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During his 17 years of full-time service at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,
Dr. J Christy Wilson, Jr. was professor of Missions and Evangelism, Dean of the
Chapel, and senior program associate for the Adoniram Judson Gordon Center for World
Missions through the Ockenga Institute, the seminary's distance learning and continuing
education ministry.
Born and raised in Tabriz, Iran, Dr. Wilson served for 22 years as a teacher and
missionary in Afghanistan, where he became acting principal of a government high
school, taught private English lessons to the Crown Prince, and conducted an English
course for Afghan diplomats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also served for
11 years as pastor of the Community Christian Church in Kabul, was full-time chaplain
to the international community in Afghanistan, and with his wife, Betty, founded
the School for the Blind in Kabul.
Also serving for four years on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Dr.
Wilson was instrumental in developing the first major IVCF Missions Conference, the
forerunner of the triennial Urbana Convention, now the largest student mission conference
in the world.
Dr. Wilson received a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Seminary and a Doctor
of Philosophy in Oriental Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He also
studied at Cambridge University in England and pursued post-doctoral studies in linguistics
at Columbia Teachers College and Biblical Seminary in New York City.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has a rich, century long heritage of preparing
evangelical leadership for the Christian church. With 1,470 students representing
more than 70 denominations, Gordon-Conwell has garnered an international reputation
for its leading faculty in the areas of Biblical Studies, Ministry and Theology.
Under the founding leadership of Billy Graham, Harold John Ockenga and Howard Pew,
Gordon Divinity School (1889) and Conwell School of Theology (1884) merged in 1969
to establish its South Hamilton (MA) campus. Other Gordon-Conwell campuses are located
in Boston (MA) and Charlotte (NC). The Seminary offers 12 degree programs at the
Masters and Doctoral Level.
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