About ACCD

Our Vision: Transforming lives through God's love, leaving a legacy of forgiveness, faith, and freedom. Have it, live it, give it!

Our Mission/Purpose: We celebrate others and invite them into a lifestyle of transformation through Christian trainings, seminars, workshops, and outreach.

Our Values:
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ssociation - family, community, relationships, teamwork
Christian - faith, hope, love, wisdom
Character - humility, honor, courage, responsibility, integrity
Development - transformation, reinvention, restoration, repentance, reconciliation, creativity, maturity

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Dan and Aileen Tocchini, the founders of ACCD,
discuss the founding of the ministry
and key events in its history

For you who participate in our trainings and use the materials we offer, our hope is that you will develop a deeper love of God, His Word, and others, and develop a life that demonstrates that love from moment to moment.

Christian character is described in the Bible with specific traits. In fact, the word "character" is what we use to capture the essence of these traits in a single English word. One who displays Christian character is courageous and resourceful, a force to be reckoned with even while remaining open to others and their ideas, patient in suffering, and dedicated in their love for others (just as they would want others to be dedicated to them).

Learn more about what we mean by "Christian character"

Our Vision: Transforming lives through God's love, leaving a legacy of forgiveness, faith, and freedom. Have it, live it, give it!
Learn more about our mission
Learn more about our vision

Our Mission/Purpose: We celebrate others and invite them into a lifestyle of transformation through Christian trainings, seminars, workshops, and outreach.
Learn more about our purpose

Our Background and Faith
: ACCD was founded in 1994 to minister to the church universal through the development of biblically-grounded experiential trainings.
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The Doctrinal Basis of our Faith. The Association for Christian Character Development avers and presents these classic creeds as a statement of faith.
Learn more about the doctrinal basis of our faith