{"id":11156,"date":"2024-03-07T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//?page_id=11156"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:54:24","slug":"customized-practical-leadership-training-modules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//customized-practical-leadership-training-modules/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//","title":{"rendered":"Customized Practical Leadership Training modules"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>We can adapt any of our currently existing modules to meet the unique needs of your congregation, conference or event /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 and bring the modules directly to you. Get ideas by browsing our list of previously offered modules below or our <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//practical-leadership-training/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">currently running modules</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>What skills do you or your organization want to gain? </wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>To explore ideas for customizing a module for your context, contact <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//employees/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//steve-norton/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Steve Norton</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>, Church Leadership Center Program Coordinator, at <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"mailto:sbnorton@ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">sbnorton@ambs.edu</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> or (574) 296-6281.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"h-past-modules/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Past modules</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong><strong>Anxiety and Depression in Church Ministry</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Online short course | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#deb-byler/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Deborah Byler</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Anxiety and depression are common in our U.S. and Canadian contexts. In this module, we will focus on anxiety and depression in adults.&nbsp;Our time together on Zoom will include instructor input, student presentations of learning, and group discussions and interaction. The instructor will share her own learnings as a person in ministry who has experienced both anxiety and depression.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about how anxiety and depression can manifest themselves in individuals, and also about panic attacks, bipolar disorder, suicide, burnout and other related issues.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify both helpful and unhelpful ways of addressing the difficulties people experience.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Examine what the Bible says about these conditions and how it can be used in helpful ways (as well as how it can be used in ways that compound problems).</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore how people with anxiety and/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//or depression can work at addressing their problems, and how church ministers and other leaders can support them.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Discuss how pastors and other church leaders with anxiety and/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//or depression can manage well in their ministry context.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Being the Church Amid Polarization and Conflict</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jes-s-buller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jes Stoltzfus Buller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>The current context of polarization has our congregations, communities and families railing. The world is in desperate need of skills to transform our communities. This workshop will offer tools for leaders of all kinds to effectively navigate the pitfalls of polarization in their congregations and communities through healthy dialogue skills, community-building practices and restorative justice processes.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn how polarization affects how individuals and groups engage conversation on conflictive issues.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain tools for understanding and approaching conflict in the midst of polarization and division.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn principles and best practices for moving towards conflict and addressing divisive issues through healthy dialogue.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong><strong>Beyond Boring Bible Studies</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00a0| Online short course | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jewel-g-longenecker/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jewel Gingerich Longenecker</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>How do we relate to the Bible in today/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s complicated religious and political environments? In a time of anti-institutional fervor across generations, what does it mean for the Bible to have life-giving influence in our lives? We/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll explore these questions:&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Does the Bible still matter for Christians today? If so, in what ways does it matter?</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Why is&nbsp;<em>teaching</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em>&nbsp;the Bible important?&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>What are best practices for teaching the&nbsp;Bible&nbsp;effectively?</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Understand current dilemmas that leaders and congregants face in relating to the Bible.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain an appreciation for Scripture as an important resource for the church today.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Develop skills for creating enthusiastic communities of engagement around Scripture.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Biblical Interpretation Across the Two Testaments</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#mary-schertz/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Mary Schertz</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jackie-wyse-rhodes/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jackie Wyse-Rhodes</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>As Christians reading the Bible after the Holocaust, we need to examine how we imagine the relationship between our two testaments and whether we privilege one above the other. We/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll explore /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201csupersessionism,/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d the harmful theological claim that the church has replaced Israel as God/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s covenant community and the authority of the New Testament /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201csupersedes/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d that of the Old. We/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll explore the question: How can we as modern Christians read our Scriptures faithfully, creatively and respectfully?</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about how supersessionism has not only harmed relations between Jews and Christians but also sold short both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Scriptures.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Examine the historical origins of the notion of Jesus as /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cthe hermeneutical key/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d to the Hebrew Bible and consider the implications of using this approach today.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore multiple methods of interpretation for reading the Bible responsibly today.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Creating a Healthy Congregational Culture</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Webinar | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jes-s-buller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jes Stoltzfus Buller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Many times when we think of church conflict, we envision major division, church splits and outside mediators. While high conflict does exist and should be addressed, churches and other groups can talk about issues we disagree on in healthy ways. By creating a culture that affirms and invites dialogue amid difference, we can address small conflicts in constructive ways before they turn into large, destructive conflicts. For this, it is helpful to learn and imagine potential structures and processes that are useful for group dialogue. Good process makes a big difference. This is something churches can do, and it/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s an important and authentic way to embody the gospel of peace within our own communities.