Coach Gordon has lived and served in Lawndale for 43 years. He has worked as a high-school coach and as pastor of Lawndale Christian Community Church, building deep, long-term relationships. Key principles of church-based community development he teaches in this course include:

• loving God and loving neighbors

• listening to people in the community because they have the best solutions to their local problems

• learning a theology of place and the importance of place for ministry

• looking at issues of racism, justice, and poverty

Interested in taking this course as part of a seminary degree? Visit this page to learn more.