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Fuller Welcomes Mary Glenn as Assistant Professor of the Practice of Chaplaincy and Community Development
The School of Mission and Theology welcomes Mary Glenn as assistant professor of the practice of chaplaincy and community development. Prior to joining the faculty full-time, Dr. Glenn served as an affiliate faculty member for over a decade, beginning in the former School of Intercultural Studies. Through her work as a pastor, chaplain, and educator,…
Fuller Welcomes Jennifer Ackerman as Assistant Professor of Preaching
The School of Mission and Theology welcomes Jennifer Ackerman as assistant professor of preaching. For the last five years, Dr. Ackerman has served as the director of Fuller Seminary’s Brehm Preaching—A Lloyd John Ogilvie Initiative, where she has worked to catalyze a movement of empowered, wise preachers who live and lead at the convergence of…
Fuller Professor Joey Fung Part of Team Awarded $3.5 million NIH R01 Grant
Fuller Seminary is pleased to congratulate Professor Joey Fung as part of a team that received a prestigious five-year, $3.5 million R01 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Fung is the director of Fuller’s Travis Research Institute and an associate professor of psychology in the Clinical Psychology Department in Fuller’s School of…
Celebrating a Record Year of Giving and Announcing the “Transforming Hope” Campaign
Fuller Seminary is excited to announce the completion of a record year in fundraising, with $45 million in new gifts and pledges—including $28.1 million in cash—received between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. In addition, the number of new donors to the seminary increased by 6.5 percent from the previous year. This good news…
Statement on the Passing of Pasadena Councilman John J. Kennedy
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Pasadena City Councilman John J. Kennedy. We are very grateful for John’s great work in our community and as our representative over the years. He was a good friend of Fuller and we pray to our Lord to bring comfort to his family and loved ones in…
Fuller Receives Gift to Endow De Pree Center Chair
Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce that Mary Vermeer Andringa, chair emeritus of Iowa-based Vermeer Corp., and her husband, Dale Andringa, have donated $2.25 million to Fuller Theological Seminary to create and endow the Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director Chair in Fuller’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership. Earlier this year, former De Pree…
We Weep Today With God Over Uvalde
We weep today with God. Our Lord—who made and loves each person—weeps over each one who was threatened, injured, shot, traumatized, or killed in Uvalde, Laguna Woods, and Buffalo. Jesus wept with Martha and Mary over Lazarus. We weep with sorrow over these lives lost to another tragedy and horror brought on by gun violence…
New Partnership Contextualizes Fuller’s Church Planter Training for Australia
Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce a new partnership between the Fuller Church Planting Initiative and City to City Australia, the largest church planting network on the continent. As a result of this partnership, the Australian Church Planting Certificate will launch in Fall 2022. Developed by Len Tang, director of the Church Planting Initiative, and…
Wayne Park Appointed Chancellor of Fuller Texas
Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce that Wayne Park, program director at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership, has been appointed chancellor of Fuller Texas. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the Houston campus and Fuller’s partnerships throughout Texas. In addition, Dr. Park will lead the development of a long-term plan…
New Experienced Leaders Cohort to Enrich Fuller’s MAICS Program with the Best of the MAGL
Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce the new Experienced Leaders Cohort in the newly redesigned MA in Intercultural Studies (MAICS) program in the School of Mission and Theology. The Experienced Leaders Cohort within the MAICS will be a similar offering to the MA in Global Leadership (MAGL), which has provided alternative spaces to form mission…