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.