| MEMBERSHIP IN COLLABORATIVE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION (CNT)
Participate in forming the Collaborative for Neighborhood Transformation (CNT), whose driving purpose is to bring together organizations that are interested or committed to seeing wholistic transformation take place in individuals, communities, states and nations because of their collaborating together.
Follow this link to join the Collaborative for Neighborhood Transformation!
 CNT is a virtual organization made up of its members which is governed by an elected steering committee.
CNT Purpose:
To collaborate together for greater impact and nurture a North American movement for transformational development particularly in urban neighborhood settings.
The Collaborative is completely committed to action which transforms individuals, communities/neighborhoods, and nations physically spiritually, emotionally, and socially. Our goal is to so influence individuals that their attitude and worldview produces visible changes in all sectors of their life, in their community/neighborhood, and in their nation.
CNT Principles:
A commitment to operate the collaborative under the following principles:
- Be focused on God's Kingdom.
- Have defined commonalities with a strong expressed need to
wholistic transformational ministry.
- There are three levels of membership based on the commitment of the member to put into practice CTN
- CTN is equitably owned by all participants based on their level of membership.
- Participants have equitable rights and obligations but it does not
attempt to impose uniformity.
- CNT is open to all qualified participants who agree with the
wholistic approach to ministry in whatever sector.
- Power, function, and resources are attempted to be distributed to the
maximum degree.
- Authority is attempted to be equitable and distributive within each governing
entity. No interest should be able to dominate deliberations and
decisions.
- No existing participants should be left in a lesser position by any
new concept of CNT.
- Have a coordination team and steering committee who are the
committed core members giving the collaboration direction.
- To the maximum degree possible, everything should be voluntary.
- The collaboration attempts to induce, not compel, change.
- CTN attempts to be indefinitely malleable yet extremely
durable.
- CNT is designed to be capable of constant, self-generated modification.
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CNT Core Values:
Carefully articulated, core values insure that an organization's commitment to a vision becomes reality. They help to guarantee that during implementation, the vision, program integrity, sustainability, effectiveness, and applicability are preserved. A fuller explanation of CNT Core Values can be found under What CNT is Built On.
- Integration and Wholism:
- Commitment to the Poor and Marginalized:
- Long Term Solutions:
- Identifying and Using Neighborhood Assets:
- Releasing Neighboring to Help Neighbors:
- Local Ownership and Initiative:
- Participatory Learning:
- Multiplication and Movements:
- Christian Servant Leadership:
- Contextualization:
CNT Membership
- Is open to a church, agency or individual that:
- Is committed to, investigating or interested in transformational wholistic
ministry, primarily being done in urban neighborhoods of their choice.
- They agree to uphold to the best of their ability CNT's Purpose, Principals and Core Values.
- Has completed or is undergoing Neighborhood Transformation training.
- Is trying or wants to apply what they have learned in NT training.
- Have filled out a CNT application and been accepted into membership.
- All members have equal rights, privileges and responsibilities.
- Key decisions will be made by members. Such decisions include:
- Election of steering committee
- Membership changes
- Dues
- Organizational structure
- Votes necessary to make decisions is 33% of the members.
- Key voting takes place at the Annual general Meeting.
- CNT will be led on a day to day basis by a steering Committee elected by the members
- Steering Committee Members:
- There shall be up to seven members and collectively they shall be known as the Steering Committee.
- They shall be committed to Transformational Ministry, Purpose Statement, Principals and Core Values.
- The members will be elected for a 3 year term with 1/3 being elected each year.
- They shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting by the members at a place convenient for members of CNT.
- If there is no face to face AGM then an e-mail messages is sufficient with major decisions being agreed to by 1/3 of all members.
- Meetings of Steering Committee
- Regular meetings shall be held on three times a year with one time being concurrent with the Annual General Meeting unless such day falls on a legal holiday,
- The other two meetings will be set equally apart during the calendar year. Meeting can be face to face or virtual using phone or web conferencing.
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