Mark Labberton
{{Short description|American pastor and academic}}
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| name = Mark Labberton
| office = Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair of Fuller Theological Seminary
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| predecessor = Richard Mouw
| successor = David Emmanuel Goatley
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| birth_place = Washington
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| profession = University administrator
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| term_start = July 1, 2013
| term_end = January 21, 2023|
| education = Whitman College (BA)
Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Cambridge University (PhD)
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Mark Labberton was the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2023. Before he became Fuller's president, he served for 16 years as senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/contributors/mark-labberton.html|title=Mark Labberton|website=CT Pastors|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}
Early life and education
Having grown up in Yakima, Washington,Mark Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2010), p. 33 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fuller.edu/president/|title=President|date=2017-10-20|website=Fuller Seminary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}} 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
=Books=
- {{cite book|author1-last=Labberton |author1-first=Mark |title=The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2007 |isbn=9780830833160 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Labberton |author1-first=Mark |author1-mask=3 |title=Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2012 |isbn=9780830838400 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk6Y4th34VYC&q=mark+labberton+Still+Evangelical%3F |title=The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus |isbn=9780830838400 |access-date=April 29, 2019|last1=Labberton |first1=Mark |date=November 2010 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Labberton |author1-first=Mark |author1-mask=3 |title=Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2014 |isbn=9780830836833 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxtZBAAAQBAJ&q=mark+labberton+Still+Evangelical |title=Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today |isbn=9780830896943 |access-date=April 29, 2019|last1=Labberton |first1=Mark |date=20 August 2014 }}
=As editor=
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Labberton |editor1-first=Mark |editor1-mask=3 |title= Still Evangelical?|location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2018 |isbn=978-0830880423}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFRHDwAAQBAJ |title=Still Evangelical? |isbn=9780830880423 |access-date=April 29, 2019|last1=Labberton |first1=Mark |date=February 2018 }}
References
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