David Wilbur Augsburger (1938–2023) was an American Mennonite pastor, theologian, counselor, and educator known for his work in pastoral care, cross-cultural counseling, and conflict mediation. His teachings emphasized reconciliation, forgiveness, and interpersonal relationships.
Born in Delphos, Ohio, Augsburger was raised on a farm in Elida. He earned degrees from Eastern Mennonite College (B.A., 1960) and Eastern Mennonite Seminary (B.Div., 1963,) later completing a PhD in Personality, Theology, and Psychotherapy at Claremont School of Theology (1974.)
He began his career with Mennonite Broadcasts (1961–74,) hosting the Mennonite Hour radio program. Ordained in 1963, he served as pastor of Trissels Mennonite Church in Virginia until 1971. He later held faculty positions at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary, where he taught pastoral counseling (1990–2012.)
His major works include Caring Enough to Confront (1980,) The Freedom of Forgiveness (1988,) Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures (1986,) Conflict Mediation Across Cultures (1992,) and Dissident Discipleship (2006.) His Caring Enough series remains widely used in counseling and ministry.
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Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.
—David Augsburger
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