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Dr. Weaver has been at Baylor University since 2003 and was recently promoted to full professor in the Department of Religion. He is a member of the Department's Historical Studies area and his current research and teaching focus on Baptist history and also Pentecostalism. In recent publications Dr. Weaver offered a survey of Baptist history as a search for the New Testament church and he offered a new look at the work of 20th century Baptist leader, E. Y. Mullins. In other recent studies, Dr. Weaver has explored the importance of freedom of conscience and the relationship of personal voluntary faith and ecclesiology in Baptist life. Dr. Weaver teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He offers graduate seminars, supervises doctoral students and gives attention to an introductory undergraduate Christian heritage course (editing a reader published by Baylor University Press). Dr. Weaver is part of the Department's administrative team with his service as Director of Undergraduate Studies. He works with the academic advising of religion majors. Before coming to Baylor, Dr. Weaver taught and was educated at academic institutions in the Baptist tradition. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church and has pastoral experience. Dr. Weaver and his wife, Pat, are native Virginians. Pat is the Director of Career Counseling in the Paul L. Foster Student Success Center at Baylor University. The Weavers have two children (Aaron and Andrea, both Baylor graduates) and three grandchildren (Camden James, James Oliver, and Maci Brooke). Professor Weaver is a lifelong devoted fan of the New York Yankees. His office, in the Tidwell Bible Building, is known for its New York Yankee and Christian history bobblehead figures.