From the Director - Fall 2006

This fall the Center's Coordinating Committee welcomes three new members who have recently joined the Asbury Seminary faculty: Kima Pachuau, Associate Professor of the History and Theology of Mission; Steve Ybarrola, Associate Professor Cultural Anthropology; and Thomas Buchan, Associate Professor of Church History (Florida).

The Center has begun forming a broad-based advisory council that will help us achieve our goal of interfacing revitalization research with local efforts in Christian renewal. Members include Philip Goff, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis; Bill Burrows, editor of Orbis Books; and Scott Sunquist, coauthor of the History of the World Christian Movement project and professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Other members of the advisory council will be introduced in future issues. We welcome their counsel as we move toward meeting the objectives of the Center.

An interactive website is being developed with features to aid both generalists and research scholars.

As valued readers, your comments and suggestions are always welcome.