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Seminary study “a tremendous privilege” for grad now working in missions in Africa

April 11, 2014Last updated April 28, 2014 by Amanda Miller

Greek conjugations, stone cathedrals, and stories from catacombs may not seem relevant to the Mennonite churches in East Africa, which use an assortment of indigenous African languages and meet in

Scholars of religion and theology debate purpose and outcomes of interfaith dialogue

April 2, 2014Last updated April 11, 2014 by Steve Shenk

When the Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University brings people of different religions together to talk, what’s the point? Should everyone water down their beliefs in order

Seminary grad publishes book on similarities between parenting and the faith journey

March 18, 2014Last updated March 31, 2014 by MennoMedia

Managed chaos. That’s how Rachel Gerber [MDiv ’05] describes parenting three young sons. Herald Press has recently published the Eastern Mennonite Seminary alumna’s first book, a devotional memoir, Ordinary Miracles:

New Bridges – Meeting the needs of the residents from foreign lands

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

Consider a few statistics: In 1990, just 2.4% of Harrisonburg’s population was foreign born. That figure rose substantially over the following decade to 9.2%, and now sits, per the latest

Extravagant love – from the Little Grill to Our Community Place

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

Let’s begin in 1992 , when the Free Food For All Soup Kitchen opened to the world, every Monday at noon, at The Little Grill restaurant in downtown Harrisonburg. Ron

Duke U. scholar, Methodist minister, to join Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty

February 27, 2014Last updated March 14, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Christian formation curriculum, an integral part of studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will be overseen by an ordained Methodist minister, Emily Peck-McClain, beginning in January 2015. After a thorough search

“Painholders” are Christians who heroically nurture discernment rather than splitting, says seminary dean

February 26, 2014Last updated March 11, 2014 by Michael A. King

In this essay, seminary dean Michael A. King speaks of the pain caused by evicting those perceived as being wrong from the church family; he praises Christians who act as

Congregational leaders flock to seminary program on how to do “discernment” in the face of difficult issues

February 7, 2014Last updated February 24, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Hundreds of people filled to capacity the 2014 School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, interested in exploring “discernment processes” to address difficult issues in congregations, conferences and denominations.

Worship in acknowledgment of the “elephant in the room”

February 7, 2014Last updated February 24, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Participants in the 2014 School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary did not tiptoe for three days around the “elephant in the room” – that is, the anguish felt

Pastor’s farm work connects him with his rural congregants

December 4, 2013Last updated August 18, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Young seminary graduates typically seek pastoral positions in large suburban or urban congregations, but Brett Klingenberg craved something else. He grew up on a farm, loved farming and wanted to

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