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about principles and best practices for group processes on conversations that address divisive issues</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain tools for facilitating and engaging in conversation across polarizing divides within their congregations and communities</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify mechanisms for recognizing and addressing power dynamics present in conflict</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Study biblical texts for insights into good process in the midst of conflict</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Cultivating Vital and Faithful Congregations</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#david-boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">David Boshart</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Impacted by pandemic and polarization, many local churches are bewildered by how much the patterns of faith and life have changed in just the last five years. Many congregations today struggle with diminishing attendance in worship, maintaining a building, needing to reduce program and personnel structures, prioritizing faith formation programs, and finding effective decision-making processes to articulate and implement a shared vision for the future. Some have resigned themselves to a narrative of decline and expect that their churches are on their way to closing. Others are gasping in the attempt to maintain business as usual asking fewer people to wear more hats and do more work.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>In the wake of seismic social change, church leaders have an opportunity to rethink what is core to the identity and purpose of their local churches, to rediscover common practices that flow from the church/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s foundational convictions, and to consider new patterns for their life and mission. The purpose of this learning module is to offer a discernment process that can enable local churches to right-size their structures, programs, and spaces to be more nimble in mission and less drained by maintenance.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Effective Church Boards</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#michael-danner/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Michael Danner</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#joani-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Joani Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Every church has a governance structure. When they are effective, they create a context for health and growth. When they are not, they create vulnerabilities. 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Generational, technological and cultural changes have all radically altered the financial relationship that congregations have with their members.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Deepen your understanding of these changes and their impact on congregational ministry.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Develop practices to respond effectively to the challenges they present.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Guide Your Congregation through Polarization</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Webinar | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jes-s-buller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jes Stoltzfus Buller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn how polarization affects how individuals and congregations engage conversation on conflictive issues</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn principles and best practices for moving towards conflict and addressing divisive issues through healthy dialogue</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Study biblical texts for insights into healthy conflict management</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain tools for understanding and approaching conflict in the current context of polarization and division</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Healthy Boundaries 101</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#ed-kauffman/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Ed Kauffman</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Maintaining healthy boundaries protects not only the congregation and congregants from clergy abuse and trauma, but also protects the pastor from burnout and misuse of their power and position. 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This training meets the requirements of MC USA for all pastors.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Intercultural Inclusion: From Symbolic to Shared Power</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#joanne-gallardo/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Joanne Gallardo</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Many of us say we want an intercultural church, but are we willing and able to make room for diversity that goes beyond looking at demographics?&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify the main tenets of White supremacy culture and how it harms everyone</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore ways to break the cycle and counteract White supremacy when it shows up in our workplaces and churches</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn how to move from /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201csymbolic power/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d to /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cshared power/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d in churches and organizations</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Intergenerational Faith Formation</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#shana-p-boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Shana Peachey Boshart</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Research has shown that intergenerational ministry helps people of all ages feel a sense of belonging; supports families; increases role models for children and youth; creates an environment for sharing faith and mutual support; and develops a shared vision among leaders. 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Roth</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>We/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll explore how Scripture has shaped, sustained and renewed Anabaptist faith communities from the 16th century to the present and share insights about contemporary challenges of biblical interpretation. We/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll learn how to use the new <em>Anabaptist Community Bible</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> as a resource for engaging Scripture, highlighting its distinctive features and applications. The larger themes will be relevant to Anabaptist pastors and church leaders, regardless of which Bible translation they prefer.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn how to incorporate the <em>Anabaptist Community Bible</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> into sermon preparation.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain fresh approaches for studying the Bible together in the congregation as a living text that continues to transform our lives.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore ways of integrating visual art into sermons, as well as other ways of engaging Scripture.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Leadership for Antiracist Spiritual Formation</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#regina-shands-stoltzfus/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Regina Shands Stoltzfus</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>This module explores the building of spiritual practices as a foundation for anti-racism/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//anti-oppression work. We will look at the ways in which our faith communities guide us in the processes of 1) building community, 2) accepting the discipline of accountability, 3) walking deeper into rather than away from racial identity, 4) doing the work with joy (because joy is resistance), and 5) recognizing the sacred in the midst of struggle.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Leadership Practices for Spiritual Vitality</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#shana-p-boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Shana Peachey Boshart</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00a0</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Deepen your understanding of leadership as a spiritual practice</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore practices leadership teams can do together</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Focus on practices that deepen trust in God and expand your spiritual imagination</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Tend to the diversity of spiritual longings in your congregation</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Receive a coaching session for your leadership team, included with your enrollment</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Leading Congregations in Transition</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Online short course | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#paula-killough/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Paula Killough</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#dan-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Dan Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00a0</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify your personal goals for the module during a confidential pre-course interview</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Attend five online sessions:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Introduction to Transitions</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Entering an Established System</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Ephesians: The Biblical Case for Preparing the Church for the Future&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Importance of the Congregation as Effective Organization</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Looking toward the Future</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Receive three hours of individual post-course coaching &nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify your gifts as a potential candidate for transitional ministry</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Function with competence and confidence in many transitional ministry contexts</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Acquire the values of continuing education, support and accountability, and leadership development</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Leading Engaging Weddings and Funerals</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#janice-y-sutter/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Janice Yordy Sutter</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Weddings and funerals can be times for individuals, families and congregations to care for one another, celebrate life, confront fears and embody the good news of Christ. 