MODULE 9: COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION (CT)

Community Transformation happens as Kingdom people address the needs of the community and lead it to reflect the principles of the Kingdom of God in its social, economic, and political aspects - it is called Community Discipling.

KINGDOM AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (POWER POINT)

or use OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND THE SLUMS (to be edited)
    DEVELOPMENT THEORY (to be edited)

RESOURCES

Reading: HELP! HELP! I'M DYING
                AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?
             BREAKING THE POVERTY CYCLE
               URBAN SLUMS WORLDWIDE

2. OPTIONAL TOPIC: POVERTY IN FIRST WORLD CITIES
       Readings: KINGDOM BUILDING AMONG NEW YORK'S POOR

3. SPECIAL TOPICS
Depending on the expertise among trainees in each class, different ones of the following topics will be taught from the stories of the students.

1. EDUCATION (to be developed by Chona)

    VIDEO: PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AND CHURCHPLANTING IN MANILA -    on separate CD

    DEVELOPING COMPUTER CENTRES IN THE SLUMS

2. CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMICS
    WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY (POWER POINT)
    SETTING THE ECONOMIC CAPTIVES FREE
3. PRIMARY HEALTH (to be developed )
4. PROJECT DESIGN  (to be developed)
5. DEVELOPING YEARLY ACCOUNTS (to be developed )
6. DEVELOPING A BUDGET (to be developed )
7. SOCIAL WORK

TRAINING OUTCOMES
1. Understanding: The trainee will be able to demonstrate from the scriptures how social work and community development are a reflection of the nature of God in his relationship to humanity and the God-human-land relationships.
2. Understanding: The trainee will be familiar with basic concepts of 4 of the following in the slums: social work, project design, developing vocational education, primary education, micro-enterprise, credit cooperatives, primary health care and their relationship to churchplanting in the slums.
3. Skills: Trainees will plan to initiate their churches into the first steps of engagement with the community.

© Viv Grigg & Urban Leadership Foundationand other materials © by various contributors & Urban Leadership Foundation,  for The Encarnacao Training Commission.  Last modified: July 2010