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Sara Wenger Shenk named AMBS president
Sara Wenger Shenk, Ed.D., associate dean of
Eastern Mennonite Seminary, has been named president of Associated Mennonite
Biblical Seminary. She will begin the new assignment no later than October 1, 2010, following time of preparation and orientation.
"Dr.
Wenger Shenk represents a unique combination of gifts and experiences,
including teaching and administration in theological education, cross-cultural
ministry, church planting, and writing for both scholarly and popular
audiences," Randall Jacobs, chair of presidential search committee and new
chair of the AMBS board, said. "Perhaps
more importantly, Dr. Wenger Shenk is grounded in Jesus, deeply respectful of
the church, and passionate about Anabaptist theological education."
Wenger Shenk holds a Doctor of Education degree from Union Theological Seminary and The Presbyterian School of Christian Education, and a master's degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill. She has been on the faculty and administration of EMS since 1995 and currently serves as associate professor of Christian practices in addition to being associate dean.
For more information about Dr. Wenger Shenk, see the announcement of her appointment on the AMBS Web site.
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Vision journal explores testimony
 Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology devotes its fall issue to the topic of testimony. Articles look at testimony in the Old Testament, the Apostle Paul's conversion testimony, testimony in the congregation, and many other aspects. A sermon by Alan Kreider, "Testimony as sharing hope," is included.
To see selected articles and find out how to subscribe, visit the Vision Web site.
Vision is published twice a year by the Institute for Theology and the Church at Canadian Mennonite University and by the Institute of Mennonites Studies at AMBS.
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Sabbatical pastors at AMBS
"In prison chaplaincy, answers must come quick," Donald
Stoesz told an AMBS class this week. "There are no gray answers; it's either
yes or no and it has to come quick." Donald Stoesz, a prison chaplain in Innisfail, Alberta,
is an AMBS gradudate on sabbatical at AMBS for three months. He is using the
time to reflect on his ministry and work on a book about prison chaplaincy.
Other graduates on
sabbatical at AMBS this fall: Sue Conrad, pastor at East
Chestnut Street Mennonite
Church, Lancaster,
Pa.; and Pauline Steinmann, pastor of Wildwood Mennonite
Church, Saskatoon, Sask.
In addition, Muriel Bechtel, conference minister for Mennonite Church
Eastern Canada, is taking a sabbatical at AMBS. Their time at AMBS is funded,
in part, from the seminary's Engaging Pastors program which brings pastors and
professors for collaboration and sustained conversation.
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