The Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements

           The Wesleyan/Holiness Studies Center, established at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1991, has been reorganized and given a new name: Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements.         This change signals both continuity and change. Continuity: The new Center builds on the research, findings, and archival work of the past fifteen years and will continue to explore the history and relevance of the Wesleyan/Holiness traditions. But also change and new directions, with an expanded focus on movements of renewal, revival, revitalization. The “movemental” character of early Methodism prompts inquiry into the phenomena of renewal movements throughout church history––…