Fuller Theological Seminary, proudly announces the election of two new Trustees during its recent Fall 2023 meeting. Reverend Doctor Nicole Massie Martin and Reverend Doctor Samuel C. Tolbert, Jr. have been selected to join Fuller’s distinguished board of trustees, enhancing its capacity to engage and empower expanding communities of Christian leaders.
“I’ll always love Jesus, but I truly hate the church.”
One of my dear friends said this on a particularly hard day during her divorce. Her statement was not without precedent. When my friend went to her church leaders to describe the physical, emotional, and mental abuse she experienced at the hands of her husband—who was an elder at the church—she left feeling shamed and shunned. Her husband was never confronted. Rather than tending to her pain, these church leaders compounded it. They left her feeling like the church was no longer a place she could trust.
Afew weeks ago, I arrived at the airport a little early to pick up a friend and decided to pull over in the emergency lane to wait. I knew it wasn’t the right thing to do, but there were 20 cars already there, so I figured my decision wasn’t too bad.
