The CMR Community of Scholars is made up of our PhD and ThM students, visiting scholars and School of Intercultural Studies faculty. We live out this community emphasis in these important ways:
| All participants in our Community of Scholars are invited to take part in these weekly, student-led gatherings. In these informal events students meet as peers to discuss the challenges of academic life, pray for each other, and provide mutual support as they wrestle with the important scholarly and practical challenges of their research program. |
| Colloquia & Salon Missiologique |
| Colloquia are events in which our community gathers to engage in dialogue based around a presentation made by either a student or faculty member. These required seminars offer the chance to present an article prepared for publication and can provide some highly engaging debates and collegial critique. Furthermore, these colloquia also present the opportunity for students to be exposed to domains of missiology that are outside the scope of their own research, and which they would probably not encounter otherwise. Once per quarter this takes place as a less formal discussion and fellowship time, a "Salon Missiologique", held in a Fuller faculty member's home. |
| Spiritual Formation Events |
| The CMR hosts two annual spiritual formation events to bookend the academic year: our Community Convocation & Breakfast (in the Fall) and a half-day spiritual retreat in the Spring. Both of these events serve as opportunities for members of our community to break from their studies and spend some time in communal fellowship and prayer. Our hope is that these will be highlights of spiritual reflection and renewal, providing an opportunity to unite our community and assist students in connecting their spiritual formation more intentionally with their academic pursuits. |
| Each year the Center for Missiological Research hosts a series of Missiology Lectures during Fall quarter. See Missiology Lectures for more information. |