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    • Wednesday, December 10, 2025
    • Sunday, May 31, 2026
    • Deadline for registration
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    Launch of the CCDA Mentoring Program Cohort 2026

    We are excited to announce the launch of the second cohort of the CCDA Mentoring Program, delivered in partnership with Stellar Mentoring, a leading mentoring platform for professional associations.

    This 9-month mentoring program is designed to support your personal and professional growth by connecting you with an experienced mentor (or mentee) aligned with your goals and aspirations.

    ⚠️ Important – Registration Required

    Please note that your participation is only confirmed once you complete your registration on the Stellar platform, our mentoring partner.
    If the Stellar registration is not completed, your place in the program cannot be guaranteed.

    Program Requirements

    • Open to Individual Gold Members and above

    • Requires active participation and commitment throughout the 6-month program

    • Registration to this event is a pre-registration step only

    ✅ How to Complete Your Enrollment

    To officially enroll and be matched, please complete the following steps after registering for this event:

    1️⃣Register to this event

    2️⃣Sign up on the Stellar platform
    https://ccda.stellarmentoring.com/lobby/signup

    2️⃣Confirm your email address and enroll in the CCDA Mentoring Program

    Follow the relevant onboarding video:

    Need Support?

    We look forward to supporting you throughout your mentoring journey and wish you a rewarding and impactful experience.

    Warm regards,

    Scott Overpeck, Director of Membership

    Audrey Braconi, CEO Stellar Mentoring Team

    • Thursday, January 15, 2026
    • Thursday, October 08, 2026
    • 6 sessions
    • Online
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    Come meet other CCDA practitioners who are working on the front lines of economic empowerment ministries. We’ll connect with other practitioners who are working in this space for the purposes of sharing ideas and encouragement that helps us grow together in the area of economic empowerment ministries. This peer-to-peer support network will brainstorm new ways to tackle local challenges in your communities. Come be refreshed and enjoy the fellowship of others who get you!  

    Follow our network here: ccda.org/economic/


    • Thursday, January 22, 2026
    • Thursday, June 22, 2028
    • 30 sessions
    • Online
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    You are invited to join us for our Monthly Member Office Hours!

    CCDA Member Office Hours are a monthly chance to connect with CCDA staff and other members. It's your time. Share what you are working on. Ask questions. Have conversations. Build community. It's an open forum to spend some time together with a few other members and connect. 

    For the month of April, we are turning the mic over to our members, to come and ask your most pressing membership questions (and we can answer your conference-related questions too!)

    This is a session that you do not want to miss. Join us, April 23, 1:30pm EST.

    • Tuesday, January 27, 2026
    • Tuesday, May 19, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Zoom

    Do you ever feel isolated in leadership? Are you unsure where you can find a supportive professional community to navigate tough decisions and challenges?

    The good news is that executive leadership doesn’t have to be lonely. This is why CCDA is launching an Executive Leadership Peer Coaching Circle in 2026. 

    Each month, a small group of leaders will meet together for peer coaching and collaborative discussion. These hour-and-a-half sessions will include breakout groups where you can share experiences, challenges, and successes in a confidential space.

    This year’s Peer Coaching Circle is focused on pastors and non-profit leaders. You will have opportunities to meet with a seasoned CCD bi-vocational senior pastor, along with executive nonprofit facilitators. These sessions with this supportive community will help you navigate church and nonprofit leadership during this challenging time.

    Registration ends January 26 and there are limited spots available, so register today!

    How is an executive leader defined? In this context, Executive Leader/Leadership is defined as Executive Director, President, CEO, Senior Pastor, or Business Owner. Essentially, the head of an organization who reports to a governing entity; the person in charge of the organization. Non-hierarchical shared executive leadership is welcome.  Contact Mary Beth Meadows at marybeth@ccda.org if you have any questions.

    • Tuesday, February 17, 2026
    • 11:00 PM
    • Friday, January 01, 2027
    • Online
    Register


    We envision practitioners of community development designing their work in a way that includes all of creation to build beloved community and experience transformative kinship. God covenants with people and the earth together. When we work toward whole, mutual flourishing, we are aligned with God’s mission to renew, restore, and reconcile ALL things (Gen. 9; Col. 1; Rev. 21).

    Follow our network here: ccda.org/ecological

    • Wednesday, February 25, 2026
    • 12:00 PM
    • Friday, January 01, 2027
    • Online
    Register


    Our check ins are spaces to meet other AAPI practitioners, share, process, pray, and just be together. If you are new, old, returning, or adjacent to CCDA, we would love to have you join us!

