Tod Bolsinger, MDiv, PhD, is the Executive Director of the De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute, a Senior Fellow of the De Pree Center for Leadership, and Associate Professor of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Tod was the founder of the Fuller Leadership Platform (now Fuller Equip), an innovative approach to online formation and leadership development, and served as a Vice President of Fuller Seminary for six years.

He is the author of five books, including the Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in pastoral leadership, Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory and the award-winning Tempered Resilience: How Leaders are Formed in the Crucible of Change.

Tod served as a pastor for 27 years. He speaks, consults, and is an executive coach in adaptive leadership at AE Sloan Leadership, Inc. His articles and other resources can be found at depree.org/church.

He can be reached at [email protected].

“Vocations are not just the domain of monasteries and priesthoods, but of marketplace, homes, and professions. Since the call of Jesus is first and foremost to discipleship, none are excluded.”

+ Dr. Bolsinger, reflecting with a variety of voices on the topic of vocation here. Read Dr. Bolsinger’s introductory essay to his guest-edited issue of FULLER magazine on vocation here.