the co-op: churches working together for neighborhood transformation
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The Co-Op is a collaborative urban/suburban church-based approach to neighborhood transformation.
Our Mission:
To mobilize, equip and facilitate collaboration to bring about
neighborhood transformation.
End goal: …to see the quality of life for an entire neighborhood changed and transformed.
Sustainable change: …neighborhood transformation based on economic development, home ownership and local leadership.
Sustainable change that is scalable: …a replicable model that can be adapted to other neighborhoods.
Transforming our city one neighborhood at a time:
Executive Leadership Team / Co-Op Board
Jonathan Bell, Dir. of Missions, Church of the Resurrection Jeanna Repass, Dir. of KC Missions, Church of the Resurrection Matt Adams, Missions Pastor, Westside Family Church Randall Leonard, Dir. of Missions, Colonial Presbyterian Church Keith Washburn, Principal, Washburn & Associates Dennis Solis, Sr. Pastor, CrossPoint Community Church Greg Ealey, Sr. Pastor, Paseo Baptist Church Tom Bassford, Executive Director, Significant Matters Rob Givens, Retired (Former CEO Mazuma Credit Union) Desiree Monize, Executive Director, Avenue of Life
Definition = services aimed at equipping individuals with skills and/or abilities to provide for their own basic needs.
Individual Betterment
Definition = investments and establishments that increase the wealth-generating capacity of a community, strengthen infra-structure and improve the quality of life for all.
Community Development
ReliefIndividual Betterment
Community Development
Focus Acute Needs / Crisis
Abilities, Capacity, Exposure
Access, Ownership, Environment
“The failure to distinguish among these situations is one of the most common reasons that poverty alleviation efforts often do harm.” When Helping Hurts, pg 104
ReliefIndividual Betterment
Community Development
Focus Acute Needs / Crisis
Abilities, Capacity, Exposure
Access, Ownership, Environment
Examples
•Disaster Relief•Soup Kitchen•Food Pantry•Homeless Shelter
•Tutoring/Mentoring•Training/Life Skills•Home Repair•Transitional Housing
•Economic Development•Financial Services•Home Ownership•Infrastructure•Safety
ReliefIndividual Betterment
Community Development
Focus Acute Needs / Crisis
Abilities, Capacity, Exposure
Access, Ownership, Environment
Examples
•Disaster Relief•Soup Kitchen•Food Pantry•Homeless Shelter
•Tutoring/Mentoring•Training/Life Skills•Home Repair•Transitional Housing
•Economic Development•Financial Services•Home Ownership•Infrastructure•Safety
Metrics of Success
Number of People Served
Number of People “Equipped”
Community’s quality of life and its ability to sustain it
1. Locally developed, based on proven models
2. Urban church & pastor as a starting
point ViableCollaborativeCommunity Focused
1. Locally developed, based on proven
models
2. Urban church & pastor as a starting point
3. Strengths-based neighborhood
approach
AssetBasedCommunityDevelopment(ABCD)
Needs-BasedApproach
Strengths-Based Approach
1. Locally developed, based on proven
models
2. Urban church & pastor as a starting
point
3. Strengths-based neighborhood
approach
4. Marketplace & Ministry Partnership
Neighborhoods changing their quality of life through four strategic areas:
Education Housing Economic Development Health & Wellness Services
Every neighborhood a place where basic needs are met without outside charitable resources and where the community itself can provide the means and opportunities for individuals to grow and achieve their potential?
Can the Urban/Suburban Church of Kansas City be a leader in the realm of “community development” the way it is with relief and individual betterment?
Prayer
Get Involved Economic Development Team
Housing Development Team
Engage with a current Neighborhood (Paseo/Wendell
Phillips, CrossPoint/Hickman Mills or Mission House/KCK
Tell others!
Funding
Here’s How You Can Help