On June 14, the board of Christianity Today, Incorporated, unanimously selected V. Gilbert Beers as the new editor of CHRISTIANITY TODAY. We shall introduce him more appropriately in a forthcoming issue, but wanted you to know immediately of the board’s action and of Dr. Beers’s acceptance of their call.
Gil Beers is a member of the board of trustees of Wheaton College, earned a doctorate in theology at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in communications (the rhetoric of public address) at Northwestern University, and is a successful editor and publisher. He has authored or edited more than 70 volumes, best known of which are the Book of Life (Zondervan) and the Victor Handbook of Bible Knowledge.
My own acquaintance with Gil goes back to the early fifties when I knew him as a very superior college student. In the intervening years I have followed his career with deep interest and great admiration. In addition to his expertise in editing and writing, Gil is a deeply committed Christian. He is intensely loyal to the teaching of Holy Scripture and dedicated to the service of Jesus Christ and his church. His own personal love for the Savior shines through every personal contact.
Dr. Beers began his work at CHRISTIANITY TODAY on June 15 and will assume the editorship October 1, with full editorial responsibility beginning with the first issue of November. I look forward with great pleasure to our working together in these intervening months. I am especially happy to turn over editorial responsibility for CHRISTIANITY TODAY to such a dedicated and discerning evangelical and able editor.
On June 1, James Reapsome resigned as managing editor to become executive director of Evangelical Missions Information Service. He will continue his editorship of the Evangelical Missions Quarterly and will also be responsible for Missionary News Service and the world-wide Pulse reports.
Jim and I have worked together very closely as manager and editor. We already miss him at CT, and pray God’s best for him in his new post.
Having reached the advanced age of 65, I shall officially retire from CT beginning October 1. In my retirement I plan to read all the books I have missed during the last 30 years in which my life has been filled with administrative duties and editing. In addition, I expect to teach a full schedule in systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and write about 25 books on topics that have long been my unindulged passion.
