Theme
The gospel of the kingdom reconciles human hearts to God while simultaneously dismantling systemic injustice, family fragmentation, and economic despair. Lewis articulates a comprehensive theology of urban flourishing where church communities establish schools, foster job training, advocate for affordable housing, and disciple the whole person. A reader learns to unite personal evangelism with community development, proving the truth of the gospel through tangible neighborhood transformation.
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.
