The Board of Directors of the Religious Education Association has announced the selection of Rev. Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer as Editor-Elect of the journal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, effective September 1, 2014. Dr. Mercer is Professor of Practical Theology and the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Chair in Pastoral Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. She will work with editor Jack Seymour (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) through a transition period until she assumes the editorship of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION in January 2016. Read the complete announcement here.