When African American civil rights activist Vincent Harding and his wife visited Meridian, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, they met Titus Bender for the first time. Bender, then a Mennonite
... read more about Civil rights activist, pastor and social work professor Titus Bender was a catalyst for social change
My wife and I have led 13 groups of college students to the Middle East since 1991 as part of Eastern Mennonite University’s required cross-cultural program. During the semester-long immersive
... read more about ‘Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem’: Longtime cross-cultural leader Linford Stutzman on Trump’s U.S. embassy move
The ministry model of clay jars can take several twists: Are ministers cracked pots? Crackpots? Broken vessels? Is their work – to use another Biblical metaphor – but the sowing
... read more about Seminary’s School for Leadership Training ‘Broken Vessels, Thriving Pastor’ slated for January
Before her recent Eastern Mennonite University Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine, Betty Holsinger Shenk ’75 “knew it would be great.” It turned out, though, to be more
... read more about EMU Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine will have ‘lifelong impact’
This article was published in the Nov. 10, 2017, issue of the Daily News-Record. Steve Giddens earned a Master of Divinity degree at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and will complete a
... read more about UCC pastor Steve Giddens, a dual-degree graduate student, served three tours in the Middle East
Valerie Showalter, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, shared the following words at the Oct. 13 Donor Appreciation Banquet. She is pastor of youth and children’s ministries at Shalom Mennonite
... read more about An EMS scholarship beneficiary envisions the future church
An Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate and two other organizers of the clergy protest against the August “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be honored by the National Council
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Spiritual director Chris Hoover Seidel, on staff at the Center for Justice and Pecebuilding, writes about healing journeys within the body. ... read more about For the body tells me so: Chris Hoover Seidel on healing journeys from Menno Snapshots
When James Krabill thinks about how his many years of global ministry work began, he thinks of “Rebirth,” a group of student-singers from Eastern Mennonite College who went on two
... read more about From Ecuador to Los Angeles: Centennial Augsburger Lecture Series features alumni with diverse missions experience
They’d wanted audiences to laugh, reflect, feel goosebumps, pause, celebrate and sing — and that’s exactly what happened at the two performances of What we bring. What we take. What
... read more about Centennial play by Swartz and DeSanctis, with troupe of alumni actors, delivers reflection and affirmation