Mary Glenn

Mary Glenn joined Fuller’s faculty in 2022 after serving as an affiliate faculty member for over a decade, beginning in the former School of Intercultural Studies. She initially taught on the topic of urban youth ministry (as far back as 2010) with the Fuller Youth Institute. Dr. Glenn teaches courses in the School of Mission and Theology master’s degree programs, where she serves as a faculty member for the MA in Justice and Advocacy degree, co-lead for the intercultural studies and urban ministries concentration and the MDiv chaplaincy concentration, and co-creator and co-chair of the MA in Chaplaincy degree. She was a team member of Interfaith America’s Faith and Health campus grant that partnered Fuller’s MA in Chaplaincy degree program and the Thrive Center (2024–2026) and the guest co-editor of FULLER Magazine Chaplaincy Issue 28 (Fall 2024), which was awarded first place for a single-theme issue by the Evangelical Press Association. Glenn has served on Fuller’s Faculty Senate since 2023 (vice-chair 2024–2025 and chair 2025–2026) and the Senior Leadership Team (2025–2026). She was a responder, facilitator, and panelist for “Missiology in a New Generation” Missiology Lectures (2025).

Through her work as a pastor, chaplain, and educator, Glenn serves as a bridge builder. Ordained non-denominationally, she has more than 20 years of pastoral experience. A lover of cities—particularly Los Angeles, which she calls home—she regularly leads urban immersions and Downtown LA city walks. She has also led community development organizations, including co-leading Cities Together, working with collaborative movements and leaders for city transformation. Glenn has served as a certified chaplain since 2001 with three different agencies and as a law enforcement chaplain trainer, and holds a certification in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). She currently serves as an advisory board member with the U.S. Army Military Chaplaincy Review and previously served on the boards of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA); of Central City Community Outreach in Downtown Los Angeles/Skid Row; and of Chaplaincy Innovation Lab’s “Chaplains as Facilitators of Covenantal Pluralism” Project (Templeton Religion Trust, 2022–2024). She has taught in a variety of academic contexts and has presented and provided training nationally and internationally on grief, trauma-informed care, resiliency, chaplaincy, the ministry of presence, and God’s shalom.