Writers
Anchored by a diverse group of Leading Voices, our Featured Writers and the 2024 Writing Fellows Cohort cultivate a safe space for profound theological reflection, insightful cultural analysis, and authentic witness to the global Church. Our writing centers on the holistic integration of three key areas: Formation, Justice, and Mission.Leading Voices
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Andrew Arndt
Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor of New Life East, one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs.![Featured image for “Carolyn Custis James”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Carolyn-Custis-James-Missio-Alliance.jpeg)
Carolyn Custis James
Carolyn Custis James is an award-winning author who thinks deeply about what it means to be a female follower of Jesus in a postmodern world.![Featured image for “Dennis R. Edwards”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dennis-R.-Edwards-Missio-Alliance-2024.jpg)
Dennis R. Edwards
Dennis hails from New York City, by way of Washington, DC. He's a learner and a teacher, a husband and a father, a pastor and servant.![Featured image for “Derek Vreeland”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Derek-Vreeland-Missio-Alliance.jpg)
Derek Vreeland
Derek Vreeland is the Discipleship Pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri.![Featured image for “Kyuboem Lee”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lee_Kyuboem_missio-alliance.jpg)
Kyuboem Lee
Kyuboem serves as DMin Program Director and Assistant Professor of Missiology at Missio Seminary.![Featured image for “MaryKate Morse”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Morse-MaryKate-Missio-Alliance.jpeg)
MaryKate Morse
MaryKate Morse, PhD, is professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation at Portland Seminary.Featured Writers
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David Swanson
David Swanson is an author and the founding pastor of New Community Covenant Church.![Featured image for “Eun Stawser”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Eun-Stawser-Missio-Alliance.jpeg)
Eun Stawser
Eun Strawser is the co-vocational lead pastor of Ma Ke Alo o with missional communities multiplying in Honolulu, HI.![Featured image for “Ian McFadden”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ian-McFadden-photo.jpeg)
Ian McFadden
He is one of the pastors of Saint Mo’s, a young, multiethnic church plant in the heart of the city.![Featured image for “Karina Kreminski”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pzuKgi1i-e1482316324189.jpg)
Karina Kreminski
Rev. Dr. Karina Kreminski is Co-Director of Neighbourhood Matters. She has been a Senior Minister in the Church and was Missiology Lecturer at Morling College in Sydney.![Featured image for “Kris Beckert”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Beckert_Kristin.png)
Kris Beckert
Kris is the lead pastor of Table Life Church near Harrisburg, PA and also serves as Mission Strategist with Fresh Expressions North America.![Featured image for “Miranda Zapor Cruz”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2020_STM_MirandaCruz-scaled.jpg)
Miranda Zapor Cruz
Miranda Zapor Cruz is an associate professor of historical theology at Indiana Wesleyan University![Featured image for “Robert Chao Romero”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Headshot-Zoom.png)
Robert Chao Romero
Robert Chao Romero is an associate professor in the UCLA departments of Chicana/o Studies and Central America Studies, and Asian American Studies.![Featured image for “Seth Richardson”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/seth-200x200.jpg)
Seth Richardson
Seth Richardson is an Anglican priest, leading Resurrection Little Rock, an Anglican contemplative community in Little Rock, Arkansas![Featured image for “Sherin Swift”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sherin-Swift-03.27.21-tree-smile-scaled-e1619710642375.jpg)
Sherin Swift
Sherin Mathew Swift is the Connections and Equipping Pastor at New Life Fellowship, a multiethnic church in Queens, NYC.![Featured image for “Gaby Viesca”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_2377-Sarah-Schepens.jpeg)
Gaby Viesca
Director of Programs![Featured image for “Sean Palmer”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/missiohead.jpg)
Sean Palmer
Vice Chair, Teaching Pastor, Ecclesia Houston![Featured image for “Tara Beth Leach”](https://www.missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Leach_Tara-Beth_01-1-Krystal-Speed.jpg)