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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Dishon Mills

Learning a Better Way to Practice Mission

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Daniel Yang

The Immigrant Canary Stuck in the American Evangelical Coal Mine

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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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Missio Alliance

Discerning 2024: Our Leading Voices

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Eun Strawser

Sabbath Isn’t About Stopping

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Brad Brisco

The Welcome Rise of Co-Vocational Church Planters

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Amber H. Jones

Sherene Joseph

Bethany Becker

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 3)

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Amanda Hecht

Benjamin Park

Emily Beth Hill

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 2)

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Heather Matthews

Sexism in the Church Decreases Missional Effectiveness

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Vatreisha Nyemba

Lamont Hartman

Cheryl You

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 1)

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting for God

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Steph Armstrong

Radical Discomfort: The Crux of Incarnational Mission

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Robert Chao Romero

Christianity’s Growing Cultural Identity Crisis

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Heather Matthews

Biblical Justice Includes Justice for Women

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Derek Vreeland

Rise Above: Why Politics Matter, But Not As Much As Your Soul

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Rowland Smith

Rewilding the Mission of the Church

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David Swanson

Reconciling to Place

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Mandy Smith

Can Christian Leaders Hope to Flourish?

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Joshua E. Livingston

Maroon Church: Desert Wisdom for Fugitive Worlds

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Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

El Encanto Latino: Un Regalo Para La Iglesia

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Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

The Latino Encanto: Gifts for the Church

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Liliana Reza

Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us

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Missio Alliance

Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church

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Heather Matthews

Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)

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Vatreisha Nyemba

Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts

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Emily Beth Hill

Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

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Cheryl You

The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor

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Amanda Hecht

Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church

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Chris Kamalski

Oneya Okuwobi

Finding Our Voice: Introducing the 2024 Writing Fellows Cohort

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Mandy Smith

What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership

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Todd Deatherage

Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown

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Eun Strawser

Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit

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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)

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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)

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Dennis R. Edwards

Disruption in the Life of the Church: Then

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Phillip Lewis

Our Deep Desire is to be Witnessed

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Mark Glanville

Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom

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Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

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Ian McFadden

Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?

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Tracy Mathews

The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation

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Macho Lara

The Loaves and Fish Paradox: Planting a Church While Bi-Vocational

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Miriam Swanson

The Disruption of Life

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Mandy Smith

Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired

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Missio Alliance

Chris Kamalski

Reflectively Listening to a New Year

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Eun Strawser

Advent: Expressible Joy

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Missio Alliance

Jer Swigart

Jon Huckins

Rich Villodas

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza

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Andrew Arndt

The Speed of Love

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Sherin Swift

Nine Lessons For Christian Leaders (Who Also Happen To Be Female)

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Eun Strawser

Loneliness is the Penalty for Women Leaders

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Alan Hirsch

Metanoia: Wholehearted Change in Unprecedented Times

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today (‘I Have A Dream’ 60th Anniversary Version)

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Derek Vreeland

Interrogating ‘Tough Guy’ Masculinity

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MaryKate Morse

Why Go to Seminary?

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Graham Joseph Hill

‘Holisticostal Mission:’ Paradigm Shifts in Theology and Practice (Pt. 2)

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Graham Joseph Hill

‘Holisticostal Mission:’ Paradigm Shifts in Theology and Practice (Pt. 1)

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Isabel Tom

The Gift Underneath Our Wrinkles: Is Aging Actually A Grace?

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Gino Curcuruto

Surprised by God at Tables: Extending the Eucharist Into the Neighborhood (Pt. 2)

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Gino Curcuruto

Surprised by God at Tables: On The Eucharist as Mission (Pt. 1)

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Amy Davis Abdallah

How to Celebrate a Meaningful Name Change: ‘Consecrated Woman in Ministry’ to Reverend