Courses Taught by Donald Fairbairn, PhD

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Foundations of Global Church History

Learn how God will use any challenges His church faces to strengthen and refine her as...

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The History of the Church Is Global: Don Fairbairn

Are you curious about how God works to bring about His Kingdom through such a diverse,...

Donald Fairbairn, PhD

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Donald Fairbairn, PhD

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Education

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