Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton

5th President of Fuller Theological Seminary
Incumbent
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

A native of the state of Washington, 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.^[2] 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.

Career and Life at Fuller

Labberton

References

Fuller Theological Seminary

Founder

Charles E. Fuller

Presidents

Faculty

Founding	Everett F. Harrison Carl F. H. Henry Harold Lindsell Wilbur M. Smith
Former	Gleason Archer Richard J. Foster Paul Hiebert Charles H. Kraft William Sanford La Sor George Eldon Ladd James William McClendon, Jr. Richard Muller J. Edwin Orr Robert N. Schaper Lewis B. Smedes Glen Stassen Thomas Talbott Miroslav Volf C. Peter Wagner Neil Clark Warren Mel White John Wimber Charles Woodbridge
Present	Leslie C. Allen David Augsburger Justin L. Barrett Warren S. Brown Oliver D. Crisp William Dyrness John Goldingay Joel B. Green Seyoon Kim Nancey Murphy Amos Yong

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