Category: Community Developers

Learn from Harlem Children’s Zone

The Harlem Children’s Zone has created a new paradigm for fighting poverty, intended to overcome the limits of traditional approaches. Our model focuses primarily and intensively on the social, health, and educational development of children. To help support that development, we also provide wrap-around programs that improve the children’s family and neighborhood environments. The theory [...]

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Charis Community Housing

Charis Community Housing is about proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God by restoring the physical vibrancy of urban communities. It is the real estate arm of FCS Urban Ministries which attracts and harnesses economic forces to create community empowerment through real estate. Charis prepares the soil for community development, assembles land, constructs [...]

Life After the Leadership Development Program: A Voice for the Voiceless

As I look into my life, one thing stands true. God is faithful, and He knows the plan He has for each and every one of us. Jeremiah 29:11 has come true in my life.
I graduated in 2005 from Daystar University with a degree in community development. Upon graduating, I became a volunteer at [...]

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Leadership Development Program: A Dream Opportunity

From yesterday’s post:
By the time I had completed high school, I did not know what the next step would be for me, because in Kenya at the age of 18 years I was due for graduation from the Compassion program and that was it.

I heard of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) from the social [...]

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Park Community Church faces the history and future of Cabrini Green.

When standing on the site of Park Community Church’s new building the view is certainly breathtaking. Under the Chicago skyline you are lined on one side of the street by brand new half-million dollar town homes, and on the other by public housing projects slated for renovation. The stark contrasts of the rapidly changing neighborhood [...]

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