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What is Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)?
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is a strategy for community-driven development. The appeal of ABCD lies in its premise that communities can drive the development process themselves by identifying and mobilizing its existing, but often unrecognized, assets.
ABCD builds on the assets that are already found in the community and mobilizes individuals, associations, and organizations to come together to build on these assets – not simply focusing on the needs. The result of ABCD is
community-driven, not agency-driven, development. ABCD draws out strengths and successes in a community’s shared history as its starting point for change.
ABCD pays particular attention to the assets inherent in social relationships. An intentional effort to build and nourish relationships is at the core of ABCD and of all community-building.
Guiding Principles for ABCD
Everyone in a community has something to offer
Everyone has gifts – people want to contribute
Gifts must be discovered
Every community is filled with an invisible “motivation for action”
Discovering this “motivation for action” comes best from listening
Stronger participation comes from asking questions rather than giving answers
Engaging the community for their solutions brings true community transformation
People are better than programs in engaging the wider community
Relationships build a community
Ministry In, To/For, or With a Community THE “IN” CHURCH
The church simply takes up space in the community The church is centered on church members only
The church has no interaction with its surrounding community
THE “TO / FOR” CHURCH
The church wants to do good things for its community
The church decides internally what it is going to do for the community
The church, using its own money and influence, does activities to and for the community
THE “WITH” CHURCH
The church acknowledges God is already in the neighborhood
The church listens to its neighbors, discovering what God is already doing
The church (with its gifts) partners with the community (with its gifts) for lasting Change
Think of the ministries of your church …
Decide if each is an “In,” “To/For,” or “With” ministry … Are there any adjustments that need to be made?
