Alex Mayfield

Alex Mayfield is an Assistant Professor of History at Asbury University. His research utilizes digital methodologies that enable the reconstruction of historical networks and movements within global Christianity. His research and teaching interests include global history, pentecostal and charismatic movements, mission history in East Asia, and the history of colonial Latin America. His current scholarly focus is on the China Historical Christian Database, an international collaborative project that seeks to identify every Christian person, event, and institution in China between 1550 and 1950. With his help, the project has become the largest collection of data on Christian actors in China’s past, and it continues to grow. His most recent book, The Kaleidoscopic City(Baylor University Press, 2023), explores the historical development of the Pentecostal movement in Hong Kong. Beyond his own research, Dr. Mayfield also serves as a technical advisor to the Chinese Christian Posters projects and the Dictionary of African Christian Biography.