David Swanson is the founding pastor of New Community Covenant Church, an intentionally multiracial congregation in Chicago's Bronzeville community, and serves as CEO of New Community Outreach, a nonprofit working to reduce causes of trauma in the neighborhood. He is a former Director of Church Planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church and the author of a forthcoming book with InterVarsity Press about discipleship and race. He and Maggie have been married for 20 years and they have two sons. You can connect with David online at dwswanson.com, twitter.com/davidswanson, or facebook.com/david.w.swanson.
