The last Annual Council of the General Conference (Oct. 7-14, 2015) appointed the BRI scholars for the next quinquennium. Ekkehardt Mueller, Kwabena Donkor, and Clinton Wahlen will serve as associate directors. Elias Brasil de Souza was appointed as director. Frank Hasel from Bogenhofen was called as associate director, and Artur Stele, who has served as the director during the last quinquennium, will continue to serve BRI as chair of the Biblical Research Institute Committee (BRICOM) along with his other responsibilities as one of the vice presidents of the General Conference.
Annual Council Appoint BRI Scholars for 2016–2020
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