Dishon Mills

Dishon Mills is grateful for how God is forming and inviting him to participate in the life and work of Christ. He serves as the pastor of Grace Communion Steele Creek, a new, multiethnic congregation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dishon is actively involved in issues concerning racial healing, mission, and leader development. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he studied Sociology and African American Studies, and received a Master in Pastoral Studies from Grace Communion Seminary. Dishon and his wife, Afrika Afeni Mills, have been married for over 27 years, and have two adult children.

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