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Dale Schlafer has served as Cofounder and President of the Center for World Revival and Awakening since 1998. The Center is a worldwide ministry dedicated to building the local church by promoting the revival of the church, the awakening of the lost, and the reformation of our society. (For more information, see the Center's web page at www.revivalandawakening.org)

By working with existing groups and organizations, especially with pastors and church leaders, the Center hopes to see the church of Jesus Christ come alive, bringing the greatest harvest of the lost in history. As Pastor Schlafer says: "When revival is the experience of the church, evangelism becomes the expression of the church. When evangelism is the expression of the church, a changed society will be the evidence of those changed lives."

Prior to establishing the Center for World Revival and Awakening, Pastor Schlafer served with Promise Keepers as vice-president for revival and awakening (1996-1998), and vice-president of church relations (1994-1996). Initially, he served as chairman of the board at Promise Keepers from the ministry's inception to 1994. His love for the clergy and heart for men's ministries found expression through Promise Keepers.

Pastor Schlafer served for twenty-two years as senior pastor of South Fellowship in Littleton, Colorado, and six years as a senior pastor in New Jersey.

Dale was director for the "Clergy 96-Fan Into Flame" conference, an unprecedented gathering of 40,000 pastors held in Atlanta in February of 1996. He also served as the director of "Stand In The Gap-A Sacred Assembly of Men," which was held in Washington D. C. in October of 1997 and attended by 1.3 million men. Both of these events had revival and awakening at their very core.

He was a contributing author for the books, Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper, The Lighthouse Movement, Effective Men's Ministry, Fighting On Your Knees, and has authored the A Revival Primer, and the just released, spring 2003, Revival 101-How Christ Ignites His Church. Through his speaking and writing commitments, he conveys a real understanding of church life.

He has substantial international experience, speaking and ministering on every continent except Australia. Over 450 members of his churches have participated in short term mission projects all over the world. Two churches have been planted, one being in Bombay, India. This world mindset has been passed on to thirty-eight men and women who entered fulltime cross-cultural missionary service.

Pastor Schlafer committed his life to Christ at a very early age. His call to pastoral ministry came in 1961. Pastor Schlafer, a native of Philadelphia, holds a B. A. from Westminster College of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Pastor Schlafer currently lives in Colorado and has been married to Liz for thirty-eight years. They have three grown children: Tracey, Todd, and Kyle.