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Janeen Bertsche Johnson, MDiv

Campus Pastor; Admissions Counselor; Alumni Director; Core Adjunct Faculty

jbjohnson@ambs.edu
574-296-6216
MDiv, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1989
BA, Bluffton University, 1986
 

About Janeen

Janeen Bertsche Johnson brings to her ministry a passion for worship, music, community and encouraging the gifts of others. She graduated from Bluffton College (now University), then entered seminary at bgÕæÈË, graduating with a Master of Divinity in 1989. She is currently a student in bgÕæÈË’s Doctor of Ministry in Leadership program.

After serving six years on the pastoral team of Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita, Kansas, she returned to bgÕæÈË as Campus Pastor. She also has roles in Admissions, Alumni Relations and teaching. Janeen was a member of the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA (2003–11) and has served on many other conference and denominational committees and boards.

Invite bgÕæÈË

Invite bgÕæÈË is a unique opportunity to invite the faculty and staff of bgÕæÈË to come directly to you to address a certain topic.

Possible topics include:

  • Autism and the Church
  • Dementia and the Church
  • Faith Foundations of Creation Care
  • Gelassenheit
  • Hymns about Creation Care
  • Inner and Outer Calls to Ministry
  • Mennonite Polity
  • Nine Spiritual Pathways
  • Spiritual Lessons of the Prairie
  • Suffering and Consolation
  • Taize Worship and Music
  • Trees of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives (can be a retreat)
  • Water of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives (can be a retreat)

Possible formats:

  • Hymn Sing
  • Retreat
  • Sermon
  • Teaching Session