TGC Asks for Prayer for Co-Founder DA Carson Amid Health Struggles

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DA Carson speaking at Midwestern Seminary on March 5, 2024. Screengrab via YouTube / Midwestern Seminary

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On Thursday, Dec. 19, The Gospel Coalition (TGC) released a statement asking for prayers for co-founder Don Carson, known to many as D.A. Carson, after he revealed in a Christmas letter that Parkinson’s disease is slowing him down.

Carson, 77, co-founded TGC in 2005 alongside the late Tim Keller. He currently serves as TGC’s theologian-at-large and is emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

Carson Steps Back From Public Speaking Due to Parkinson’s

In his Christmas letter, Carson shared that Parkinson’s disease has forced him to step away from speaking engagements this year.

“The physical limitations arising from my Parkinson’s Disease slow me down, but the cognitive limitations constitute a more serious impediment,” Carson wrote. “A few weeks ago, for several minutes I tried to convince my neurologist that we are living in 2008.”

Carson added that he “could not remember the name of the first president of the United States. (I thought of offering to provide the name of the first Prime Minister of Canada, which I could remember, but I doubt that the neurologist would have been impressed.).”

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“I am still serving on the elders board of our church, but no longer in any public capacity. At the end of November, I attended what will probably turn out to be my last conference of the Evangelical Theological Society,” Carson said.

Carson also shared his plans to give away some of his belongings. “It is time to get rid of my books, tools, and other accouterments so that Joy, [my wife], is not left to clean up my mess,” he said. “In any case, I am not suffering from anything that a good general resurrection can’t fix.”

‘Please Be In Prayer for Don Carson,’ TGC Asks

TGC’s statement expressed gratitude for Carson’s contributions and asked for prayers for him and his family.

“Please be in prayer for The Gospel Coalition’s cofounder, Don Carson,” the statement read. “As Don shared in a recent Christmas letter, the physical and cognitive limitations arising from his Parkinson’s disease have forced him to end his speaking engagements and other ministry involvements.”

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