The term “diversity” is often misunderstood. It does not just have to do with underrepresented groups; it involves understanding and embracing the cultures we all carry with us. Each one of us operates from out own...

Martin Accad keenly recognizes the Middle East's special complexities and challenges. Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, he lived through that country’s 1975-1991 civil war and experienced firsthand the realities of religious conflict...

For Ryan Bolger, "church" is a word that does not need to evoke images of steeples and stained glass. A specialist in the interplay between church communities and contemporary cultural developments...
 

“I think most churches and Christian ministries—no matter where they are in the world—would say they need well-prepared, spiritually mature, visionary leaders,” says Donna Downes, associate professor of global leadership...

To Alvin Dueck, psychology is a discipline that touches every aspect of what it means to be human--the sciences, the arts, culture, and especially the spiritual life. As professor of the integration of psychology and theology...

As assistant professor of church history, Nathan Feldmeth believes passionately that the past holds relevance for today. “We need to know our story—the story of faith. As we face the challenges of being faithful Christians...

John Goldingay, Fuller’s David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament, grieves over the way the church pays so little attention to the Old Testament. “So many students in my classes ask, ‘Why does my pastor never preach on it?’” he explains...

“Fuller has both a national and an international reputation for being on the cutting edge of evangelical education. I want to be a part of that cutting.” So says Carolyn Gordon, associate professor of communication...

“I have a great scholarly interest,” says Jehu Hanciles, “in studies related to the new global context in which Christianity finds itself at the dawn of this millennium—with newly emerging frontiers, a need for new forms of Christian missionary engagement...

“David Allan Hubbard, Fuller Seminary’s eminently influential president of 30 years, was “a man of unlimited peripheral vision,” says trustee emeritus Max De Pree. Dr. Hubbard had a vision for offering...

David Allan Hubbard (1928-1996) was the third president of Fuller Theological Seminary, serving from 1963 to 1993. During these three decades he led the school to become one of the world's largest...

“Ideas live in libraries. To walk into a good theological library is to enter into a great cloud of witnesses—voices past and present, the din of faith seeking understanding. What better place to sculpt a...

“I love Fuller’s diversity in terms of nationalities and denominations. Indeed, Fuller is like the whole world in miniature,” observes Professor of Systematic Theology Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen...

Fuller professor Seyoon Kim has a passion for building up the global church in two important ways: “I love doing scholarly research and writing on biblical studies in a faith-affirming environment,” he shares, “and I love teaching...

"Around the world a new song is rising in the hearts of believers as they encounter Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior," declares Roberta R. King, who teaches communication and ethnomusicology in Fuller’s School of Intercultural Studies...

Matthew Krabill, a Fuller student who brings with him a long Mennonite heritage, describes changes in the Mennonite church that are striking: Over the last century, it has been transformed from a North American...

Juan Martínez was first attracted to Fuller by the seminary’s “clear commitment to forming Latino/a pastors and leaders through the Hispanic Church Studies program,” he says. “It was a privilege for me to join the august line of people…

None of the eulogies that I read about writer John Updike, who died in January, said anything about his funeral service. I hope it included a reading of his wonderful poem...
 

As Director of Fuller's Korean Studies program in the School of Intercultural Studies, Timothy Park invests himself in tailoring missionary theory to fit Asian contexts. "Asians are different from Westerners, and have a unique contribution to make...

“Socially marginalized children and families have long been poorly served in our mental health care system,” says Lisseth Rojas-Flores, assistant professor and director of clinical training for the School of Psychology's Department of Marriage and Family....

Hana Shin, a second-generation Korean American from San Francisco, remembers the moment God prompted her as a young student to ask the question that would become her mission: “How can I, as a person of faith, respond to suffering...

"I enjoy thinking with students and faculty colleagues about a variety of theological issues," says Marianne Meye Thompson, a member of Fuller’s School of Theology faculty since 1985. Over the years she has worked...

“I am very interested in understanding the theological and psychological underpinnings of flourishing,” says Linda Wagener, associate dean for Fuller’s School of Psychology. “Across the lifespan, what are the characteristics...

Equally at home in front of a church, classroom or spinning disks as a hip-hop deejay, Ralph Watkins focuses on building bridges between young adults and the church...

Kimberly Williams, devoted to urban ministry for years, tried taking one class at Fuller and was hooked. “It gave me real tools that were applicable to my ministry,” she says, and eventually decided to pursue two master’s degrees...

Before he came to Fuller, Cory Willson had little interest in interfaith dialogue. He thought it always had to go one of two ways: “either philosophical debate among elite scholars,” he believed, “or a lax...