Arthur Glasser

Dr Arthur F. Glasser (born September 10, 1914) is the Dean Emeritus of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is a missionary theologian, having spent five years of missionary service in China. That followed a short engineering career and stint as a Navy Chaplain in World War II, where his foundational spiritual training came through The Navigators.

He served in China with the China Inland Mission (now OMF International), and saw the organization go through revolutionary changes as China’s government changed and missionaries were expelled.

He became their North American Director for almost fifteen years, and during that time began his teaching career, which brought him to Fuller Seminary in 1970.

He served many years as Journal Editor and then President of the American Society of Missiology, and has been actively involved in Jewish evangelism efforts. He is one of the pioneers of developing the academic discipline of missiology and has had a broad and deep impact upon a generation of missiologists.

His book "Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible" represents a lifetime of his teaching and portrays mission as the center of God's plan and the grand unifying theme of human history.

References

* [http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/421.htm Interviews with Arthur Frederick Glasser]