David Fitch, Author at Missio Alliance https://missioalliance.org/author/davidfitch/ Curating content and conversations around the most pressing needs of the church to foster meaningful change. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-missio-alliance-fav-32x32.png David Fitch, Author at Missio Alliance https://missioalliance.org/author/davidfitch/ 32 32 Rejecting a Colonial Approach to Evangelism https://missioalliance.org/rejecting-a-colonial-approach-to-evangelism/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:16 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=84890 Several years ago now, my wife and I and our young child were hanging out with our Muslim friends in Harmony Park, a central park ... Read More

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]]> The Three Waves Metaphor: How Culture Shapes the Way We Work for Justice https://missioalliance.org/the-three-waves-metaphor-how-culture-shapes-the-way-we-work-for-justice/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:30:11 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=78372 *Editorial Note: “The State of the Church in America” plenary session from Awakenings 2023 is now available for download. The keynote lecture you will read below ... Read More

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]]> The Different Kind of Leaders Needed for the Future of the Church https://missioalliance.org/the-future-of-leading-a-church-in-north-america/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:00:15 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=72370 Oh, I can hear you already. “Evangelicalism is dead. Get over it, Fitch! Let it sink into the ocean, for Pete’s sake! The church that ... Read More

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]]> Challenging Trumpism: Lessons from Beth Moore on Leadership https://missioalliance.org/challenging-trumpism-lessons-from-beth-moore-on-leadership/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 15:00:25 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=70588 A few weeks ago, Relevant Magazine highlighted the Twitter storm that followed Beth Moore’s critique of Christians who have succumbed to “Trumpism,” which she described ... Read More

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]]> Advent for “the Rest of Us”: Avoiding Exclusion, Welcoming Wonder https://missioalliance.org/advent-for-the-rest-of-us-avoiding-exclusion-welcoming-wonder/ https://missioalliance.org/advent-for-the-rest-of-us-avoiding-exclusion-welcoming-wonder/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:00:44 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=70168 For younger ex-evangelicals, discovering the historic liturgies of the church after being raised in the “thin-lyrics” of megachurch worship (what I once called “feel-good pep ... Read More

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]]> https://missioalliance.org/advent-for-the-rest-of-us-avoiding-exclusion-welcoming-wonder/feed/ 1 A Nation Waits: The Great Rebuke for the Church to Ponder https://missioalliance.org/a-nation-waits-the-great-rebuke-for-the-church-to-ponder/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:00:57 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=69615 Editor’s Note: as we all await an answer to the question of who will become our next president, we have asked a number of key ... Read More

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]]> The Value of a Bonhoeffer Biography At a Time Like This https://missioalliance.org/the-value-of-a-bonhoeffer-biography-at-a-time-like-this/ https://missioalliance.org/the-value-of-a-bonhoeffer-biography-at-a-time-like-this/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:00:53 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=68876 Illustrated books are becoming a new genre for me. What they do is so unusual it is hard to explain. They combine art with the ... Read More

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]]> https://missioalliance.org/the-value-of-a-bonhoeffer-biography-at-a-time-like-this/feed/ 1 The Potential of Faithful Presence During a Pandemic https://missioalliance.org/faithful-presence-during-a-pandemic/ https://missioalliance.org/faithful-presence-during-a-pandemic/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:17:10 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=66431 No doubt, if you pastor a large church or are on its pastoral staff, you were already presented with the reality that groups larger than ... Read More

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]]> https://missioalliance.org/faithful-presence-during-a-pandemic/feed/ 5 How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 2) https://missioalliance.org/how-to-be-a-reconciling-presence-part2/ https://missioalliance.org/how-to-be-a-reconciling-presence-part2/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:00:47 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=65734 (Editor’s Note: this is the second in a two-part article by David Fitch on being a reconciling presence in a vitriolic world. You can find ... Read More

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]]> https://missioalliance.org/how-to-be-a-reconciling-presence-part2/feed/ 2 How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 1) https://missioalliance.org/how-to-be-a-reconciling-presence-in-a-vitriolic-world/ https://missioalliance.org/how-to-be-a-reconciling-presence-in-a-vitriolic-world/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:00:16 +0000 https://missioallianc1.wpenginepowered.com/?p=65554 (Editor’s Note: this is the first in a two-part article by David Fitch on being a reconciling presence in a vitriolic world. Part 2 will ... Read More

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