COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A FAITH BASED MODEL

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A FAITH BASED MODEL

• Gateway to the Community Conference
• October 27, 2001
• Jerry Appleby, Facilitator

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Jerry Appleby, Facilitator

• Experience
• Honolulu 1st
• Pasadena Bresee
• Restore Orlando
• Reaching Our City

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FOUNDATION PILLARS
COMMUNITY
FAMILY
CHURCH
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EVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY
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WHAT COMMUNITIES HAVE OFFERED

• Security
• A sense of identity and belonging
• A framework of shared assumptions and values
• A network of caring individuals.
• The experience of being needed

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THE BEGINNING OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY

• The rise of easy transportation systems
• The spread of better and better communication.

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RELATED CAUSES

• Individualistic culture
• Excessive competitiveness
• Emphasis on individual performance.
• Impersonal contacts with one another
• Telephone ordering
• Computer ordering
• ATMs

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What are the consequences of this shift?

• The breakdown of the family
• People suffer isolation, alienation, and
  estrangement
• A steady stream through the court system,
  psychiatrists office and drug abuse clinics
• It starts in the inner city and spreads through
  the suburbs.
• The poor feel the consequences more than the rich

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POOR SOLUTIONS

• A Charity mentality
• Racial Polarization
• Socio-economic polarization
• Government programs replacing church involvement

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THE REGENERATION OF THE COMMUNITY
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THE REGENERATION OF THE COMMUNITY

• Remove the barriers that exist within the church
• Rekindle the value of the group without loosing
  the individual pride.
• Reinsert the Church into the center of the
  community.

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DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY

• Look for the felt needs rather than Quick Fixes
• Preach and Team the Church as housing ministers
  of reconciliation
• Clearly outline the priorities of the needs of
  the community
• Prioritize the needs

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DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY (CONTINUED)

• Support community residents and involve outside
  people in working under and through residents.
• Develop programs as leadership develops.
• Support the programs financially