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Doctor of Global Leadership

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Redemptive Imagination in the Marketplace

In a rapidly changing world, leaders across industries and sectors are uniquely positioned to be agents of God’s redemption and renewal as they seek answers to the most pressing challenges of our times. In corporations and nonprofits, in entrepreneurial endeavors, and in educational institutions, we need leaders who are both oriented by the hope of Christ and equipped to energize systems and people toward a wide array of systemic changes that align with the mission of God at work in the world.

Eminently practical and deeply theological, this cohort seeks to equip students to integrate their faith with their work in a way that produces generative experiments, renewed relationships, and meaningful results. This cohort is led by Drs. Michaela O’Donnell, Rhonda Butler, and Mycal Brickhouse.

We are currently accepting applications for our next cohort! For more information, visit Fuller’s Doctor of Global Leadership page.

At a Glance

Timeline

4-year doctoral program

Audience

marketplace and non-profit leaders

Format

Online and In-Person

*Pasadena, CA

Dates

Application DeadlineAugust 7, 2026Year 1 BeginsSeptember 28, 2026

Your Professors

Michaela O’Donnell

Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director

Michaela is the Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director Chair at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership. She is also an assistant professor of marketplace leadership and the lead professor for Fuller Seminary’s Doctor of Global Leadership, Redemptive Imagination in the Marketplace progr...

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Mycal Brickhouse, DMin

Affiliate professor, Doctor of Global Leadership. Program Director for FORWARD Consortium

Dr. Brickhouse, is the program director for the new FORWARD Consortium. Brickhouse is a seasoned leader with extensive experience in managing multi-million-dollar grant programs and cultivating collaborative partnerships. Working at the intersection of faith, leadership, and community empower...

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Rhonda Chisolm Butler, Ph.D.

Affiliate professor, Doctor of Global Leadership

Rhonda C. Butler is a leadership scholar, ordained minister, executive coach, consultant, and sought-after speaker with more than 25 years of experience developing leaders across higher education, ministry, and corporate settings. Throughout her career, she has helped leaders and organizations...

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Curriculum Overview

This program runs online with in-person intensives at the Fuller campus in Pasadena, California, in the Winter for years 1–3.

Year One: Vocation and God’s Mission of Redemption
  • Articulate theological concepts of vocation and the mission of God
  • Describe how these concepts connect to their own sense of vocation in light of pressing challenges
Year Two: Contextual Analysis and Organizational Change
  • Name and analyze current organizational and/or cultural praxis
  • Build and test prototypes for redemptive change in your own context
  • Lay out a plan for a larger project in your vocational context
Year Three: Inner Life of a Leader
  • Begin the inner work necessary to lead with compassion, wisdom, and confidence
  • Meet for peer and professorial coaching sessions to develop your plan for change and/or innovation via dissertation.
Year Four: Dissertation
  • Produce a research-based dissertation that articulates and disseminates findings of your original change or innovation project.

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