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Read about it <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//modulos-de-capacitacion-para-el-liderazgo-practico/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">in Spanish</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn to view challenges as opportunities for growth and improvement</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explain the biblical basis for planning well</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain essential tools for casting vision and planning church events</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Expand and apply skills for leading meetings and setting priorities</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore foundations of Christian leadership</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Living Outside the /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cMan Box/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#steve-thomas/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Steve Thomas</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>How can we engage men to live outside the /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cman box/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d? Dominant masculinity in American culture upholds certain ideals and traits of men in ways that /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cbox them in./wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d This often limits male formation, impacts other genders, causes harm and distorts healthy sexuality. In responding to these problems, we/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll explore a vision of men enjoying and extending abundant life as they follow Jesus and live into God/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s shalom.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Identify ways to engage men in tending their formation, relationships and call.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Provide a vision for men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s work and practical Anabaptist resources for men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s groups.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Examine differing expressions of masculinity from an Anabaptist perspective.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore ways to assist men in embracing and expressing healthy sexuality.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Moving through Congregational Changes</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#rachel-ringenberg-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Rachel Ringenberg Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>When a congregation is facing a pastoral departure, key volunteer transition or other type of change, it/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s common for anxiety within the congregation to heighten. However, transitions also provide opportunities for a congregation to discern and dream. Following Jesus is a dynamic journey, so when we commit to following him, it requires us to learn to move through change.&nbsp;&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Understand the logistics of a pastoral search process.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore ways to discern next steps for an upcoming transition.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain tools to foster positive relationships within the congregation during a transition.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Orienting With the Word</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#malinda-berry/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Malinda E. Berry</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#naomi-wenger/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Naomi Wenger</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Are you drawn to deepen your study of the Bible and strengthen your congregation/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s connection to your community? Join bg真人/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Faith Formation Collaborative to learn about a new program,&nbsp;<strong>Orienting With the Word</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong>, that will equip congregations in Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada to read and interpret both the Bible and their sociocultural context with the goal of connecting more authentically with their communities.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain tools to assess your congregation/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s cultural and social contexts.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Participate in Confessional Bible Study /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 an approach to Bible study developed at bg真人 that is at the heart of the Orienting With the Word program.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about how studying and interpreting Scripture together can equip a congregation for transformation.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Pastoral and Congregational Financial Wellness</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> (In collaboration with Everence<sup>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00ae</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//sup>) | Four-session online workshop | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#lana-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Lana Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#kent-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Kent Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#colin-saxton/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Colin Saxton</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Financial pressures often create significant stress for pastors and for congregations as they seek to carry out their ministry in the world. 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Congregations that focus on faithful stewardship and best practices related to generosity are more likely to flourish. bg真人 and Everence are collaborating to offer this module.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Reflect on your own financial wellness by exploring seven areas of financial planning (two sessions).&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain best practices related to cultivating generosity and faithful stewardship that you can adapt to your congregation/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s context (two sessions).</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Pastoral Care for Survivors of Sexual Abuse</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Online short course | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#deb-byler/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Deborah Byler</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00a0</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"block-1f4084eb-8b86-4e6c-97d1-cac00fd4d7c2/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Within every congregation of believers are adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Every pastor and church leader needs to know how to be a positive influence in the life of a survivor of sexual abuse and how to encourage them in their path toward healing. This course will help Christian leaders learn how to relate to, resource and counsel those who have been sexually abused.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"block-7599dcfd-96e2-48ae-9db2-f0d25bccc70f/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about the effects of childhood sexual abuse on adult survivors.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Grow in your ability to nurture, resource and counsel survivors of childhood sexual abuse.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain understanding of the effects of a survivor/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s journey on their spouse, and grow in your ability to resource the survivor/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s spouse.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore the dynamics of forgiveness in relation to sexual abuse.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Peacemaking through Curious Dialogue</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Webinar | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jes-s-buller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jes Stoltzfus Buller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>The world around us models extremely unhealthy ways of talking to (or yelling at) one another when it comes to conflictive issues. 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As varying voices from society call people farther apart, the church has the opportunity to become a place where the ministry of reconciliation thrives.