Evie & Craig Chapman

Retirement? No way! Refocus? Yes!! The Chapmans moved into the City of Compton in 2012. Since then, they've helped to plant many new things: a community garden, a church in a residential neighborhood, and other gardens throughout the city.

God is very much at work in their lives using them to connect with neighbors of every race and background. They've joined the local Spanish missional community and are learning the language as well.

Craig and Evie have become grandma and grandpa to most everyone in the church community and have had many opportunities to share their love and lives with them.

Susan & Bob Combs

Susan and Bob have spent the past 25 years living and ministering in Compton, a community in Los Angeles County. They are the parents of 3 wonderful children who help balance life and ministry. It is their privilege to live in such a diverse, welcoming community and to have the opportunity to share the love of Christ through words and deeds.

Rafael Osoria

I’m the youngest and a twin of my family. My family lives in Florida and I am the only one way far out in California. I serve with and live alongside the youth in our community in Compton. We have Bible studies Friday night for everyone and their friends to join. I am also part of a smaller more intentional discipleship group with 6 other young men. It has been a delight to walk alongside them and sharpen each other’s walk with the Lord!

Dr. Sherridan Ross

Dr. Sherridan Ross is part of the Metro Community Development team in Compton. He works with young adults in Compton helping them to be leaders in the community. Dr. Ross does ministry in the Compton community garden talking to youth and adults from the streets about the love of Jesus and getting them into a church and/or mentor programs in the Compton area. The garden provides a good place to introduce God's grace to youth that don’t know the Lord Jesus.

Tonya Herman

Tonya has served in Compton-area ministry since 1993. She is the lead trainer and has developed Changing Spaces, a training to help groups, churches, and businesses understand the cultural structure of social class and poverty. She is passionate about developing youth, mentoring young people, and investing in the younger staff on her team. She is especially grateful for her 2 young adult children, her incredible community, and a God who remains the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Juwan & Vanessa Cummings

Juwan and Vanessa Cummings are in Compton, California serving local youth and young adults, along with their puppy Ice Cube. They are a part of the Metro CDC team who’s mission is to partner with Compton’s future leaders and empower them to grow spiritually, emotionally, and physically. They are currently hosting small groups out of their homes, disciplining youth, and co-running different programs like the career/education Success Lab.

Metro Community Development Corporation is an accumulation of over twenty years of ministering, partnering and implementing numerous youth and family development programs in the City of Compton and throughout Los Angeles County.

After years of working alongside the urban church across LA, we came together to focus on the city in which we live. We are a team of professionals, ministers, lay leaders and community members dedicated to loving and serving our city; having the vision to see it transformed.