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The Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements has the goal of stimulating research and teaching in contemporary Christian revitalization across diverse cultures and ecclesial communities. We are a cooperative initiative representing diverse ecclesial traditions.
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Author Frank Viola has responded to our critique of Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of our Church Practices (Barna/Tyndale House, 2008) in the last issue of…
Read MoreNew books aren’t always the best books, and new voices aren’t always wisest. In issues of revitalization, gospel and culture, and church and kingdom, I often…
Read MoreTwenty-two plenary participants are now confirmed for the October 15-18, 2009, Revitalization Consultation on the theme, “Pentecost and the New Humanity.” Thanks to a…
Read MoreAfter nearly forty years of researching, teaching, and writing about revitalization in smaller congregations, I thought I had discovered most of the necessary ingredients. …
Read MoreThirty years ago Robert Webber wrote about “evangelical amnesia”—the lack of a sense of history in U.S. evangelicalism and fundamentalism. Such forgetfulness is not confined to…
Read MoreConsultations on the dynamics of Christian revitalization are now scheduled for Asbury Theological Seminary in 2009 and Edinburgh,…
Read More“I found the [last issue of Revitalization] fascinating, especially in view of research I’ve been doing on the respective roles of strategic planning and guidance through…
Read More. Early Evangelicalism: A Global Intellectual History, 1670-1789, by W. Reginald Ward. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 226 pp. …
Read MorePagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of our Church Practices, by Frank Viola and George Barna (Barna/Tyndale House, 2008; 291 pp.). Frank Viola’s 2002…
Read MoreThe Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements continues to publish books in its groundbreaking series, “Revitalization: Explorations in World Christian Movements.” Many…
Read More| From the Director | 02/01/2008 |
| Center Receives Luce Grant for Revitalization Studies | 05/08/2007"> |
| From the Director | 10/21/2006 |
| Center Launches Book Series | 11/30/2005"> |
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