The workshop will focus on how to design similar models of learning in your own context. Listen 78:08 minutes (8 MB)

What is the Church?  Most American Christians seem inclined to describe the Church in terms of what it does or doesn't do, particularly in terms of growth or social impact.  The question then becomes, "how is the Church distinct from any other human organization?"  We Christians are quick to act, but do we know why, and to what end?  If we are unclear about our identity and mission, we risk being at best charitable or even "radical" without bearing witness to anything different than what the world can already produce.  Each presenter represents very different congregations yet they shRead more Listen 70:47 minutes (8 MB)

Dr. Jimmy Dorrell speaks at CCDA 2005 on how to run a ministry that addresses the needs of the whole person. Listen 245:23 minutes (8 MB)