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Grow skills of curiosity, engagement, empathy and authenticity as you learn to engage differences in healthy dialogue</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Study biblical texts for insights into tools for dialogue and conflict management</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Practice skills of compassionate listening and authentic speaking by applying theoretical concepts to real-life scenarios of conflict and division</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Imagine possibilities for congregations and communities to learn and practice healthy dialogue for conflict management</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Practices and Principles for Effective Boards</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#joani-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Joani Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#michael-danner/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Michael Danner</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Boards are unique and continually adjust to changes /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 including their members. 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It shapes us in a multitude of ways. We initially learn from our family culture; we adapt to our work cultures; our worship aligns with our church culture; and we engage with neighbors according to our community culture, etc. In this workshop, we will learn what culture is and how it shapes us. 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Latinos/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//as creciendo en interculturalidad</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Taller en l/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00ednea por ZOOM y WhatsApp de cuatro sesiones | Instructora: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#alicia-maldonado-zahra/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Alicia Maldonado-Zahra</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p><em>Este m/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3dulo ser/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e1 ofrecido exclusivamente en espa/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f1ol en colaboraci/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3n con Ministerios Hispanos de la Agencia Menonita de Educaci/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3n.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Como latinos y latinas en Estados Unidos y Latinoam/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9rica, siempre estamos interactuando con personas que son de una cultura distinta a la nuestra. 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Este aprendizaje debe tambi/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9n incluir el desarrollo de habilidades para trabajar y estar en comunidad con personas de culturas distintas a las nuestras.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Los resultados previstos del m/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3dulo son que los y las participantes:</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Entiendan la noci/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3n de /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201ccultura/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d y c/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00f3mo esta nos influencia.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Comprendan la importancia de la competencia intercultural. 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Riding the wave of change is challenging for individuals and groups alike /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 especially when multiple changes are layered on top of one another.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore the realities of the change curve, the conflicts that change generates, and the implications of change for both leadership and organizational life.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Grow in understanding the realities of change and how it impacts conflict.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Transforming Congregational Conflict and Communication</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Online short course | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#betty-pries/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Betty Pries</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Conflict in the congregation is one of the most difficult experiences pastors and lay leaders will encounter while in ministry.&nbsp;Conflict can destroy congregations.&nbsp;Done well, however, engaging differences can be a sign of vitality, energy and spiritual maturity.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Drawing from biblical, theological, practical and spiritual sources, this course will explore the possibilities and pitfalls of courageously engaging in differences within congregational life and in building congregational cultures that nurture the tender balance between honesty and kindness and that generate faithfulness and joy.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Seeing through Technology</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Webinar | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#brent-graber/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Brent Graber</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>This is not a webinar about AI (that/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s soooo 2023), Zoom worship (2020) or how social media is destroying the fabric of society (ongoing). Rather than examining any particular technology, we/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ll enter into a way of thinking about technology broadly, learning how to make it more transparent (see-through) so that we can be more explicit and intentional about using it.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Grow in understanding how to see through technology /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 identifying something true underneath the surface, considering how we use technology to engage with our worlds, and exploring implications of how humans and technology interact.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Practice using a deceptively simple framework to shape decision-making around introducing, sustaining or embracing technology in congregations, organizations and communities.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Seeking Repair with Indigenous Communities</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#katerina-gea/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Katerina Gea</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Learn about the Doctrine of Discovery and what we can do collectively as church bodies to respond to the harm it has caused. Otherwise known as the /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201claw of colonialism/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d that emerged from European Christian powers in the 15th century, the doctrine continues to impact Indigenous Peoples and the earth today. In this module, we will explore ways to seek justice and healing as Jesus/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019 followers.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about the Doctrine of Discovery and its impact on Indigenous Peoples and the earth today.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Grow in understanding biblical and theological frameworks of repentance, reparations and reconciliation in response to the Christian Church/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s involvement in colonization.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain familiarity with resources and tools that support a community/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s journey toward justice with Indigenous Peoples /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 including land acknowledgment statements, Bible study guides, worship resources, and best practices for respectful relationship building.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn how to draft a community/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//congregational plan for reparative action in response to the Doctrine of Discovery</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Starting with the Spirit</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#jamie-pitts/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jamie Pitts</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>While the classic presentation of Anabaptism as focused on following Jesus has led many people to deepen their faith, it also has fostered inward-looking legalism. 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Recovering this understanding of life in the Spirit can equip Anabaptist leaders to portray belonging as participation in a grace-filled, open-ended tradition and to imaginatively approach topics such as understandings of gender, global church relations and Christian witness.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about understandings of the Spirit of God in Anabaptist history.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Practice telling stories of Anabaptist faith that begin with the Spirit.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Explore ways to apply these stories imaginatively to crucial topics facing the church today.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Women and Power in the Church</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Four-session online workshop | Instructors: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#erica-lea-simka/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Erica Lea-Simka</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#amy-zimbelman/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Amy Zimbelman</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>From the first ordinations of Mennonite women to now, the experiences and challenges that women in ministry face largely overlap and yet are also particular to their contexts. What is unique about the challenges women face in church leadership? How can we better advocate for gender equity in faith communities?&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn about groundbreaking research.