David Swanson

David W. Swanson is the founding pastor of New Community Covenant Church and lives with his family on the South Side of Chicago. He is the founder and CEO of New Community Outreach, a non-profit organization dedicated to healing community trauma through restorative practices. David is the author of Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity and Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice. Connect with David at his website.

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David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 2)

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David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 1)

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Reconciling to Place

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The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

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Disrupting Legacies of White Supremacy in the Church

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Practicing Pilgrimage

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Christian Nationalism: What Dismantles It

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Christian Nationalism: What Defines It

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From Interrogated to Reimagined: the Evolution of the Multiethnic Church (Part 2)

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From Invisible to Interrogated: the Evolution of the Multiethnic Church (Part 1)

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A Verdict to Both Lament and Praise

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Ten Characteristics of Biblical Justice

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Resilience, Race, and Resistance: Plenary Highlights, Part 2

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Loving Across the Divides

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A Moment or a Movement?

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Terrible Truths for the Church to Face

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On Leading During a Pandemic

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Telling the Truth About White Privilege

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Tremble this Advent

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A Risky Opportunity for Discipleship

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Immigrants Under Attack: Five Ways the Church Can Respond

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Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

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Read this Book If You Want to Minister Holistically in a Fractured World