Oscar Garcia Johnson
Identity and Migration Workshop
Dr. Oscar Garcia-Johnson is a renowned scholar, experienced pastoral leader and innovator in indigenous theological education focused on millennials and indigenous and emerging communities in the Global South. His outstanding track record includes key roles as CEO of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (2021-2023) and Academic Dean of the Center for the Study of the Hispanic Church and Community (2015-2021) at Fuller Theological Seminary. With 25 years of teaching experience, he currently enriches the Fuller Seminary community as Professor of Theology and Decolonial Studies.
Dr. García-Johnson´s varied educational background includes a Doctorate in Philosophical Theology and a Masters in Biblical Studies from Fuller Seminary, a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from the University of La Verne, advanced studies in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Honduras, and courses in Mortgage Banking (USA). A native of Honduras and based in the U.S. for over thirty years, Dr. Garcia-Johnson positions himself as a scholar of the Latino diaspora. And from that cross-border identity he forges his theological, cross-cultural, missional and interstate perspectives. His influential works include the new seven-volume series “New World Theology” (CLIE 2022 -) and incisive explorations of decolonial epistemologies and transwestern hermeneutics in Spirit Outside the Gate (IVP Academic 2019), Theology Without Borders (co-writer, BakerAcademic 2015) and Theological Conversations from the American Global South (co-editor, Open Doors/Wipf & Stock, 2016). His proposal for a Spirit-rooted transnational practical theology for the urban pastor in The Mestizo/a Community of the Spirit (Pickwick/Wipf&Stock 2009) continues to provide a basis for ecclesial imagination from the margins in the Global North.
Beyond the academy, Dr. Garcia-Johnson draws on his extensive experience in denominational leadership and church planting to provide insightful perspectives on the dynamics of contemporary multilingual and cross-cultural ministry. His international collaborations have advanced theological education in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
As a manager of decolonial approaches, Dr. Garcia-Johnson fosters an enriched, intergenerational learning environment that embraces emerging leadership insights and promotes provocative, de-victimizing and holistic theological discourse.
- Email: ogarcia-johnson@fuller.edu