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Analyze power dynamics in churches.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Learn from participants/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019 experiences and case studies.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Strengthen tools and resources for supporting women in ministry.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Discuss how women in ministry are depicted in popular media.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><details><summary class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-title/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Worshiping with the Global Church</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong> | Leadership clinic | Instructor: <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"#rashard-allen/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Rashard Allen</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//summary><div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"gb-accordion-text/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>The Western church has much to learn from our sisters and brothers in Christ throughout the world. In this module, we will explore the ways in which the West has mass-exported its worship practices and how we can move towards a true cross-cultural exchange of worship songs and rituals that will be both equitable and mutually edifying.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<ul class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-list/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Understand some of the complexities of cross-cultural worship in light of colonialism and globalization.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Christian worship songs and practices from around the world.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<li>Incorporate songs/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//practices from non-Western church contexts into your own church contexts in ways that respect and honor the Indigenous cultures.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//li>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ul>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//details></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"h-instructors/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Instructors</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"rashard-allen/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Rashard Allen, DWS</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//rashard-allen-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-12539 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//rashard-allen-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//rashard-allen-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//rashard-allen-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Dr. Rashard Allen is Director of Music and Worship at Neffsville Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Jacksonville, Florida (Doctor of Worship Studies); Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas (Master of Sacred Music, Master of Music in Voice); and Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory (Bachelor of Music in Voice). He has 20+ years of experience in ministry, including in Presbyterian, Methodist and Mennonite churches. In 2022, he was a member of the International Ensemble for Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Indonesia. He has started a Global Worship Training ministry through Faith and Learning International and has led seminars on worship and songwriting in Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"malinda-berry/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Malinda Elizabeth Berry, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Berry-Malinda-2022_hi-res_sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Malinda Elizabeth Berry/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-12533 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Berry-Malinda-2022_hi-res_sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Berry-Malinda-2022_hi-res_sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Berry-Malinda-2022_hi-res_sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Malinda Elizabeth Berry serves as Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics and Director of the Faith Formation Collaborative at bg真人. Her commitment to Anabaptism in the Mennonite tradition is evident in her approach to an array of topics, issues and concerns of our day: Christian social responsibility, environmental stewardship /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2014 with an emphasis on human ecology, and renewing congregational life in its structural and spiritual dimensions. Malinda enjoys engaging conferences and congregations, providing resources and services to meet the diverse demands facing congregations today. She is a graduate of Goshen (Indiana) College, bg真人 and Union Theological Seminary in New York.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"david-boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">David Boshart, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//David-W-Boshart.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"David W Boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1118 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//David-W-Boshart.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//David-W-Boshart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//David-W-Boshart-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>David Boshart of Elkhart, Indiana, has served as President of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary since January 2020. Prior to coming to bg真人, he was Executive Conference Minister for Central Plains Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. As part of this role, he was responsible for supporting emerging congregations and staffing a partnership with Mennonite Mission Network and Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia (Colombia Mennonite Church) in support of Anabaptist networks in Ecuador and Venezuela. David pastored for more than 25 years in congregations in Iowa and Virginia. He has served on the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, including as Moderator (2017/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201319), and also was a member of the bg真人 Board, serving as Chair from 2003 to 2005. David earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and Theology from Eastern Mennonite University and a Master of Arts in Religion from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, both in Harrisonburg, Virginia; and a PhD in Leadership Studies from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"shana-p-boshart/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Shana Peachey Boshart</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//bg真人-Feb-Conference-2023-170-sqr-1.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9115 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//bg真人-Feb-Conference-2023-170-sqr-1.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//bg真人-Feb-Conference-2023-170-sqr-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//bg真人-Feb-Conference-2023-170-sqr-1-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Shana Peachey Boshart of Elkhart, Indiana, is a certified leadership coach and consultant, a spiritual director and an ordained minister in Mennonite Church USA. She served as Denominational Minister for Faith Formation with Mennonite Church USA from 2018 to 2022. Prior to that, she was Conference Minister for Christian Formation for Central Plains Mennonite Conference for 20 years. Shana has served on numerous boards and committees, planned many church events and led trainings for pastors and lay leaders both in person and online. A graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in 2017.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"jes-s-buller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jes Stoltzfus Buller, MA</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jes-Stoltzfus-Buller.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9006 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jes-Stoltzfus-Buller.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jes-Stoltzfus-Buller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jes-Stoltzfus-Buller-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Jes Stoltzfus Buller of Goshen, Indiana, is the Peace Education Coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee U.S., where she works with churches across the U.S. to teach peace theology, facilitate trainings and create resources for engagement in various aspects of peacebuilding. She has both domestic and international experience in facilitating group dialogue; managing collaborative peacebuilding projects; developing curriculum; and training children, youth and adults in conflict transformation, nonviolent action and trauma healing. She has earned bachelor/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s degrees in Sociology and Bible, Religion and Philosophy from Goshen College; a Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership and a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"deb-byler/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Deborah Byler, DMin</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Byler-Deb-2024-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Deb Byler/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11201 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Byler-Deb-2024-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Byler-Deb-2024-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Byler-Deb-2024-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Deborah Byler of Goshen, Indiana, serves with bg真人 as Faculty of Record for Resilient Leadership in the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership program. Previously, she served with Eastern Mennonite Missions and then with Mennonite Mission Network, accompanying and empowering women leaders in the K/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019ekchi Mennonite Church of Guatemala for 16 years. Deborah also served for 16 years on staff with Mennonite Mission Network in various Human Resources roles, relating to international mission workers and focusing on pastoral care. She holds a Doctor of Ministry from Columbia (South Carolina) International University and a Master of Divinity from bg真人. She is also a spiritual director and the author of <em>God/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Wounded Servants: Hope for Survivors of Chidhood Sexual Abuse</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> (2022).