Lecturer
Donald Fairbairn, PhD
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- University of Cambridge, PhD
- Denver Seminary, MDiv
- Princeton University, AB
Teaching Career
- Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity and Academic Dean, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Associate Dean of Theology, Director of ThM program, Professor of Historical Theology, and Associate Professor of Church History and Missions, Erskine Theological Seminary
- Assistant Academic Dean and Professor of Systematic Theology, Donetsk Christian University in Ukraine
Other Career Highlights
- Assisted Wycliffe/SIL in resolving the controversy over the translation of the Divine Familial Terms (the Father/Son language) by serving on the World Evangelical Alliance’s Panel and then the Oversight Group
- International staff, Campus Crusade for Christ
- Ministry in Soviet Georgia
Publications
- Author of numerous books and peer-reviewed journal articles, including The Global Church—The First Eight Centuries: From Pentecost through the Rise of Islam; The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith; and Eastern Orthodoxy through Western Eyes