Robert L. Gallagher

Robert L. Gallagher (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) is the department chair, director of the Master of Arts program in intercultural studies, and professor of intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School in Chicago where he has taught since 1998. He previously served as the president of the American Society of Missiology (2010-2011), and as an executive pastor in Australia (1979-90), as well as being involved in theological education in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific since 1984. His publications include co-editing Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context (Orbis Books 2004), Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity (Orbis Books 2009), Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission (Wipf & Stock 2011), and Contemporary Mission Theology: Engaging the Nations (Orbis Books 2017), together with co-authoring Encountering the History of Missions: From the Early Church to Today (Baker Academic 2017).