</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"michael-danner/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Michael Danner, DMin</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Michael-Danner.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9007 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Michael-Danner.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Michael-Danner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Michael-Danner-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Michael Danner of Elkhart, Indiana, is Executive Director of Mennonite Education Agency and Associate Executive Director for Church Vitality with Mennonite Church USA. He has more than two decades of experience as a pastor (with 18 years in one congregation) and also served as a Conference Minister for Illinois Mennonite Conference. Throughout his ministry, he has worked with boards in diverse contexts and brings knowledge of the similarities and differences of various board types. Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana; a Master of Arts in Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois; and a Doctor of Ministry in Contextual Theology from Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"joanne-gallardo/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Joanne Gallardo, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joanne-Gallardo.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9008 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joanne-Gallardo.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joanne-Gallardo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joanne-Gallardo-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Joanne Gallardo of Goshen, Indiana, serves as Conference Minister for Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, which is working to live out the concept of /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cGrowing our Intercultural Witness./wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d She serves as staff liaison for the conference&#8217;s Intercultural Working Group, is a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory and has lived experience of being a BIPOC woman in predominantly White institutions. Originally from Ohio, Joanne holds a Bachelor of Arts from Goshen College, a Master of Divinity from bg真人 and a Certificate in Executive Leadership from Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"katerina-gea/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Katerina Gea, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//04/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Gea-Katerina-lo-res-sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9764 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//04/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Gea-Katerina-lo-res-sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//04/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Gea-Katerina-lo-res-sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//04/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Gea-Katerina-lo-res-sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Katerina Gea is Pastor of Pasadena (California) Mennonite Church and a Core Adjunct Faculty member for bg真人, where she co-leads pilgrimages following the Trail of Death. She is an organizer, of White settler descent, who co-founded the Repair Network, a model for Christian faith communities and institutions to practice reparative justice and solidarity with Indigenous Peoples. Katerina has been deeply shaped by Indigenous Peoples/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019 cosmologies and their struggles for sovereignty and land rights through her participation with the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. She earned a Master of Divinity from bg真人 in 2016.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"brent-graber/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Brent Graber, MA</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Brent-Graber.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Brent Graber/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1090 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Brent-Graber.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Brent-Graber-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Brent-Graber-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Brent Graber of Elkhart, Indiana, is Director of Information Technology for bg真人. In that role he is responsible for leading institutional discernment around computer hardware, software and services, and for supporting use of the same. He has an undergraduate degree in computer science, a graduate certification in instructional design, a master&#8217;s degree in theology, and an avocational interest in philosophy of technology. He earned a BA from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from bg真人.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"ed-kauffman/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Ed Kauffman, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kauffman-Ed-2021-lo-res-sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Ed Kauffman/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9790 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kauffman-Ed-2021-lo-res-sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kauffman-Ed-2021-lo-res-sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kauffman-Ed-2021-lo-res-sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Ed Kauffman of Elkhart, Indiana, has been leading Healthy Boundaries trainings since 1996 and has worked with the issue of clergy misconduct as a pastor, member of ministerial committees, conference minister, investigator and consultant. Ed pastored four congregations in the U.S. and Canada over a span of 32 years and served as a conference minister for nine years. Ed is currently retired, and he and his wife, Gay, serve as Volunteer Coordinators at bg真人, where they live. Ed also has a Master of Divinity from bg真人. </wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"paula-killough/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Paula Killough, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Paula-Killough.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Paula Killough/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1378 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Paula-Killough.jpeg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Paula-Killough-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Paula-Killough-150x150.jpeg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Paula Killough of Elkhart, Indiana, was born in Maine, raised in Florida, and came to the Mennonite Church in Denver as an adult. After a career in retail, Paula felt a call to seminary. She earned a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in 2008 and was ordained by Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference in 2011. She served as Senior Executive for Advancement at Mennonite Mission Network for 10 years and has served as bg真人/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Director of Campaign since 2018. Paula also was a transitional pastor at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in 2017-18 and has been a lay congregational and conference leader for more than 20 years. She hopes to continue to serve the church in transitional ministry training.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"erica-lea-simka/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Erica Lea-Simka, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Erica-Lea-Simka-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11144 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Erica-Lea-Simka-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Erica-Lea-Simka-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Erica-Lea-Simka-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Rev. Erica Lea-Simka [she/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//they] of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has served as Pastor of Albuquerque Mennonite Church since November 2017. She also is the Southwest Representative for Mennonite Women USA. Pastor Erica has more than 15 years of congregational ministry experience, serving mainly Baptist and Mennonite congregations. They are a graduate of San Jacinto College in Texas; Texas A&amp;M University in College Station; and Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas; and have pursued continuing education at bg真人; Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia; and Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"jewel-g-longenecker/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jewel Gingerich Longenecker, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Longenecker-Jewel-2021_lo-res_sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Jewel Gingerich Longenecker/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-4525 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Longenecker-Jewel-2021_lo-res_sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Longenecker-Jewel-2021_lo-res_sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Longenecker-Jewel-2021_lo-res_sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Jewel Gingerich Longenecker of South Bend, Indiana, has served bg真人/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Church Leadership Center since 2001, first as Associate Dean for Leadership Education and currently as Dean of Lifelong Learning. She also co-directs the bg真人 Doctor of Ministry program. In her work, Jewel has listened attentively to the needs of the church for theological and leadership education at a variety of levels, and she has collaborated with bg真人 faculty members, denominational leaders, district conference staff and congregational leaders to respond to these needs with a rich array of educational resources for leadership development. Jewel earned a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia; a Master of Arts from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary; and a PhD in Leadership from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alicia-maldonado-zahra/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Alicia Maldonado-Zahra</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Alicia-Maldonado-Zahra.