Strategic Partnerships Series: Bobby Watts
Bobby Watts, MPH, MS, CPH, Bobby currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of National Health Care for the Homeless Council based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has thirty years of experience in direct service, management, development, and implementation of health, social service, shelter, and policy and advocacy programs with and for mentally ill, HIV-positive, substance-abusing, persons experiencing poverty and poor populations, and training programs for those who serve them. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences in Ithaca, NY; Master of Public Health from Columbia University, School of Public Health, Division of Health Administration; and Master of Science in Epidemiology from Columbia University, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology. He has numerous publications featured in the AMA Journal of Ethics, British Medical Journal, New York Times, and National Health Care for the Homeless Council in the past 11 years.
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We hope you will look for opportunities to meet Bobby Watts and others like him at the next CCHF Conference (CCHFConference.org).
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CCHF's Vision: We envision a movement of God's people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.
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Learning Series: Wayne Gordon
Wayne Gordon is an author, pastor, and teacher. Wayne is the founder of Lawndale Christian Community Church on the west-side of Chicago. In over 41 years of ministry “Coach,” as he is affectionately known, has played a key role in numerous community development initiatives. He is one of the founders of the Lawndale Christian Health Center, founding president of the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, and Lawndale Christian Legal Center.
Wayne Gordon helped to formulate the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and served as president for the 1st 25 years and is now president emeritus. CCDA is a network of individuals and ministries nationwide who engage in Christian community development efforts. Over 3000 people attend the national CCDA conferences and the CCDA movement continues to expand.
Wayne also heads up a Lawndale campus of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as Associate Professor of Christian Community Development. He along with Dr. John Perkins directs a Doctoral & Masters program in Christian Community Development.
Wayne Gordon presented this practical workshop at the 2024 CCHF Conference. In this episode Wayne will teach you how to stay fresh and not burn out so you can have decades of fruitful ministry. In this episode he will discuss keys for long-term ministry.
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CCHF's Mission: The mission of Christian Community Health Fellowship is to encourage, engage and equip Christians to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor and marginalized.
CCHF's Vision: We envision a movement of God's people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.
To learn more about Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) and how you can get involved please visit our website at CCHF.org. If you see medicine as more than a career choice - as a calling to serve Christ – then these are your people. Yearly we host the CCHF Conference where hundreds of individuals and organizations join together to network, learn, and worship. Visit https://www.cchfconference.org/ for full schedule, details, & to register!
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Learning Series: Rev. Dr. Jonathan Brooks
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Brooks is the lead pastor at Lawndale Christian Community Church located on the west-side of Chicago. He is affectionately known as "Pastah J". He is also the author of the popular book "Church Forsaken". He is a graduate of Northern Theological Seminary (MDiv) and recently obtained his Doctorate of Ministry in Christian Community Development. (PhD).
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Brooks presented this powerful workshop at the past 2024 CCHF Conference. He will challenge you to rediscover that loving our neighbors means loving our neighborhoods. Unpacking the themes of Jeremiah 29, Brooks shows how Christians can be fully present in local communities, building homes and planting gardens for the common good. His holistic vision and practical work offers good news for forgotten people and places. Community stakeholders and civic leaders will rediscover that faith institutions are viable partners in community transformation in ways that they may never have considered.
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CCHF's Vision: We envision a movement of God's people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.
To learn more about Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) and how you can get involved please visit our website at CCHF.org. If you see medicine as more than a career choice - as a calling to serve Christ – then these are your people. Yearly we host the CCHF Conference where hundreds of individuals and organizations join together to network, learn, and worship. Visit https://www.cchfconference.org/ for full schedule, details, & to register!
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Legacy Series: Art Jones
Host: Steve Noblett
The story of Lawndale began with a group of high school students, a football coach leading a bible study, and a 4th year medical student. That football coach was Wayne Gordon. And that medical student was Art Jones. Art went on to help found Lawndale Christian Health Center, which started out as a clinic that charged just $5 a visit and that worked out of what had previously been a burned out Cadillac dealership.
It's an amazing story, and it continues to unfold. Art went on to do his residency in internal medicine and then a cardiology fellowship. And Lawndale Christian Health Center has grown to become a model and a mentor for scores of Christian health centers around the country. It's the largest employer and one of the biggest economic engines in the west-side of Chicago. Art is now a consultant with Health Management Associates and he continues to work for systemic change in health care on a macro level.
He was kind enough to meet with me recently in Lawndale Christian Health Center’s original building. We talked about the LCHC’s story, about the influence that CCHF has had on his life and on the development of the health center. He shared his insights on the need for leaders to redesign the way we think about health care delivery.
Christian ministry is not at odds with providing the best care possible for our patients and to do it in a financially sustainable way. Art said it makes total sense to do the right thing, to make our decisions based on what we know is right, best for our patients, and to recognize that we have patients who have never passed through our doors and may never pass through our doors. It's easy to understand why Art has been such an inspiration and mentor for so many Christ centered health centers and their leaders.
For more than 25 years, Art's leadership at Lawndale Christian Health Center maintained a balance of faith and innovation. My prayer is that we will take up Art's Challenge to rethink and redesign health care access in ways that meet the needs of our patients.
If this resonates with your heart, then come to the next CCHF conference and meet others who are willing to be thought leaders and innovators in delivering whole person care that serves even the most vulnerable in ways that reflect the compassion and the justice of God.
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CCHFTalk is a production of Christian Community Health Fellowship.
CCHF's Mission: The mission of Christian Community Health Fellowship is to encourage, engage and equip Christians to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor and marginalized.
CCHF's Vision: We envision a movement of God's people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.
To learn more about Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) and how you can get involved please visit our website at CCHF.org. If you see medicine as more than a career choice - as a calling to serve Christ – then these are your people. Yearly we host the CCHF Conference where hundreds of individuals and organizations join together to network, learn, and worship. Visit https://www.cchfconference.org/ for full schedule, details, & to register!
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Strategic Partnerships Series: Dr. Jeanne L. Allert
Dr. Jeanne L. Allert, PhD, founded The Samaritan Women in 2007, one of the first restorative care programs for trafficking survivors in the United States. After 13 years of direct service, she created the Institute for Shelter Care, a national initiative that conducts industry research, addresses gaps in service and seeks to improve the quality care for victims of sexual exploitation. Jeanne served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, was the Human Trafficking Contributor for the National Advisory Council for the Conference on Crimes Against Women and is a Graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy. Jeanne holds a Master’s in Education, Master’s in Divinity and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychological Studies, specializing in domestic sex trafficking. Her work has been featured in numerous articles, in the 2015 documentary “In Plain Sight,” and the 2022 documentary “Sex Nation.”
This is a conversation CCHF CEO, Steve Noblett, had with Dr. Allert at the 2024 CCHF Conference. We encourage you to watch the recording of Dr. Jeanne L. Allert's workshops at the 2024 CCHF conference here: https://youtu.be/75XBYyA1LLQ?si=405TIGGgaVXf6WgK and https://youtu.be/D2120AvcfRA?si=DojzItUc7NowLy_1 . Also, you can watch the video recording of this interview on our CCHF YouTube channel.
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CCHF's Vision: We envision a movement of God's people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.
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