AMBS reports growth in student numbers
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Ind., is reporting a growth in student numbers this fall, with total enrolment increasing from 145 students in 2021 to 157 this year. Of these 157 students, 16 are participants in the undergraduate level nondegree Journey Missional Leadership Development Program. The other 141 students constitute the largest graduate…
AMBS scholarship supports visual arts
Elkhart, Ind.—Kajsa Herrstrom is the latest recipient of a scholarship that supports seminary studies integrating spirituality and visual arts. The Worship Arts Scholarship is offered by Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), one of its 100 endowed scholarships. Herrstrom, a masters of divinity student from Champaign, Ill., says, “I have been on a lifelong artistic and spiritual journey. I wouldn’t always have articulated…
Joint conference to focus on leading in hope through difficult times
ELKHART, IND.—What can we learn from leaders who were formed “in the wilderness” for the struggles we face today? This question is central to the theme of an upcoming conference for pastors and faith formation leaders of all Christian denominations. Titled “Formed in the Wilderness, Leading in Hope,” the conference will be held in person…
Seminary bids farewell to Safwat Marzouk
In July, Safwat Marzouk concluded his roles as associate professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and chair of the Bible Department at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), after 10 years of service. He is now serving as associate professor of Old Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Va. Marzouk, who came to AMBS in July…
!Explore nurtures youth who are passionate about the church
In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) leaders of !Explore: A Theological Program for High School Youth are planning for a robust opportunity for teens to deepen their faith, expand their soul and imagine their place in God’s kingdom in the summer of 2021. “!Explore offers a chance to…
AMBS doubles church matching grants
ELKHART, IND.—Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) is doubling its dollar-for-dollar church matching grant from $1,000 to $2,000 per academic year, beginning in the 2020-21 school year. The grant matches contributions that congregations, conferences and regional churches make toward a student’s tuition costs for graduate-level study at AMBS. Through the church matching grant, full-time admitted students…
Is technology on ‘Team Human’?
Elkhart, Ind.—In an age when people turn instinctively to Siri for directions, Mennonite church leaders and educators found that Divine Lady Wisdom’s words from Proverbs have an amazing wealth of guidance for navigating digital culture. Lady Wisdom, six fools—Schemer, Scoffer, Gossip, Lazybones, Glutton and Adulterer—and a wise person all emerged from the pages of the…
Engaging Anabaptist theology in community—at a distance
Randall Koehler wants to explore how Anabaptist theology might shape the mission of the church in a rural context. Koehler, who lives with his family in Benson, Ill.—a rural community whose population was 423 in the 2010 census—is able to pursue this interest from home as a student in the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)…
Boshart next AMBS president despite expressed concerns
David W. Boshart, Ph.D., of Wellman, Iowa, has been appointed the next president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Elkhart, Ind., effective Jan. 1, 2020, following a period of “extended discernment” that included “outreach to and listening sessions with the AMBS community,” according to board chair Bruce Baergen of Edmonton. Boshart succeeds Sara Wenger Shenk,…
