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Hybrid seminary courses blend face-to-face and flexible learning

September 5, 2018Last updated September 7, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Working as a full-time pastor in Roanoke, Virginia, or a volunteer chaplain in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and taking courses at Eastern Mennonite Seminary are no longer incompatible, thanks to a relatively

Grad School Q & A: Jordan Luther ’15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School

June 20, 2018Last updated June 21, 2018 by Moderator

Jordan Luther, a 2015 graduate of EMU with a degree in Bible and religion, is earning a Master of Divinity degree at Vanderbilt Divinity School. He contributed to an ongoing series

Capstone Integration Projects, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Spring 2018

April 6, 2018Last updated July 13, 2018 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite Seminary students present Master of Divinity (MDiv) capstone projects that touch on both the personal formation experienced within the students’ seminary journeys, and the transformation they hope to

Seminary’s School for Leadership Training ‘Broken Vessels, Thriving Pastor’ slated for January

November 30, 2017Last updated November 30, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

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

Grad School Q & A: Blair Wilner ’13, on studying theology at Duke Divinity School and UVa.

November 28, 2017Last updated March 7, 2018 by Moderator

Addison Blair Wilner, a 2013 Bible and religion graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in religious studies at the University of Virginia. He

Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope

August 30, 2017Last updated September 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his “much too large” CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and

‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes

August 17, 2017Last updated August 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the

New seminary degree trains leaders for ever-broadening spectrum of roles and contexts

August 16, 2017Last updated August 30, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

“Ministry” can take many forms and happen in many contexts: preaching and pastoral care in a church, yes, but also serving firefighters, pursuing restorative justice, leading music and offering spiritual

Mennonite Church USA convention draws many to Orlando

July 6, 2017Last updated July 6, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Andrea Wenger

With love in action as the guiding theme of the 2017 Mennonite Church USA annual convention, several Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty and staff are sharing their

Seminary graduates commissioned to ‘grow into God’s mission in a new time and place’

April 30, 2017Last updated May 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Thirteen graduates of Eastern Mennonite Seminary received blessings, degrees and certificates during Saturday’s seminary commencement. They were also accompanied by the observation, offered by associate dean Nancy Heisey, that “today

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