SAN FRANCISCO — Francis M. DuBose, retired professor of missions and former director of urban church studies at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif., died at his home in San Francisco on June 20. He was 87.
“Dr. DuBose changed the way Golden Gate viewed its mission as an urban seminary and was a pioneer in leading Southern Baptists to embrace ministry in the city,” said seminary President Jeff Iorg. “We thank God for his legacy.”
A native of Elba, DuBose was a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He did additional postdoctoral study at Oxford University in England and was a visiting research fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey.
DuBose, known as “The Shepherd of the City,” joined the Golden Gate Seminary faculty in 1966 and in 1971, became professor of missions and director of urban church studies. In 1979, he was appointed director of the World Mission Center (now The David and Faith Kim School of Global Missions). He was elected senior professor of missions in 1992 in honor of his official retirement and continued to teach into the early 1990s.
Before coming to Golden Gate Seminary in 1966, DuBose served as a pastor in Texas and a director of missions in Detroit and was a teaching fellow in missions at Southwestern Seminary.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Anne Sessums DuBose; four children; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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