From the age of 10, Jamaican native Duwayne Carr wanted to be an attorney. Until, that is, he encountered God in a dramatic way as a young adult—and sensed a strong call to pastoral ministry. He “sat with that call” for several years, serving in a parachurch ministry where he mentored and worked with youth...

Ruth Cassidy’s dissertation for Fuller’s Doctor of Missiology program involved the collection of the life stories of seven Christian refugees living in the Toronto/Hamilton area of Canada in order to understand the influence of homeland, migration, and acculturation on their Christian witness...

“There is an emerging situation in the church where a new kind of leadership is needed,” believes Assefa Gugsa, who graduates with his PhD in Leadership this June. “The church in Ethiopia has unprecedented opportunities for evangelism, mission, and social participation...

Deborah “Deb” Hannaford comes from Australia—where, she says, “‘doing church’ is challenging. We are a nature-loving, people-centered nation, where real ‘evangelism’ only works in the context of an incarnational lifestyle.” Hannaford worked both in church ministry and with at-risk youth in Australia...

“I wanted to live an adventurous life like those found in the Gospels,” says Chaplain Jason C. Hohnberger, new MDiv graduate of Fuller Southwest. “Gary Haugen, in his book Just Courage, writes about how too many Christians long for the adventure found in the Gospels but fail to find it...

Sun-mi Jung and Jong-ryul Ahn, who are both completing degrees in the Korean Doctor of Ministry program, call two different places “home”: Korea, their first homeland—and the small nation of Burundi, in Africa.  Sent to Burundi in 1992 by the mission agency of the Presbyterian Church of Korea...

When Broderick Leaks was searching for a clinical psychology program where he would also be exposed to biblical scholarship and theology, a professor at his undergraduate institution, Baylor University, suggested Fuller. Broderick visited the Pasadena campus and, he confirms, “I knew this was where God was calling me...

Before coming to Fuller, Promise Lee was already a seasoned pastor, having planted his church, Relevant Word Ministries, 11 years ago. Lee came to faith at age 26 after a deeply troubled youth—one that included addiction, theft, and even imprisonment for a murder conviction. Finding transformation and new life in the Lord in 1983...

Chris Loong, who completes his MDiv this spring, came to seminary after six years of experience working and interning at two charismatic churches in his native Malaysia, but he does not plan to return to his home country yet.  “I hope to continue to find guidance from the Lord so that I am able to establish a ministry...

“I was looking for a seminary experience that would do more than just give me knowledge about the Bible, the church, and ministry,” says graduating student Andre Riedlinger.  “I wanted to develop a ministry tool set that would prepare me to change with the dynamic nature of the global church today...

“Our church’s vision is simple—we want to serve God’s purpose in this generation,” explains Craig Sweeney, who will receive his Master of Arts in Christian Leadership this summer from Fuller Northern California. “We serve that purpose in our city and our world each time we share the hope of Jesus Christ with others...

Charles S. “Case” Thorp III decided to earn his Doctor of Ministry at Fuller because of the pragmatic nature of the program. Serving as an associate pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he first started the DMin program, Case is now associate pastor for mission and evangelism at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando...