Editorial

Abstract

We are happy to announce a new issue of JAAS! With this issue, we are making two major changes for the journal. First of all, we have formulated new vision and mission statements. The vision statement reads as follows:

The Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary (JAAS) is a leading venue for publishing studies with Adventist and world perspectives on the Bible, spirituality, theology, history, mission, and ministry.

The new mission statement is formulated accordingly:

JAAS publishes studies with Adventist and world perspectives exploring the Bible, theology, history, mission, and ministry to raise the level of spirituality, scholarship, and service in the world church.

While theology has often taken a more Western perspective, with these changes we want to welcome studies that explore the Bible, spirituality, theology, history, mission, and ministry from various cultural perspectives. While still including more traditional approaches, we also encourage studies of issues relevant to the wide multicultural reality of our world today. AIIAS is an institution with students and faculty from all continents, and we find it appropriate that our seminary journal engage in topics reflecting the diversity of backgrounds represented at our institution.

The second change we are making is making the journal available for free online. You will already find back-issues available at https://journals.aiias.edu/jaas. We will upload new issues there as soon as they are ready. It means that we will no longer require subscriptions to be able to access the journal and its latest issues. We hope this will make it more readily accessible for you as a reader.