African Christian Biographies
The Advisory Council of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography met at St. Mary Magdalene’s Retreat House in Nairobi, Kenya for their 3rd annual meeting, December 3-5. The meeting was very well attended by ten of the twelve advisors who came from nine African countries. The all-day meeting on Monday focused on reports of the past year’s activities and discussions of 1) ways to promote the DACB in continent-wide networks and church associations having to do with theology or history; 2) fundraising; 3) improvements and additions to the Website; and 4) recent new initiatives. The most important discussion on new initiatives focused on the Journal of African Christian Biography (JACB), started in June of 2016. It was decided that the Journal would move to a quarterly publication schedule and that various distribution schemes would be explored, using self-publishing entities in Africa. Overall, the atmosphere was irenic and there was a strong collaborative drive that united the attendees who represented a wide array of churches: Roman Catholic, Independent, Baptist, Anglican, Independent Assemblies of God, non-denominational, Pentecostal, Methodist, Mennonite, and Orthodox.