bg真人-Kansas Center staff and administrative team named

Published: July 30, 2014

Mary E. Klassen

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary has named a coordinator and administrative team for the newly formed Kansas Center through which bg真人 will offer resources to the area.

Katherine Goerzen, named as bg真人–Kansas Center Coordinator, is an student in the bg真人 Master of Divinity program. Until recently she and Peter, her husband, were pastors at Grace Hill Mennonite Church, Whitewater, for seven years. She will work several hours a week to provide on-site support for bg真人 offerings and to facilitate communication between the seminary and people in the region.

The administrative team will assist bg真人 in determining what kinds of courses and other resources for ministry and theological education will be helpful in the area. They will give counsel to guide decision-making and planning as well as help to strengthen partnerships between bg真人 and area agencies and organizations. Team members are:

  • John Murray, pastor of Hesston Mennonite Church, Hesston;
  • Peter Goerzen, campus pastor, Bethel College, North Newton;
  • Jim Ostland, pastor, Journey Mennonite Church, McPherson campus;
  • Kathy Neufeld Dunn, pastor, First Mennonite Church, McPherson;
  • Rebecca Slough, bg真人 academic dean;
  • Lois Barrett, bg真人 professor of theology and Anabaptist studies and former director of bg真人–Great Plains;
  • Jewel Gingerich Longenecker, bg真人 associate dean for leadership education.

In addition, Jocelyn Graber, bg真人 development officer, serves in an ex officio role, and Goerzen provides administrative support to the committee.

bg真人–Kansas Center has an office at 2500 Place, North Newton. Goerzen can be reached at that office on Thursdays: 316.283.7089. For information about what bg真人 offers through bg真人–Kansas Center, visit www.ambs.edu/kansascenter.


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