    Follow our network here: ccda.org/aapi

    Meeting links will be sent upon registration.

    • Thursday, February 26, 2026
    • Friday, December 11, 2026
    • 11 sessions
    • Online
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    This is a space for WOC in CCDA to come together and share their stories, be encouraged, receive prayer and also have a moment to inhale and exhale. We hope to reflect on who God has called us to be and share our hopes and dreams for the future. We desire to champion each other for years to come.

    • Thursday, March 19, 2026
    • Thursday, October 08, 2026
    • 3 sessions
    • Online 3/19 and 6/18; In person 10/8
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    Here’s an opportunity for like-minded individuals in the community to share best practices in walking alongside families in a transformative way.  Families at risk for family breakdown are often isolated.  Let’s discover ways to intentionally support families before family breakdown occurs. Together, we can collaborate, resource, and network to support families holistically. Come meet other CCDA practitioners who are working on supporting families to keep them safe and strong. We will update each other about networking, resourcing, and other opportunities here.

    Follow our network here: ccda.org/familysupport

    • Friday, March 20, 2026
    • Friday, November 20, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Online
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    This enriching network is designed specifically for churches that are eager to learn about and implement Christian Community Development (CCD) principles. This network offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow church leaders, share insights, and explore new strategies for community engagement and empowerment.

    Join us for our bi-monthly check ins.

    • Thursday, March 26, 2026
    • Tuesday, December 08, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Online
    Register

    The CCDA Behavioral Health Network is excited to share curated behavioral health resources as well as professional networking opportunities to help you on your journey of learning about behavioral health. Behavioral health includes the emotions and behaviors that affect holistic wellbeing, which includes the mind, spirit, and body connection. Behavioral health considers how someone’s mental and physical functioning impacts their health.

    • Thursday, March 26, 2026
    • Thursday, October 08, 2026
    • 4 sessions
    • Online
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    These meeting will assist participants in developing their own entrepreneur support programs and resources. We'll share updates on successes and challenges. We'll also share resources that can help participants strengthen their entrepreneur support programs.

    Learn more and connect with us here - https://ccda.org/esa/

    • Wednesday, April 08, 2026
    • Friday, October 09, 2026
    • 4 sessions
    • Online
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    Intentional Christian community began in Jerusalem, as told in Acts 2:44-47 and 4:32-35. Christ’s followers have established and maintained community living in every century since the early church… and this expression of discipleship continues to challenge and call believers today.

    This group meets to share questions and experiences around living in various expressions of community. Resources and networks will be offered. The group is facilitated by members of intentional communities and churches practicing community in various formats.

    Learn more about our network here ccda.org/intentional-community/


    • Monday, April 13, 2026
    • Monday, August 10, 2026
    • 3 sessions
    • Online
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    This affinity group is a safe place to discuss how the Church can integrate the disabled, neurodiversed, and their families. This group is also a safe place to seek healing from ableism, from both inside the church and from the world. This is a place to figure out how to do life while managing our disabilities and/or supporting those with disabilities.

    • Thursday, April 16, 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Online
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    Join this event for an in-depth look at the role profits play in America's criminal legal system, a $445 billion-a-year industry.

    Bianca Tylek, executive director of Worth Rises, joins Jesse Crosson, author of The Best Part of Prison: Power of Second Chances and Reclaiming Life Out of Darkness, for a time to truly count the cost of incarcerating nearly 2 million people in thousands of jails and prisons, often at a profit.

    We'll dig into why private prisons are not the only ones to blame for financial exploitation. The entire arc of the system -- from arrest to incarceration to reentry -- is riddled with ways of extracting wealth from the most vulnerable.

    How can we care for our neighbors, speak truth, and work against dehumanization?

    Come for a time where Bianca and Jesse share their work and wisdom, followed by a Q&A where you as an audience member can engage them.



    • Friday, April 17, 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Online
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    Join us after a week of Locked in Solidarity events for a check-in to reflect on the week, share resources, and encourage each other in this necessary work!


    • Monday, April 20, 2026
    • Tuesday, April 21, 2026
    • 2 sessions
    • Zoom
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    How can we be a people of radical welcome in a trauma-filled world? 

    In this intensive, we explore how hospitality can be extended as a form of trauma-responsive leadership. 

    Over this two-day course, we will look at how trauma works in personal, interpersonal, and collective aspects, and the skills needed to practice trauma-responsive presence and engagement. We will also discern how our unique talents, education, and experiences can be leveraged to benefit others. 

    Why Hospitality? 

    Hospitality creates a culture where all are welcome. It is an invitation to participate and contribute to working for the good of individual transformation and life-promoting social change. Hospitality says, “I see you, and I hear you,” and serves as an antidote to the trauma that fragments belonging in our communities.

