Faculty Profile: Danjuma Gibson

Dr. Danjuma Gibson is both a scholar and a licensed professional counselor with experience in theological education, congregational ministry, and administrative leadership. Before joining PTS, he served as professor of pastoral theology, care, and counseling at Calvin Theological Seminary, where he also designed, launched, and directed a new master of arts program in clinical mental health counseling. Dr. Gibson has received research fellowships and grants from The Association for Theological Schools (ATS Luce Pilot Project), Villanova University (Church Management Research Fellowship), and Wabash Center (Wabash Center Research Fellowship); his research in these areas has particularly progressed study of how black and brown communities respond to racial violence and economic factors such as gentrification and disinvestment. Dr. Gibson is the author of two books, Through the Eyes of Titans: Finding Courage to Redeem the Soul of a Nation (Cascade, 2024) and Frederick Douglass, A Psychobiography: Rethinking Subjectivity in the Western Experiment of Democracy (Springer, 2018), and co-editor of Justice Matters: Spiritual Care and Pastoral Theological Imaginations in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Routledge, 2023). He has authored numerous book chapters and articles and delivered public lectures on a range of topics related to pastoral practices, trauma, African American religions, bi-vocational ministry, mental health, and intersecting subjects. Dr. Gibson has additional experience as a doctor of ministry program co-director and as a professional in the financial sector, notably as vice president of commercial banking at BMO Harris Bank (Chicago, Ill.). He became a licensed minister in the Church of God in Christ, was later ordained in a non-denominational faith community, then served as senior pastor of Zion Faith Center Bible Church (Chicago, Ill.), where he ministered for more than 15 years. Learn more about Dr. Gibson: https://www.pts.edu/gibsond