The Torchbearer Foundation organized the first Christian Community Development (CCD) Conference in Africa in the year 2000, in Cameroon. Since then, four other annual conferences have been organized in 3 cites of Cameroon. These conferences brought together over 700 Christian leaders of Cameroon and some African countries to share and promote the CCD vision.

General objectives of the Torchbearer CCD conferences

1. Get together Christian leaders of Cameroon and Africa to share and promote the vision of CCD.

2. Equip participants with resources to develop ministries that will impact their environments ö Christians, church leaders, missionaries, and other Christian ministries to bring spiritual and economic transformation of their communities in a way as to glorify God's name.

To achieve the general objectives, the conference programmes are composed of Bible Studies, workshops and plenary sessions, having specific objectives. There is also time for visitation of stands and networking.

Briefs from CCD 2003 Conferences

Close to three hundred participants from five nations and 16 denominations came together for the 4th annual Christian Community  Development conferences in Cameroon in 2003. These conferences took place in Ndu (July 27 to August 1) and Yaounde (August 10 to 16) under the theme "The Supremacy of Scriptures in Christian Community Development". Participants were encouraged and challenged to:

-Love the Scriptures

-Learn the Scriptures and

-Live the Scriptures

Participants were blessed with the teachings of anointed and experienced men and women of God from Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and the USA.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Christian Community Development Conference

2006

The Torchbearer Foundation is organizing its 4th International CCD Conference in Cameroon in 2006.  Details of this conference will be posted later on our 'Upcoming Events' page.

Since the year 2003, the Torchbearer Foundation's CCD conferences which were an annual event became a triennial event.