{"id":48812,"date":"2021-03-21T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=48812"},"modified":"2021-03-29T06:06:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:06:56","slug":"mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mennoniteusa.org\/news\/carlson-moderator-elect\/\">Read the full release.<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon Carlson<\/strong>, a Master of Divinity candidate at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, was nominated March 12 as moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). He also holds a Certificate in Ministry Studies from the seminary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson is a MC USA Executive Board member, assistant moderator of Atlantic Coast Conference, and the lead pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nomination was announced in a March 12 MC USA press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pending affirmation by delegates at the online MennoCon21 Delegate Assembly, Carlson will serve two years as moderator-elect and then two years as moderator and chair of the Executive Board, presiding over the 2025 MC USA Convention and Delegate Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stan Shantz<\/strong>, chair of MC USA\u2019s Leadership Discernment Committee, described Carlson in the release as having a firm focus on the vision, mission and goals of the denomination, as well as the gifts needed to lead in this role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a graciousness about the way Jon leads,\u201d said Shantz. \u201cHe does well at inviting others\u2019 perspective into the discussion. Jon builds bridges between people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be considered for a role like this,\u201d said Carlson. \u201cI love the Mennonite Church dearly and believe that God is at work in our world through the Mennonite Church in unique and valuable ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working in creative services and media production for 10 years, Carlson was called to ministry in 2010 as a part-time, interim pastor at Oley Valley (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church. In 2014, Carlson followed his wife\u2019s career path to Lancaster and accepted the position as lead pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson joined MC USA\u2019s Executive Board in 2019 and is in his second term as assistant moderator for Atlantic Coast Conference, a position he will leave if affirmed as moderator-elect at the 2021 MC USA Delegate Assembly. He also serves as the MC USA Executive Board representative on the Mennonite Education Agency executive director search committee and on the board of directors of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Schools. He has previously served as a delegate, member at large and co-chair of the youth committee for the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Carlson, a Master of Divinity candidate at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, was nominated March 12 as moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). He also holds a Certificate in Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,17562,8845,265],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-48812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-digest","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-seminary","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jon Carlson, a Master of Divinity candidate at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, was nominated March 12 as moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). He also holds a Certificate in Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-21T13:43:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-29T10:06:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\",\"name\":\"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-21T13:43:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-29T10:06:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EMU News\",\"description\":\"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News","og_description":"Jon Carlson, a Master of Divinity candidate at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, was nominated March 12 as moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). He also holds a Certificate in Ministry","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/","og_site_name":"EMU News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2021-03-21T13:43:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-29T10:06:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EMU_News","twitter_site":"@EMU_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/","name":"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect - EMU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-21T13:43:09+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-29T10:06:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/03\/18154257\/JonCarlson_feature-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/mdiv-candidate-nominated-as-mennonite-church-usa-moderator-elect\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MDiv candidate nominated as Mennonite Church USA moderator-elect"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"EMU News","description":"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48845,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812\/revisions\/48845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48812"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=48812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}