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    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development
    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development
    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development
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    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development

    By LULA BAILEY BALLTON, RAE LYNNE JOHNSON and SR. BISHOP CHARLES E. BLAKE

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    The Essential Guide on How to Start and Sustain a Christian CDC

    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places looks to the Scriptures and ground-level experience to help churches, faith-based institutions, nonprofits, and others breathe life into communities with a stewardship approach to social and economic justice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUrban Ministries, Inc.
    Release dateDec 2, 2019
    ISBN9781683535270
    Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development
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    LULA BAILEY BALLTON

    Dr. Lula Bailey Ballton is Executive Director of Community and Economic Development, Church of God in Christ, Inc. She is CEO emeritus, co-founder, and former president of the West Angeles Community Development Corporation (WACDC), operating within the greater ministry of the West Angeles Church of God In Christ under the pastorate of Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. Dr. Ballton assists faith-based institutions, churches, CDCs, and nonprofits to identify and leverage their assets to create wealth for their communities through her independent consultancy firm, Lula Ballton and Associates.

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      Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places - LULA BAILEY BALLTON

      INTRODUCTION

      Development Is Ministry—The Theology of Economic Development

      A Case from Vision to Implementation

      Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places: A Guide to Christian Community Development explores the scriptural and real-world basis for a clear vision of God’s purpose for us as it relates to our dominion over and development of His earth and His people. It is a discussion of social and economic justice as stewardship. The three-part book features profiles of staff members at West Angeles Community Development Corporation (WACDC), which I established for Bishop Charles Blake, pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ. Thanks to the efforts of Sam Hughes, Claudia Jones, Paul Turner, and others at WACDC, their leading role in administrative development, economic development, and program development helped bring about an applied theology of Christian community development in South Central Los Angeles. The profiles are followed by Steps to Follow, so you can establish or reinvigorate a community development corporation in your own community based on your particular circumstances and resources. "How to Use Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Places" will give you more

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