{{Short description|American pastor and academic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Labberton | office = Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair of [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] | image = | caption = | predecessor = [[Richard Mouw]] | successor = [[David Emmanuel Goatley]] | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | profession = [[University administrator]] | website = | image_size = | term_start = July 1, 2013 | term_end = January 21, 2023
| | education = [[Whitman College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Fuller Theological Seminary]] ([[Master of Divinity|MDiv]])<br />[[Cambridge University]] ([[PhD]]) }}
'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Having grown up in [[Yakima, Washington]],<ref>Mark Labberton, ''The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor''. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2010), p. 33</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He earned a Ph.D. in theology from the [[University of Cambridge]].
==Career== He was ordained in the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] and served in pastoral ministry for three decades.
In 1983, he co-founded (with [[Stephen A. Hayner]]) the Christian International Scholarship Foundation, now called Scholar Leaders.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.scholarleaders.org/home/ |title= Home page |last= |first= |date= |website= Scholar Leaders |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref>
He joined Fuller Seminary in 2009 and served as its president from 2013 to 2022.<ref name=TTF1>{{cite web |url= https://ttf.org/teammembers/dr-mark-labberton/ |title= Dr Mark Labberton |last= |first= |date= |website= The Trinity Forum |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref>
==Family== He is married to Janet Morrison Labberton.<ref name=TTF1 />
== 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 |title=The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor; Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2012 |isbn=9780830838400 }}<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * {{cite book|author1-last=Labberton |author1-first=Mark |title=Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2014 |isbn=9780830836833 }}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
===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}}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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