Theme
Biblical reconciliation is not emotional sentimentality, colorblind denial, or political weaponization; it is the active, costly ministry of advocacy. Grounded in Christ's priestly intercession, Lewis charts the narrow path between two destructive extremes: the apathy of the adversary who protects the status quo, and the rage of the activist who dismantles without building. A reader learns to leverage social capital, bear the relational weight of another's brokenness, and embody the cross by advocating for the marginalized within the household of God.
Dhati Lewis is the founding pastor of Blueprint Church in Atlanta, the founder and president of the Rebuild Initiative (MyBLVD), and the former Vice President and President of the North American Mission Board's Send Network. Born and raised in California as the son of an NFL player, he came to Texas on a football scholarship to the University of North Texas, where an emerging call to ministry — through football chaplaincy and college ministry — set him on a path toward urban disciple-making. After a Master's in Cross-Cultural Ministry at Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he moved to Atlanta in 2009 with roughly twenty-five others to plant Blueprint Church on the conviction that the church "is not like family; it is family," and that disciple-making — not church-planting — is the true engine of multiplication.
