Thomas L. Fuller


Director, Ministry Leadership Development, Placement, and Assessment

Email: tlfuller@samford.edu
Phone: (205)726-2339

 

Education

B.A., Samford University
M.Div., D.Min., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 

Ph.D., The University of Alabama

 


Tom Fuller directs the Ministry Leadership Development program, coordinates Beeson Divinity School’s placement services, and leads the school in assessment of institutional effectiveness. He teaches ministry leadership and oversees the ministry internships of all master of divinity students. His research interests include student engagement in graduate theological education, assessment of student learning in theological education, and the role of theological field education in ministerial formation. In 2008, he contributed a chapter in Preparing Ministry Leaders: A Practical Guide to Field Education. Before coming to Beeson Divinity School in 2000, Fuller served for 12 years as pastor of American Baptist and Southern Baptist churches in Alabama and Indiana. Fuller has three daughters.