Complex sentence: Fairbanks was involved in local church ministries in Tennessee and Pennsylvania for fourteen years, after which he became Academic Dean in 1978 for the European Nazarene College near Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Split into simpler sentences: Fairbanks was involved in local church ministries in Tennessee and Pennsylvania for fourteen years. In 1978 Fairbanks became the Academic Dean of European Nazarene College near Schaffhausen, Switzerland.