One of the great gifts of putting FULLER magazine together is this: to hear and receive the stories of Fuller alumni doing remarkable things for Christ and his kingdom worldwide. Over the years that I’ve been a part of this team, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with faithful women and men engaged in Spirit-led work in countless corners of creation and culture. We’ve shared stories of ministry and work happening in churches, therapy rooms, non-profits, schools, hospitals, coffee shops, general stores, and everything in between—some are included in this very issue. It is both humbling and inspiring to remember these stories represent only a fraction of the stories that have sprung from Fuller’s community throughout its history.
Since Fuller’s founding in 1947, the seminary has striven to send into the world Christian leaders committed to living out Christ’s gospel—to carrying the hope and healing of Christ to the church and to the world.
In this issue of FULLER magazine, we consider together what this means for us today. Our alumni profiles feature Mark Finney, Jarret Keith, Raul Sandoval, and Jessica Smedley, who join in God’s hopeful and healing work through refugee ministry and relief, advocacy for the incarcerated church, love for the local neighborhood, and mental health services for the Black community. Articles by Jennifer Ackerman, Andrea Cammarota, Cynthia Eriksson, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Kyong-Jin Lee, Wayne Park, and Amos Yong explore hope and healing in theological education, missiology, therapy, psychology, preaching, creation care, and more. And interviews with Jessica ChenFeng, Oscar García-Johnson, Daniel D. Lee, and David Wang provide essential wisdom on hope and healing among Asian American communities, cultivating mature pastoral leadership in a world rife with church hurt, and the history and future of theological education around the globe.
We hope these pages celebrate, encourage, challenge, educate, and inspire you in your own journey of sharing God’s hope and healing in our church and our world.
Jerome Blanco, Editor in Chief
One of the great gifts of putting FULLER magazine together is this: to hear and receive the stories of Fuller alumni doing remarkable things for Christ and his kingdom worldwide. Over the years that I’ve been a part of this team, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with faithful women and men engaged in Spirit-led work in countless corners of creation and culture. We’ve shared stories of ministry and work happening in churches, therapy rooms, non-profits, schools, hospitals, coffee shops, general stores, and everything in between—some are included in this very issue. It is both humbling and inspiring to remember these stories represent only a fraction of the stories that have sprung from Fuller’s community throughout its history.
Since Fuller’s founding in 1947, the seminary has striven to send into the world Christian leaders committed to living out Christ’s gospel—to carrying the hope and healing of Christ to the church and to the world.
In this issue of FULLER magazine, we consider together what this means for us today. Our alumni profiles feature Mark Finney, Jarret Keith, Raul Sandoval, and Jessica Smedley, who join in God’s hopeful and healing work through refugee ministry and relief, advocacy for the incarcerated church, love for the local neighborhood, and mental health services for the Black community. Articles by Jennifer Ackerman, Andrea Cammarota, Cynthia Eriksson, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Kyong-Jin Lee, Wayne Park, and Amos Yong explore hope and healing in theological education, missiology, therapy, psychology, preaching, creation care, and more. And interviews with Jessica ChenFeng, Oscar García-Johnson, Daniel D. Lee, and David Wang provide essential wisdom on hope and healing among Asian American communities, cultivating mature pastoral leadership in a world rife with church hurt, and the history and future of theological education around the globe.
We hope these pages celebrate, encourage, challenge, educate, and inspire you in your own journey of sharing God’s hope and healing in our church and our world.
Jerome Blanco, Editor in Chief
David Emmanuel Goatley, Fuller Seminary president, reflects on what it means for us to be bearers of the hope and healing of Christ in the world.