    By learning more about trauma and its effects, we can ensure that our hospitality fosters healing instead of re-traumatizing others. We will explore cultural frameworks of contemporary hospitality, along with the theoretical foundations of trauma-responsive engagement and leadership.

    Through class discussion, case studies, and more, this two-day course will equip you to respond in a trauma-responsive way. This session will help you recognize, assess, and respond hospitably, compassionately, and effectively to care situations.

    Join us April 20-21 from 12pm-3:30pm EST for this special intensive!

    Learn more at ccda.org/syo

    **Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for a total of .6 CEUs for 6 total hours of class; contact Mike McGhee at 3eRestoration for more information on CEU requirements at mike@3erestoration.org.





    • Wednesday, April 22, 2026
    • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
    • Zoom
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    In a noisy and disconnected world, where do women share and receive wisdom?

    Bridging the Gap: Shared Wisdom Among Women Across Generations is an interactive session that honors women as spiritual anchors, community builders, and justice-pursuers. This session is for women of all ages and life experiences.

    In this space, we will share and receive from one another around three key guiding questions:

    • Where do we sit to receive wisdom? 
    • What are the unspoken expectations between generations of women?
    • How might we create spaces of mutual learning and shared guidance? 

    Join us on April 22, 2026 at 1pm ET for this powerful, interactive guided discussion. 

    During this gathering, we ask: 

    • That you come ready to share and receive wisdom
    • Commit to being fully present 
    • If able, come with your camera on during this virtual meeting 

    This gathering is designed to serve as a launchpad for a summer leadership cohort that equips women to bridge generational divides and lead together with shared wisdom.

    Learn more here 


    • Tuesday, April 28, 2026
    • Tuesday, September 29, 2026
    • 6 sessions
    • Online
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    If you identify as Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan, Hawaiian Native, or as someone reconnecting/reclaiming indigeneity check in with us using this networking space. We get to shape this space and use this network for connection, support, sharing resources, and holding space for each other.

    • Wednesday, April 29, 2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Online
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    Join us as we launch CCDA's Urban Youth Worker Affinity Networks.

    The Urban Youth Worker Network is designed to connect, empower, equip, and educate urban youth leaders so they can lead more effectively and fulfill their mission with greater impact.

    • Wednesday, June 03, 2026
    • Wednesday, October 07, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Zoom & Preconference Event at CCDA's National Conference
    • 15
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    Do you want to make your organization more inclusive for people with disabilities, but aren’t sure where to start? Check out our Disability Inclusion coaching circle!

    CCDA is partnering with Radiate Social Impact to bring you the Disability Inclusion for CCD Practitioners Coaching Circle. 

    This coaching circle will meet once a month from June to October for an interactive learning session and peer coaching. You will leave with the knowledge and the practical steps to help make your organization more inclusive for people with disabilities. 

    Learn more about the coaching circle, schedule and content, and facilitator here.


    • Thursday, June 04, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Online
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    Operations staff are often the caretakers of the organization and can put everyone else ahead of themselves. This can result in burnout and isolation. Many ops staff feel unseen, misunderstood and under appreciated No matter the cause, operations, admin, and other "behind-the-scenes" staff are the backbone of CCD. When operations are embraced as ministry strategy, processes are more integrated with impact. Whether you're a seasoned pro or have picked up administrative roles along the way, the CCD Ops, Admin and Support Staff Network offers an opportunity to come together on a consistent basis to support and learn from each other. 


    • Wednesday, August 19, 2026
    • Wednesday, September 23, 2026
    • 6 sessions
    • Zoom
    • 24
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    In a noisy and disconnected world, where do women share and receive wisdom? 

    The Bridging the Gap Women’s Leadership Circle is a space for women of all ages and life experiences. Together, we will seek to create a space where we identify the wisdom-keepers among us, from the elders, bridge-builders, aunties, quiet truth tellers, and community organizers. 

    During these interactive sessions, you can expect to:

    • Practice sacred presence and active listening as catalysts for relational leadership, compassionate service, and emotional/spiritual rootedness for long-term impact in community and ministry leadership settings.
    • Engage in intergenerational wisdom-sharing to bridge gaps, honor culturally diverse experiences, and build mutual learning across life stages and ministry contexts.
    • Discern Spirit-led invitations to courageous belonging, especially when navigating tender, difficult, or cross-cultural conversations in ministry and community leadership. 
    • Translate relational insight into community action, understanding how attentive presence and shared stories fuel systems change, advocacy, and collective empowerment for peace-building goals to be achieved.

