WCIU and the Ralph D. Winter Research Center Welcome a New Director!

WCIU and the Ralph D. Winter Research Center Welcome a new Director, Danny Hunter to the team!

The Ralph D. Winter Research Center is a joint project between WCIU and Frontier Ventures. As the new Director of the Research Center, we believe Danny is an essential player who will continue to foster our collaborative efforts in both preserving our history and moving our shared missional conversations forward in this next season! It is with much excitement that we welcome him!

Getting to know Danny Hunter, Director of the Ralph D. Winter Research Center

Danny Hunter is the Director of the Ralph D. Winter Research Center. He earned a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2021. His dissertation focused on how local churches build partnerships with international sister churches as a way of engaging directly in mission. This project flowed out of his previous experience as a missions pastor. Since receiving his PhD, Danny has been serving as adjunct faculty for several different institutions, teaching both undergraduate and graduate classes in mission, bible, culture, and world religions. He has also worked as a consultant for churches and missions organizations who are interested in the engagement of the local church in mission.  

Danny is always interested in new ways of conducting research, convening a working group on new research methods at a recent gathering of the International Association of Mission Studies. He lives in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife, Lisa, daughter, Kaylynn, and their Lab-mix Ryder. When he’s not planning or conducting research you can probably find him reading something by Tolkien, plotting a fly-fishing trip, or watching an INDYCAR race.