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Executive Board looks at fund-raising needs


By Gordon Houser

Facing widespread changes in financial giving patterns, the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA looked for ways to address increasing financial shortages as it met Sept. 20-22 in Kansas City, Mo.

The board invited input from Beryl Jantzi of Everence and Phil Helmuth, a fund-raiser for Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., about giving trends in the nonprofit sector and what the EB's role in development might be ...

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Ervin Stutzman visits Mennonites in Indonesia


Ervin Stutzman, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, and his wife, Bonnie, spent two weeks in Indonesia in September with Sunoko Lin, pastor of Maranatha Christian Fellowship, an Indonesian Mennonite congregation in Northridge, Calif. ...

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Sunoko Lin and Ervin Stutzman worshipping at a training event at the Sangkakala Theological Seminary in Central Java. The dean is standing to Ervin's left, photo right.
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CMU opens new Graduate School of Theology and Ministry


From Canadian Mennonite University

Building on the vision of its founding colleges and its Anabaptist church owners, Canadian Mennonite University opened its new Graduate School of Theology and Ministry on Sept. 19.

"Opening the Graduate School renews and formalizes CMU's commitment to inspire and equip students for pastoral ministry, leadership, scholarship, and service," says Karl Koop, director of the graduate school at CMU ...

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College Corner: Goshen pastor shares with Bluffton students 

The last time Ron Diener had been at Bluffton (Ohio) University was when his daughter, Natasha, received her bachelor's degree in education from the university in 2007.
 
That is, until Sept. 19, when the pastor of Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., returned to campus for two days as minister in residence ...

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