    Don’t miss this space to build relationships, learn from one another, and gain wisdom to share with your community. 

    Learn more here


    • Wednesday, October 07, 2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • Saturday, October 10, 2026
    • 12:00 PM
    • Greater Richmond Convention Center
    • 3701
    Register

    Conference Location

    The conference will be held at Greater Richmond Convention Center, located at 403 N 3rd St, Richmond, VA 23219

    Click HERE to learn more about the 2026 National Conference

    Registration changes, deletions, additions, etc.

    Have questions you can't find answers to? Check  out the CCDA Help Center.

    Plan to arrive early for Go & Sees and Preconference events on Wed.

    • Wednesday, October 07, 2026
    • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
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    2026 CCDA National Conference Go & Sees offer a great opportunity to experience amazing CCD ministries in the Greater Richmond area. Go & Sees provide conference participants an opportunity to learn from practitioners on the ground in the neighborhoods and communities local to the conference.

    Options include:

    Hampton Roads & Williamsburg

    Arrive early on October 7 to tour Hampton Roads and Williamsburg and learn from some amazing CCD practitioners. Get outside of Richmond and explore the history of slavery in the United States, and how communities are responding to that legacy.

    Stops on this Go & See will include:

    • Fort Monroe (Originally known as Point Comfort): This is the site where the first documented Africans arrived in English North America in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery and shaping a complex legacy of resilience and community. We will tour the first landing site, museum, and memorial.

    • Lunch and Learn: Southeast Newport News is a historically redlined community that has long been shaped by public disinvestment, racial segregation, concentrated poverty, housing inequality, and environmental racism. Learn about the enduring legacies of these practices and how local organizations are loving their neighbors and their neighborhood.

    • Pineapple Inn and Housing Center: This collaborative effort in Williamsburg provides homes for displaced neighbors through trauma-responsive, asset-based approaches. This coalition includes 3e Restoration, along with churches, faith-based organizations, non-profits, businesses, community members, and more.

    • Historical Williamsburg: We will explore some landmarks around Historical Williamsburg and learn about the Williamsburg Truth and Reconciliation Committee.  

    Together, we will face the truth of our nation’s history, experience the effects on communities today, and learn from locals who are dedicated to loving their neighborhoods. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore Hampton Roads and Williamsburg with the CCDA family!

    About this Go & See:

    • This is a full-day experience on Wednesday, October 7, from 9:30 am-5 pm.

    • We will travel by charter bus, departing from and returning to the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

    • Plan to eat breakfast before you arrive; lunch will be provided.

    • Wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes.


    Charlottesville

    What does wholistic community development look like in a neighborhood that’s been historically overlooked?

    Join Abundant Life Ministries to explore the Prospect Avenue neighborhood in Charlottesville, Virginia. This Go & See will give you a glimpse into radical hospitality, wholistic care, leadership development, and more. 

    Stops on this Go & See include:

    • Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries: Learn how the Prospect Avenue campus was acquired, the historical use of this site, and community and church partners in the work. Tour the resources that are available for youth development and see Charlottesville Abundant Life’s work and staff development in this community.

    • Lunch and Learn: We will share a meal together and delve into wholistic community development through the eyes of Amy Sherman, one of the founders of Abundant Life, and a national leader in Community Development. We will glean from her expertise to broaden our imaginations and ground us theologically into what’s possible. 

    • Theological Horizons & UVA: We will visit the University of Virginia campus to deepen our learning from the Theological Horizons Perkins Fellows and the UVA Center for Community Partnerships. UVA's Carolyn Mitchell-Dillard will join us to talk about UVA/Charlottesville partnerships and walk with us to the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.

      • Kindness Café: This non-profit coffee shop provides meaningful employment for adults with cognitive disabilities while creating a joyful, inclusive community space, and is a community partner of the Perkins Fellows. 

      • University Outreach: We will learn how the Perkins Fellows supports students and seekers at UVA through faith-based community engagement and what UVA is doing to build partnerships with the Charlottesville community.

      • Memorial to Enslaved Laborers: Together, we will tour the memorial on the UVA campus. This is a permanent tribute to the enslaved individuals and families who built and maintained the University of Virginia.

    Join us on 10/7 for this Go & See, where we will explore what wholistic Christian Community Development looks like and the theological grounding for our work. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore Charlotteville with the CCDA family!

    About this Go & See:

    • This is a full-day experience on Wednesday, October 7, from 9:30 am-5 pm.

    • We will travel by charter bus, departing from and returning to the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

    • Plan to eat breakfast before you arrive; lunch will be provided.

    • Wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes.

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