a church-based approach to neighborhood transformation

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 = emergency aid to reduce immediate suffering

Relief

Definition = services aimed at equipping individuals with skills and/or abilities to provide for their own basic needs.

Individual Betterment

Does not build stronger, sustainable communities

ReliefIndividual

Betterment

Individual Betterment

plus

Relief= a way out of the community.

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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

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

Mixed-Income HousingJobs & Economic DevelopmentCradle to Career EducationHealth & Wellness Services

Wendell Phillips Neighborhood

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?

YES!with the right helpwith the right peoplewith hard work and prayerful resolve

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

The Co-Op: a church-based approach to neighborhood transformation

a church-based approach to neighborhood transformation