Community Leadership & Development, Inc. (CLDI) seeks to foster transformation and redevelopment in the South Side, Billings’ oldest and most marginalized neighborhood. As part of this effort, our CLDI staff have invested in this community as residents of the...
In seeking to encourage transformation of the South Side and its residents, the works of CLDI are targeted toward community revitalization, outreach, and discipleship. In regard to community revitalization, CLDI is committed to seek the shalom of our city, and in...
This is the 'home' of an individual outside of a building we are hoping to buy. As part of this vision, CLDI will provide (10) efficiency apartments and (2) one bedroom apartments to serve the most marginalized of our city; office space for CLDI; expansion of Hannah...
Fluency can be explained as the ability to express oneself easily and articulately. I have long been envious of my friends who have grown up speaking two languages since childhood. They can move smoothly between conversing with parents in one language and carrying...
Recently I was taking our CLDI interns through a book written by author Bob Lupton. By all accounts, Bob is a well-respected Christian community developer guru that has lived and worked for decades in the poorest communities of Atlanta, GA. In his book, Toxic...
As part of the Fellowship House, our intern program to recruit and encourage kingdom-minded, eternally focused disciples of Jesus Christ, we lead the interns on an international trip to the 10/40 Windowto expose them to God’s heart for the nations. This past February...
Recently I read through the book of Leviticus as Moses was instructed by the Lord as to how the people of God were to pursue holiness and so remain in relationship with Him. Every time I read through the Old Testament I am amazed by the abundant patience, grace, and...
I was talking recently with one of the gals I have worked with for over a year through CLDI’s Hannah House Ministries. As I listened to her share what she was struggling with the thought came to my mind that she had two options for moving forward: she could...
As we enter into a season of advent, we celebrate the arrival of the promised Messiah. 700 years prior to the birth of Jesus, Isaiah prophesied the coming of One who would bring justice, hope, and love:“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a...
*The following is written by a current CLDI/Fellowship House intern, Sarah Beth. Having graduated from Covenant College this past spring, Sarah Beth joined us in September to participate in a nine-month internship to: live in the community we serve, work alongside...