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

Reconciling to Place

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David Swanson

Practicing Pilgrimage

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Helen Lee

Michelle Reyes

Racial Transformation Begins in Your Home

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Donnell Wyche

Eleven Ways to Be a Great Partner to BIPOC Communities

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David Swanson

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

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David Swanson

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

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Rich Villodas

The Need for Deeply Formed Pastors

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Pierce VanDunk

The Cost of Unity

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Dorothy Littell Greco

The Importance and Challenge of Diverse Friendships

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Gena Thomas

How Do We Think About Affirmative Action as Christians?

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Sean Palmer

When God Reveals You Prefer Whiteness: A Response to Gaye Clark

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Efrem Smith

Wounded Reconcilers

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David Fitch

“I am a racist”: My Speech at the Church and Post-Christian Culture Conference

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David Fitch

The Missional Movement is Mostly White and What We Should Do About it. Warning: Blog Post by A White Male