E. LeBron Fairbanks
Dr. E. LeBron Fairbanks D.Min., M.Th., M.Div., M.A., A.B. | |
|---|---|
| Education Commissioner emeritus | |
| Church | Church of the Nazarene |
| Predecessor | Dr. Jerry Lambert |
| Successor | Dr. Daniel R. Copp |
| Other post(s) | 3rd Education Commissioner, Church of the Nazarene 5th President, MVNU 2nd President, APNTS Associate Professor, BNC Academic Dean, ENBC |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1970, Tennessee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1942 |
| Denomination | Church of the Nazarene |
| Parents | Edward T. Fairbanks Bernice Woody Fairbanks |
| Spouse | Edith Anne James Fairbanks |
| Profession | educator, minister, missionary, administrator, |
| Alma mater | Trevecca Nazarene College Scarritt College NTS PTS |
E. LeBron Fairbanks (born July 27, 1942) is a leadership consultant, an adjunct professor at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President emeritus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President emeritus of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011. Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education and Lay Ministry Development, and Coordinator of the Master of Ministry program at Bethany Nazarene College (1982–1984); the 2nd President of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Taytay, Rizal, the Philippines from September 1984 to July 1989; and the 5th President of Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio, for over 17 years from July 1989 until his retirement on January 31, 2007. Fairbanks founded and has served as the director of BoardServe LLC, "a consulting service for governing boards and their leaders", since 2011.