ASCH Executive Committee and Council

The Council is responsible for the running of the ASCH except when the Business Meeting is in session, and acts as the ASCH’s board of governors. The Executive Committee makes recommendations to the Council and Business Meeting.


Each year, ASCH membership elects a new President-Elect and two new members to the Council (including a graduate student Council Member). All active members are eligible to participate in these elections through nominations and voting.

2026 Executive Committee

Timothy Larsen, President

Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of History
Wheaton College

timothy.larsen@wheaton.edu

Elesha Coffman, President-Elect

Professor of History
Baylor University

elesha_coffman@baylor.edu

Dyron Daughrity, President-Elect

William S. Banowsky Chair in Religion

Pepperdine University
dyron.daughrity@pepperdine.edu

David C. Fink, Executive Secretary

Dorothy and B.H. Peace, Jr. Associate Professor of Religion

Furman University
david.fink@churchhistory.org

Brett E. Whalen, Lead Editor of Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture

Professor of History
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
bwhalen@unc.edu

Council Members

Leah Payne, George Fox University, 2027

Aaron Griffith, Duke University, 2027

Allison Greene, Candler School of Theology, 2028

Tucker Adkins, Milligan University, 2028

Soojin Chung, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2029

John Maiden, The Open University, 2029

Phil Davis, Northwestern University, Graduate Student Rep

David Komline, Western Theological Seminary, Finance Chair

David Mislin, Temple University, GS/IS Chair

Joseph Creamer, University at Albany-SUNY, Membership Chair

Thomas Whittaker, LeTourneau University, Research and Prizes Chair

ASCH Staff

Finance Secretary: Jonathan Yeager

Membership Secretary: Andrew Jones