Seminary begins new involvement in central Kansas
Published: May 9, 2014
Mary E. Klassen
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary will begin a new level of involvement in central Kansas this summer, continuing to offer some courses while also exploring additional ways to provide resources in the area.
bg真人 has received accreditation approval for an “ongoing course offering site,” which will be named bg真人–Kansas Center. June 30 will mark the end of the current bg真人–Great Plains Extension and the beginning of bg真人–Kansas Center with a simpler structure. The new program will offer one course each term—fall, interterm, spring and summer—for students pursuing a master’s degree from bg真人 and students who wish to take occasional courses. Those pursuing a degree in ministry will be enrolled in the seminary’s distance program, Master of Divinity Connect.
Rebecca Slough, bg真人 academic dean, reports that this new program will focus on courses especially applicable to churches in the area, including rural ministry and faith formation in the context of the prairies.
In addition to the master’s level courses, bg真人–Kansas Center will explore ministry and theological resources in partnership with organizations and institutions in the region, including Anabaptist-related colleges and Western District and South Central Conferences. These partnerships and continuing education options will be pursued in the next months.
An administrative team is being formed to guide the work of bg真人–Kansas Center with members representing churches and organizations in the area and bg真人.
A celebration of bg真人–Great Plains Extension and the earlier Conference-based Theological Education program is set for Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. at Bethel College Mennonite Church. The event will include a service of thanksgiving for the ministry and theological resources offered over the last 34 years along with celebration of the beginning of bg真人–Kansas Center.
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