Posts by Elijah Davidson
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…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreWayne 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…
Read MoreRemembering the Atlanta Spa Shootings
To Fuller and the broader Christian community, One year has passed since eight people, six of whom were Asian American women, were murdered in the Atlanta spa shootings. However, the bigger picture shows that from the beginning of the pandemic to the end of last year, nearly 11,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific…
Read MoreA Call to Prayer for Ukraine
Tragically, human beings are inclined toward war. We see it again vividly and tragically unfolding in Ukraine now that Russia has begun its anticipated invasion. We remember all in the wider Fuller community whose own lives, or those of family and friends, are affected by this war in Ukraine. May we join together to pray…
Read MoreFuller Forms a Presidential Transition Discernment Team
Fuller announced today the members of the Transition Discernment Team that will lead the search for a final candidate to succeed Mark Labberton as Fuller’s next president. The team consists of Fuller trustees, faculty, and staff, as well as a student representative. Transition Discernment Team Chair Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado – President and CEO, Compassion…
Read MoreFuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition
Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, announced today the beginning of a presidential search and transition process that will culminate by June 2023. Dr. Labberton became Fuller Seminary’s fifth president in 2013, after four years as Fuller’s Lloyd John Ogilvie Associate Professor of Preaching and Director of the Ogilvie Institute of Preaching. “I am so…
Read MoreLetter from the President: Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition
Beloved Fuller Community, I want to be the first to share some important news with you. After a season of prayer and reflection, personally and with our Board of Trustees, I believe the time is right for me to begin a presidential transition process. This journey would begin now and extend up to two years,…
Read MoreLetter from the Board: Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition
Dear Members and Friends of the Fuller Community, At the request of the president, the Board of Trustees of Fuller Seminary formally affirmed today the start of a two-year transition process through which Mark Labberton will eventually conclude his presidency and pass the executive mantle to a new leader. Since he became president in the…
Read MoreAnnouncing FULLER NEXT, a New Vision for the Future
Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton announced today FULLER NEXT, a new strategic initiative that reinforces the seminary’s commitment to partnering with churches and organizations around the globe in creatively rethinking a church in urgent need of reinvention. “The work of Christian ministry necessarily involves innovation because that’s life itself,” said President Labberton. “We are doing…
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