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-12861 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Alicia-Maldonado-Zahra.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Alicia-Maldonado-Zahra-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Alicia-Maldonado-Zahra-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Alicia Maldonado-Zahra was born in Fort Myers, Florida, to a Puerto Rican family. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts: Theology and Peace Studies at bg真人. Alicia graduated from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, with bachelor/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s degrees in Social Work and Global Development. She works in conflict transformation, intercultural competency and undoing racism, and youth faith formation.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"dan-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Dan Miller, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Dan-Miller-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11942 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Dan-Miller-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Dan-Miller-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Dan-Miller-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Dan Miller of Goshen, Indiana, is Interim Conference Minister for Ohio Mennonite Conference. He has worked with transition for 40 years, serving 11 congregations and two conferences. He received training in intentional interim ministry through Interim Ministry Network and Church Resource Ministries and believes that good transitional ministry is grounded in spiritual practices and discernment. Dan is a long-time student of Bowen Family Systems Theory through Lombard Mennonite Peace Center/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Clergy Clinics. He is a graduate of Hesston College, Goshen College and bg真人.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"joani-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Joani Miller, MA</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joani-Miller-2.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9059 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joani-Miller-2.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joani-Miller-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Joani-Miller-2-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Joani Miller of Kalona, Iowa, is Director of Training and Resources with Mennonite Mission Network. With experience and training in mediation, conflict resolution, decision-making, negotiation, facilitation, coaching and supervision, she has gained unique insights into how groups can build teams and create strategy.&nbsp; She has both served on and led boards and other decision-making bodies over the last 30 years and has worked with boards as a staff member for nonprofit organizations. Joani earned a Bachelor of Arts in English/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Journalism from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a Master of Arts in Adult Learning, Performance and Development/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Leadership from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Her graduate work focused on organizational health and leadership.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"kent-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Kent Miller</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kent-Miller.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9993 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kent-Miller.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kent-Miller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Kent-Miller-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Kent Miller of Goshen, Indiana, is an Everence Financial Consultant. He assists individuals and congregations with retirement or individual investments, charitable giving, life and health insurance.&nbsp;Kent attended Goshen (Indiana) College and has worked at Amigo Centre and Mennonite Mission Network and served as a pastor. He has seen firsthand how financial troubles can weigh on individuals and congregations, and he wants to help others overcome their financial struggles to better prepare themselves for the future, while also creating financial success now.&nbsp;&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"lana-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Lana Miller, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Lana-Miller.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9994 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Lana-Miller.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Lana-Miller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Lana-Miller-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Lana Miller of Harrisonburg, Virginia, is an Everence Stewardship Consultant serving Virginia and the Capitol area and also an adjunct faculty member with Lake Institute, part of the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2013 Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She works with church leaders, organizations and individuals, supporting them as they seek to integrate faith and finances in their ministries. Lana is a member of Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg and an ordained minister in Allegheny Mennonite Conference.&nbsp;She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Chemistry and Secondary Education from Goshen (Indiana) College and a Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"rachel-ringenberg-miller/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Rachel Ringenberg Miller, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Rachel-Ringenberg-Miller-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11141 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Rachel-Ringenberg-Miller-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Rachel-Ringenberg-Miller-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Rachel-Ringenberg-Miller-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Rachel Ringenberg Miller of Goshen, Indiana, serves as Denominational Minister for Ministerial Leadership for Mennonite Church USA. She focuses on engaging conferences and congregations, providing resources and services to meet the diverse demands facing congregations today. Ringenberg Miller is a graduate of Goshen (Indiana) College and Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia. She served as Associate Pastor for Portland (Oregon) Mennonite Church and as Pastor of Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"jose-luis-moraga/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jos/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9 Luis Moraga, MA</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jose-Luis-Moraga.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9011 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:210px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jose-Luis-Moraga.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jose-Luis-Moraga-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//06/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jose-Luis-Moraga-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Jos/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9 Luis Moraga of Calgary, Alberta, serves as Program Director at Mennonite Central Committee Alberta (MCCA) and is an ordained minister in Mennonite Church Manitoba. Prior to joining MCCA, he served as Pastor of Discipleship at Springfield Heights Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for six years. Jos/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9 Luis has experience in equipping the church and training new pastors. He is former Director of the School of Leadership and the Escuela de Entrenamiento B/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00edblico in Winnipeg. Before moving to Canada, he taught at the Centre for Theological Studies in Santiago, Chile, and served as an associate pastor in Santiago, Chile. Jos/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u00e9 Luis earned a Bachelor in Ministry from the Centre for Theological Studies and a Bachelor in Theology from Baptist Theological Seminary in Santiago, Chile. He also received a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. He is currently pursuing a Not-for-Profit Management Certificate from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"jamie-pitts/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jamie Pitts, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jamie-Pitts.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Jamie Pitts/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1145 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jamie-Pitts.