Dr. Dwight J. Friesen

Dwight J. Friesen (he/they) serves as Professor of Practical Theology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. With a rich history in pastoral work, church planting, and directing the Leadership in the New Parish think-tank, Dwight is also a founding board member of Parish Collective and co-founder of the Inhabit Conference. He is actively engaged with the Urban Shalom Society and Faith for Cities, in mobilizing religious traditions to engage the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals,” UN-Habitat’s “New Urban Agenda,” and the “The City We Need Now!” campaign as faithful expressions of their respective traditions.  As an author or co-author, Dwight has written several works, including Thy Kingdom Connected, Routes & Radishes, The New Parish, and 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change. Currently residing in the Lake Hills neighborhood of Bellevue on Seattle’s Eastside, Dwight was born and raised in Brandon, Manitoba, and proudly retains Canadian citizenship.