Josh Williams is the Lead Pastor of the Elm City Vineyard Church in New Haven, CT and Associate National Director of Evangelism and Justice for VineyardUSA. Josh endeavors to create a church culture where the Spirit has permission to give people lives that look more and more like Jesus. He has pursued this over the years as a pastor at ECV, a student at Yale, and a neighbor in New Haven, Kensington, and Edgewood. He has also worked with nearby prison and homeless ministries. Through teaching and leading, Josh hopes to create communities which are responsive to the Spirit’s call that a different world is possible. Josh loves the work of justice but finds peace and mercy even more beautiful. He is deeply committed to Kingian non-violence and leads the Elm City Vineyard's nonviolence ministry working towards the end of gun violence in New Haven and providing compassionate outreach when it happens.

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