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Wenger Shenk concludes nine years of service at AMBS
Sara Wenger Shenk retired from her role as president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Elkhart, Ind., on June 30, after nine years in the role. Since beginning in the fall of 2010, she provided strong direction for the seminary’s future, overseeing changes such as transitioning the institution’s name from “Associated” to “Anabaptist” in 2012, renovating the Chapel…
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AMBS celebrates the Class of 2019
GOSHEN, Indiana — Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) celebrated the achievements of 20 graduates earlier this month at its 73rd commencement service. The graduating class included two Canadians, as well as eighteen students from eight other countries — Australia, Germany, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Japan, South Korea and the United States — on five continents. The…
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AMBS launches new online MA in theology and global Anabaptism
ELKART, IND.—Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) is launching a new fully online master of arts degree in theology and global Anabaptism. The 46-credit-hour interdisciplinary academic degree program—which can be completed over four years on a part-time basis—builds on the seminary’s historic Anabaptist identity and longstanding peace studies program to prepare scholars, teachers, pastors and leaders…
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AMBS trains Sudanese-Canadian to make a difference
Thousands of miles from their homeland, a group of about 30 South Sudanese women gathers on Tuesdays in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. Meeting in each other’s homes, they pray for their war-torn country and its people, share about their lives and study the Bible together. Rebecca Riek, who came to Canada from South Sudan 16 years ago,…
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AMBS president to resign next June
Sara Wenger Shenk, president of Anabaptist Biblical Seminary (AMBS), has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2019. She has served in this role since the fall of 2010. Bruce Baergen of Edmonton, board chair of AMBS, expressed gratitude for Wenger Shenk’s gifts in fostering team spirit and collegiality as new faculty and staff members have…
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Rooted and Grounded speakers call for changed worldviews
As the floodwaters of Hurricane Florence crested in South Carolina in late September, three keynote speakers at this year’s Rooted and Grounded conference on land and Christian discipleship at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) told participants that shifts in the dominant western belief systems and priorities would be needed for people to live in right…
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AMBS grads encouraged to fulfill ‘other half’ of Jesus’ mandate
Palmer Becker of Kitchener, Ont., told Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary graduates that, as followers of Jesus, they have not only been given a mandate to teach, but also to cast out broken and evil spirits. “We might define these spirits in different ways and have different methods for casting them out, but the mandate stands,”…
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AMBS recognizes alumnus Palmer Becker for ministry and service
Palmer Becker of Kitchener, Ont., a long-time church leader, pastor, missionary, church planter, author and educator, was named the recipient of the 2018 Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition Award. Becker, who earned a Master of Religious Education degree from Mennonite Biblical Seminary (MBS, now AMBS) in 1965, received the award…
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AMBS conference models practices for sustaining faith and hope
With contentiousness and fracturing in the body of believers, and hostility and injustice all around, these are difficult days for church leaders, who are supposed to provide guidance for people struggling with the trials of the times while at the same time often wrestling with their own challenges. “How do we deal with our anxieties…
