Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton
5th President of Fuller Theological Seminary
Assumed office
July 1, 2013
Preceded by Richard Mouw
Personal details
Born Washington
Alma mater Whitman College (B.A.)
Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div.)
Cambridge University (Ph.D.)
Profession University administrator

Mark Labberton is President and Professor of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. Before he became Fuller's President, he served for 16 years as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California.[1]

Early life and education

Having grown up in Yakima, Washington,[2] Labberton states that he was raised in a home that disdained religion. Labberton embraced Christianity during his undergraduate years at Whitman College. After earning his bachelor’s degree he went to Fuller for his Masters of Divinity.[3] He earned a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Cambridge. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and served in pastoral ministry for three decades.

Works

  • Labberton, Mark (2012).The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0830838400.
  • Labberton, Mark (2014). Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0830836833.
  • Labberton, Mark (2018). Still Evangelical? Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0830880423.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/contributors/mark-labberton.html
  2. ↑ Mark Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2010), p. 33
  3. ↑ http://fuller.edu/faculty/mlabberton/
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