Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mary E. Klassen/Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Feb. 6 issue

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  Photo by SaeJin Lee/AMBS

  Vincent Harding considers what we need to do now to prepare for a multiracial democracy

  ELKHART, Ind. — Vincent Harding suggested we are still on the march to a multiracial society at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Jan. 16-17.

  Harding, a close associate of King, reflected on the question of where King was heading in his ministry. At the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery walk for voting rights in 1965, Harding noted King did not say, “We have finally gotten to victory, so let’s sit down.”

Oct. 10, 2011 issue

• AMBS creates first fully endowed faculty position

  ELKHART, Ind. — The first fully endowed faculty position at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, a chair in missional leadership development, reflects the vision and commitment of the donors, Mary Esther and Walter Schmid.

Sept. 26, 2011 issue

• Book promotes vital congregational role in forming young people’s faith

  GOSHEN, Ind. — Bob Yoder has heard congregational youth group leaders say they are afraid to lead Bible studies, fearing they do not have enough training. He also senses people are afraid to talk about their faith in their congregations.

Sept. 12, 2011 issue

• Partnership connects visiting scholars to AMBS

  ELKHART, Ind. — The ministry of César Moya and Patricia Urueña is grounded in partnership, and for the last year Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary has been included.

July 11, 2011 issue

• Retiring prof taught, and learned, far beyond AMBS

  ELKHART, Ind. — When Marlene Kropf started first grade, she came home every day and taught her younger sister what she had learned. Kropf said she already had an “impulse to tell someone else what I was finding exciting.”

May 2, 2011 issue

• AMBS dean, pastor, church leader dies

  GOSHEN, Ind. — Ross T. Bender, dean emeritus of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, who devoted himself to service and leadership in the Mennonite church, including congregational, denominational and global ministries, died April 21. He was 81.

April 11, 2011 issue

• Group considers emerging role of Mary in Anabaptist faith and worship

  Elkhart, Ind. — After two days of singing, discussing, pondering images and praying, questions continued to swirl around Mary, the mother of Jesus, and what she might mean for Mennonites and Anabaptists today.

March 14, 2011 issue

• AMBS guest: embrace God-created differences

  ELKHART, Ind. — Marcia Riggs, professor of Christian ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., aimed to awaken the moral imaginations of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary faculty and students during her visit Feb. 22-25.

Feb. 14, 2011 issue

• Renovation planned for AMBS chapel

  ELKHART, Ind. — Renovation of the Chapel of the Sermon on the Mount, the main worship center for Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will begin this spring or summer.

Jan. 17, 2011 issue

• Mary to be in the spotlight at AMBS

  Elkhart, Ind. — Mary, the mother of Jesus, shows up on Christmas Eve and Good Friday and never says anything.

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