Title

THE LIFE OF DONALD MCGAVRAN: FOUNDING A SCHOOL

School/Department

Talbot School of Theology

Publication Date

Summer 2017

Abstract

With the Institute of Church Growth in Eugene, Oregon, set to close in June 1965, McGavran was thinking of retiring to his small farm in Oregon. However, his plans changed when he was chosen to become the founding dean of Fuller Theological Seminary’s new School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth in September of that same year. The story of McGavran’s selection, as well as that of getting Alan Tippett back into the USA, demonstrates God’s miraculous work in bringing about the establishment of the new school.

Keywords

McGavran, Donald Anderson, 1897-1990; Church growth

Publication Title

Great Commission Research Journal

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

55

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