ASCH Executive Committee and Council
The Council is responsible for the running of the ASCH except when the Members' Meeting is in session, and acts as the ASCH’s board of governors. The Executive Committee makes recommendations to the Council and Members' 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
Past President
Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought and
Professor of History
Wheaton College
timothy.larsen@wheaton.edu
Elesha Coffman
President
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