Bethany McKinney Fox
Writer. Speaker. Coach. Innovator. Mystic. Work-in-Progress.
Building imagination toward truly inclusive communities.
Books &
Articles
What Should Learning of Jean Vanier's Abuses do to His Legacy?, Faith & Leadership of Duke Divinity, March 2022.
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"Healing." Chapter in Faithful Innovation: Beginning a Conversation for a Post-COVID Church, Cyclical Publishing, edited by Brendan McClenahan and Nick Warnes, July 2020.
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"The Church Proved It can get Creative. Let's not stop Adapting. How rethinking worship can improve accessibility for people with disabilities." Christianity Today - CT Online, May 28, 2020.
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"Disability." Chapter in Discerning Ethics: Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues, IVP Academic, edited by Tim Dearborn and Hak Joon Lee, February 2020.
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Disability and the Way of Jesus: Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church, IVP Academic, May 2019.
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"Jean Vanier Made Us All More Human," Christianity Today - CT Online, May 7, 2019.
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“Beyond the Broken Body: An Ethic of Healing in the Way of Jesus,” Journal of the Christian Institute on Disability, Volume 1, No.1, Fall/Winter 2012.
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“Christian Community and Uncommon Courtesy,” Journal of Disability and Religion, Volume 14, Issue 3, July 2010.
Other Writing
Stewardship, Gifts, and Disabilities (2022)
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How Jesus Heals and Why It's Different than a Cure (2021)
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Jesus is the Folks We Meet Who are Strangers (2021)
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Being Communities of Healing in the Way of Jesus (2019)
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Discussing Church: Disability, Donuts, Faith, and Friendship (2017)
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Respecting the Voices of People with Intellectual Disabilities (2015)
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Being in Prayer (2014)
Work​
Experience​
Beloved Everybody, Los Angeles, CA
Founding Leader
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Cyclical LA, Los Angeles, CA
Director of Spiritual Formation
for church starters and discerning church starters
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1001 New Worshiping Communities
Coach
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Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Adjunct Professor of Christian Ethics
Director of Student Success and Access Services
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First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Co-Director of Student Ministries (Jr. and Sr. High)
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L'Arche Wavecrest, Orange, CA
Assistant/Volunteer
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San Francisco Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Adjunct Professor, Southern California Campus
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Lanterman High School, Los Angeles
Special Education Teacher
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Portsbridge Hospice, Atlanta, GA
Chaplain, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Grady Hospital HIV/AIDS Clinic, Atlanta, GA
Chaplain
Education
Fuller Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Theology, Concentration: Christian Ethics; minor: Old Testament
Dissertation Title: Disability, Healing, and Jesus: Perspectives and Practices from the Gospels​
Columbia Theological Seminary
Master of Divinity