When Mennonites from 10 countries spent five days with Catholic Church leaders in Vatican City, each group was interested in learning to know the other better. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity invited and hosted the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) delegation, Oct. 18 – 23, 2007. “We were so warmly welcomed that it was almost overwhelming,” ...More
Dr. Keith G. Meador, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center The intersection of spirituality and health is the focus of the next ...More
The Alumni Association of EMU honored two of its graduates Sunday, Oct. 14, for their work in reflecting the school’s vision, mission and values. EMU President Loren Swartzendruber (right) offers a blessing during the Sunday mornin ...More
“A teacher in whose classroom wit and wisdom vied for supremacy.” G. Irvin (“G.I.”) Lehman, professor emeritus of Old Testament at EMU. That was one of many tributes paid to G. Irvin (“G.I.”) Lehman at a recognition and retirement dinn ...More
Emily Derstine, a JPCS major at EMU, with her supervisor, Kirk Hanger, an EMU alumnus, at Nueva Esperanza/New Hope Fellowship in suburban Washington, D.C. A record-setting 10 students ha ...More
Ted Grimsrud Ted Grimsrud, associate professor of Bible and religion and justice, peace and conflict studies at Eastern Mennonite University, w ...More
Three EMU students participated in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest held the evening of Mar. 24 on campus. While the contest ran in conjunction with the “Micah Think Tank” festivities this year, EMU has taken part in the competition for the past four out of five years. The grand prize winner will move on to compete at the bi-national level. Nicholas L. ...More
The public is invited to attend an in-depth panel presentation on “US Foreign Policy and How It Affects Americans” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 10, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU. The presentation, sponsored by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP ...More
It didn’t have to be! Two world religions, Christianity and Judaism, didn’t have to split the way they did. That’s the belief of the late Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder as outlined in his posthumously-published book, “The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited.” Eastern Mennonite University will examine Dr. Yoder’s assertions in ...More
The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley with her students at the Renk Bible College in Renk, Sudan. Photo by Madjur Chol Deng. The Rev. Lauren ...More
