Christian Foundations
According to Romans 1:18-25, the invisible qualities of God have been seen and understood through the things God has _________.
made
A group of people whose relationships are defined by territory rather than simply by interests.
The opposite of a reform approach to planned change is a ______________ approach.
revolution
A _____________ is a extensive tract of land and all that is on it—trees, rivers, beaches, mountains, crops, wildlife, buildings, roads, and, of course, people.
Landscape
This approach to community development is all about community involvement in the decision making process.
Self-Help
What are the four foundational relationships in community development work?
Relationship between God and human beings.
Relationship between human beings and human beings.
Relationship between human beings and "self"
Relationship between human beings and creation
In simplest terms, Community Development is ___________ __________.
Planned change.
In Self-Help approach, the role of community developers is to ___________ a process.
facilitate
_________________ are plants, animals, minerals, and water that make up natural communities.
Resources
This approach to community development is outcomes focused.
Technical Assistance
The BEGINNING of a Christian approach to Community Development begins here.
Genesis
Development can be understood in these four ways:
I
P
O
P
Ideology
Process
Outcome
Program
The opposite of a populist approach to planned change, is a(n) ____________ approach
elitist
When the landscape is valued because it can make money, the landscape is being viewed as a _________________.
commodity
This approach to development assumes that addressing the issues or needs of clients will inevitably lead to confrontation with those who have more wealth or power.
Conflict approach
What's one passage of Scripture, that is not from Genesis, that informs our view of creation as Christians?
•Resources are part of general revelation (Romans 1:18-25).
•Creation praises God (Psalm 148; Revelation 5:13; Luke 19:36-40).
•Creation was made through Jesus Christ (John 1:3).
•Creation is being reconciled to Christ (Colossions1:19-20).
_______ ___________ is the distinctiveness/uniqueness of a place.
Place identity
Name 4 different kinds of actors/groups that engage in community development work.
• National government
• local governments
•nonprofit organizations
•private foundations
•for-profit organizations/corporations
•professional associations
•universities
Resources shape communities by:
1.
2.
1. opening up opportunities
2. imposing obstacles
The opposite of an individualistic approach to community development is a _____________ approach.
Structuralist
Despite the challenges in the world, why can we press on as christian Community Developers?
We have HOPE because of the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ.
_____________theory suggests that in environments where small problems go unaddressed, crime and disorder will follow.
broken windows theory
In our 4 relationships diagram, what four systems are each of us a part of?
1. Political system
2. Economic system
3. Social system
4. Religious system
Social behavior has ____________ causes and ________________ causes.
SOCIAL causes and NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL causes.
Technical Assistance can be a form of development when the outside developers takes the _______________ in the project process.
initiative