Editing Fuller Theological Seminary (section)

==History==
Fuller Theological Seminary was founded in 1947 by [[Charles E. Fuller (Baptist minister)|Charles E. Fuller]], a [[radio evangelist]] known for his ''Old Fashioned Revival Hour'' show, and [[Harold Ockenga]], the pastor of [[Park Street Church]] in [[Boston]].<ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 276</ref> The seminary's founders sought to reform [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalism]]'s separatist and sometimes anti-intellectual stance during the 1920s–1940s.<ref name=Marsden>{{cite book|author=Marsden, George M. | title=Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism | location=Grand Rapids | publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing | year=1987 |isbn=978-0-8028-3642-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780802836427 |access-date=November 30, 2009}}</ref> Fuller envisaged that the seminary would become "a [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] of the evangelical world."<ref name=Marsden /> In the late 1940s, evangelical theologians from Fuller championed the Christian importance of social [[activism]].<ref>David R. Swartz, ''Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism'', University of Pennsylvania Press, USA, 2012, p. 18</ref>

The earliest faculty held theologically and [[socially conservative]] views, though professors with [[Liberal Christianity|liberal]] perspectives arrived in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=Marsden /> There were tensions in the late 1950s and early 1960s as some faculty members became uncomfortable with staff and students who did not agree with [[Biblical inerrancy]].<ref name=Marsden /> This led to people associated with the seminary playing a role in the rise of [[neo-evangelicalism]] and [[Progressive Christianity|progressive]] theology.<ref name=Marsden /><ref>George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 929</ref>

David Hubbard recruited [[Donald McGavran]] to be the first dean of the newly created school of world mission in 1965.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0USBgAAQBAJ&dq=donald+mcgavran+1965+dean+hubbard&pg=PA233|title=Give the Winds a Mighty Voice: The Story of Charles e. Fuller|isbn=9781498207157|last1=Fuller|first1=Daniel P.|date=2 January 2015|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers }}</ref> McGavran was esteemed as perhaps the world's most prominent and influential missiologist of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jy6C3STdZv8C&dq=mcgavran+missiologist+influential&pg=PA71|title = World Christianity, 1970-2000: Toward a New Millennium|isbn = 9780878085040|last1 = Crawley|first1 = Winston|year = 2001| publisher=William Carey Library }}</ref> McGavran recruited some of the greatest missiologist of the 20th century to serve as faculty of the school of world mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. This included [[Alan Tippett]], [[Ralph D. Winter|Ralph Winter]], [[C. Peter Wagner]] and many others.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmkbEAAAQBAJ&dq=mcgavran+tippet+winter+wagner&pg=PA86|title = The Far Side of the Sea: A Study of Church Growth in India|isbn = 9781622457519|last1 = Hogrefe|first1 = James|date = April 2021| publisher=One Mission Society }}</ref> These faculty would shape world missions for the ensuing decades. Fuller's School of World Mission became the largest missions training institution in the world.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs8IBAAAQBAJ&dq=fuller+seminary+largest+missions+world&pg=PA130|title = Introduction to Global Missions|isbn = 9781433678981|last1 = Pratt|first1 = Zane|last2 = David Sills|first2 = M.|last3 = Walters|first3 = Jeff K.|date = July 2014| publisher=B&H Publishing }}</ref> The school of world mission also has the largest amount of missions faculty of any institution in the world as well as graduating the most missions students of any seminary.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZBLAwAAQBAJ&dq=fuller+seminary+largest+missiology+faculty&pg=PA66|title = Dictionary of Mission: Theology, History, Perspectives|isbn = 9781597525497|last1 = Muller|first1 = Karl|last2 = Sundermeier|first2 = Theo|last3 = Bevans|first3 = Stephen B.|last4 = Bliese|first4 = Richard H.|date = 30 January 2006| publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers }}</ref>

In 2022, it had 2,370 students enrolled.<ref name="ats.edu"/>

===Presidents===
Fuller has had six presidents over its over 70-year history. The founding president, [[Harold Ockenga]], remained in Boston and served as president ''in absentia'' from 1947 to 1954. He described his role to Charles Fuller as recruiting faculty and setting the curriculum, which did not require his active presence in Pasadena.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Awakening the evangelical mind : an intellectual history of the neo-evangelical movement|last=Strachan, Owen.|isbn=9780310520795|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|oclc=907181035|year = 2015}}</ref> His successor and protege [[Edward John Carnell]], a Baptist theologian and apologist, took over the post in 1954 but resigned in 1959 under failing health.<ref name=":0" /> Ockenga resumed his ''in absentia'' leadership until 35-year-old [[David Allan Hubbard|David Allen Hubbard]], a Baptist Old Testament scholar and member of Fuller's third entering class, became Fuller's third president in 1963.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=COLLECTION 0150: David Allan Hubbard: Presidential Papers, 1947–1996|url=https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids/3|journal=Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections|access-date=2019-04-28|archive-date=2021-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125211105/https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids/3/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hubbard served for 30 years and led the seminary through both substantial growth and significant controversy.

Hubbard was succeeded by Reformed philosopher and theologian [[Richard Mouw]], who served as president of Fuller from 1993 to 2013. In 2006, a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' article labeled him as "one of the nation's leading evangelicals".<ref name="Kang">{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-02-me-beliefs2-story.html | title=Aiming to Clarify the Meaning of a Loaded Word |author=Kang, K. Connie| date=December 2, 2006| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> In July 2013, [[Mark Labberton]] became the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair of Fuller. Labberton, a [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian (USA)]] pastor, had previously served Fuller as director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching since 2009. He retains his position as Lloyd John Ogilvie Associate Professor of Preaching alongside the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Labberton Faculty Profile|url=http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/mlabberton/|publisher=Fuller Theological Seminary|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> Mouw remained at Fuller as Professor of Faith and Public Life until 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard J. Mouw Faculty Profile|url=http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/rmouw/|publisher=Fuller Theological Seminary|access-date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127024059/http://www.fuller.edu/faculty/rmouw/|archive-date=November 27, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kucinski|first=Matt|date=June 4, 2020|title=Richard Mouw comes home to Calvin|url=https://calvin.edu/news/archive/richard-mouw-comes-home-to-calvin|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Calvin University|language=en}}</ref> In October 2021, Labberton announced his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NEWSWIRE)|first=Fuller Seminary (GLOBE|title=Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition|url=https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/fuller-seminary-begins-presidential-transition/article_9903c0cc-d005-51c7-947b-05205ecb5e95.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The Bakersfield Californian|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023055159/https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/fuller-seminary-begins-presidential-transition/article_9903c0cc-d005-51c7-947b-05205ecb5e95.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fuller Seminary Begins Presidential Transition|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fuller-seminary-begins-presidential-transition-213000723.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=finance.yahoo.com|date=22 October 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

David Goatley became the sixth president in January 2023.<ref name="fuller.edu">{{cite web | url=https://www.fuller.edu/posts/fuller-seminary-names-david-emmanuel-goatley-as-sixth-president/ | title=Fuller Seminary Names David Emmanuel Goatley as Sixth President &#124; Fuller Seminary | date=12 September 2022 }}</ref> He is the first African American to occupy the role. David is a missions executive and former administrative executive at [[Duke University]].<ref name="fuller.edu"/>