Eastern Mennonite Seminary

EMS provides training programs and graduate degrees to prepare people for a variety of ministry and leadership roles in the church, academy and beyond. As an Anabaptist seminary, EMS has special emphasis in peacebuilding, biblical studies, spiritual formation and theology. We train leaders for Mennonite Church USA, and The United Methodist Church, as well as other denominations.

We offer classes at our Harrisonburg, Va. campus, at a variety of locations in southeast Pennsylvania through the Lancaster extension, and online.

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Seminary news

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

  April 11th, 2014

  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 structures built of corrugated tin. Still, Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) graduate Aram DiGennaro, MDiv ’05, gives testimony to the relevance of advanced theological training within ...More

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

  April 2nd, 2014

  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 to find as much agreement as possible? Or, at the opposite extreme, should they be trying to convert each other? At a March 27, 2014, ...More

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Seminary Podcasts

“Our Words Matter: Julian of Norwich and Diverse Images of God” – Maria CM Byler and Lindsay Mustafa Davis



Seminary Capstone Presentation – Daniel Miller



Seminary Capstone Presentation – Terry Hendricks

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