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jamie-Pitts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Jamie-Pitts-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Jamie Pitts, Professor of Anabaptist Studies at bg真人, seeks to join the Spirit/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s work of bringing healing, justice and joy in and through the church to all of creation. He does this through teaching and research on global Anabaptist-Mennonite theology and history and through participating in local congregational life and community organizing. His research interests include theological method, pneumatology, baptism, gender and sexuality, and postcolonial mission. Jamie is a graduate of the University of Texas; Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California; and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He is also Director of the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ims/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//index/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Institute of Mennonite Studies</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> at bg真人 and Editor of <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//publishing/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//anabaptist-witness/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><em>Anabaptist Witness</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"betty-pries/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Betty Pries, PhD, CMed</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Pries-Betty-lo-res-sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Betty Pries/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9868 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Pries-Betty-lo-res-sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Pries-Betty-lo-res-sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Pries-Betty-lo-res-sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Betty Pries is Core Adjunct Faculty and DMin Faculty of Record at bg真人. She also serves as CEO and Senior Consultant at <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//credenceandco.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Credence &amp; Co.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> She specializes in providing mediation, training, facilitation, coaching and consulting services for businesses, not-for-profit organizations, governments and churches. Betty has worked as a mediator, trainer and consultant on conflict resolution and conflict management issues since 1993 nationally and internationally. She is published in magazines and has authored several manuals. She has also developed expertise in managing faith community conflict, particularly within the church. Betty received much of her training through mediation services in Winnipeg, Manitoba, including a Diploma in Mediation as well as extensive training in negotiation, consensus building, case development, facilitation, conciliation, anger management, and managing workplace conflict. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Theology, Diploma of Mediation, Master of Theological Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (from Free University Amsterdam) and is a chartered mediator.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"john-roth/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">John D. Roth, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//John-D-Roth-web-sq.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"John D. Roth/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-12538 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//John-D-Roth-web-sq.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//John-D-Roth-web-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//John-D-Roth-web-sq-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>For more than three decades, John D. Roth served as Professor&nbsp;of&nbsp;History at Goshen (Indiana) College as well as Director&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Mennonite Historical Library&nbsp;and&nbsp;Editor&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>The Mennonite Quarterly Review.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em>&nbsp; More recently, he was&nbsp;the Founding Director&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Institute for the Study&nbsp;of&nbsp;Global Anabaptism at Goshen College (2012) and Secretary&nbsp;of&nbsp;Mennonite World Conference/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Faith and Life Commission (2009). In 2022, he became Project Director of /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cAnabaptism at 500,/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d an initiative of&nbsp;MennoMedia, and General Editor of the <em>Anabaptist Community Bible.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em>&nbsp;John has written widely on topics related to Anabaptist-Mennonite history&nbsp;and&nbsp;church life. He is a graduate of Goshen College and the University of Chicago.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"colin-saxton/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Colin Saxton, DMin</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Colin-Saxton.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9992 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Colin-Saxton.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Colin-Saxton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Colin-Saxton-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Colin Saxton of Newberg, Oregon, is Stewardship Theologian and Director of Church Relations for Everence. He is passionate about seeing the transforming power of generosity and faithful stewardship released in ways that change lives and organizations and about building partnerships with churches and organizations. Colin has served the Quaker community as a pastor, adjunct professor, Yearly Meeting superintendent and General Secretary of Friends United Meeting.&nbsp; He has a Master of Arts from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"mary-schertz/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Mary H. Schertz, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Mary-H-Schertz.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Mary Schertz/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1249 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Mary-H-Schertz.jpeg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Mary-H-Schertz-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Mary-H-Schertz-150x150.jpeg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Mary Schertz, Professor Emerita of New Testament, taught at bg真人 for 29 years until her retirement in 2017. Her teaching and scholarship focused on Greek language study, biblical foundations for peace and justice, the quest stories in Luke/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Gospel, biblical perspectives on the atonement, and biblical spirituality. Her commentary on the Gospel of Luke for the Believers Church Bible Commentary series (Herald Press) appeared in 2023. As Director of bg真人/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//institute-of-mennonite-studies/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Institute of Mennonite Studies</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a> for 19 years, Mary helped launch <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//vision-a-journal-for-church-and-theology/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><em>Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>. She is a graduate of Goshen (Indiana) College, Goshen Biblical Seminary and Vanderbilt University School of Religion in Nashville, Tennessee.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"regina-shands-stoltzfus/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Regina Shands Stoltzfus, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Regina-Shands-Stoltzfus-sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Regina Shands Stoltzfus/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9788 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//400;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Regina-Shands-Stoltzfus-sqr.jpg 400w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Regina-Shands-Stoltzfus-sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Regina-Shands-Stoltzfus-sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Regina Shands Stoltzfus of Goshen, Indiana, is a professor at Goshen College in the Peace, Justice Conflict Studies (PJCS) and Bible, Religion and Philosophy (BRP) departments. Her courses include Race, Class and Ethnic Relations; Personal Violence and Healing; Peacemaking; and Transforming Conflict and Violence. Regina is co-founder of the Roots of Justice Anti-Oppression program (formerly Damascus Road Anti-Racism Program) and has worked widely in peace education. She holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Ashland Theological Seminary and a PhD in theology and ethics from Chicago Theological Seminary. She is the author of <em>Been in the Struggle: Pursuing an Antiracist Spirituality</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> and many articles that have appeared in publications such as Sojourners and Anabaptist World.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"janice-y-sutter/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Janice Yordy Sutter, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Janice-Yordy-Sutter-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11143 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Janice-Yordy-Sutter-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Janice-Yordy-Sutter-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Janice-Yordy-Sutter-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Janice Yordy Sutter of South Bend, Indiana, has more than 40 years of pastoral experience in four congregations. Most recently, she completed a longtime pastorate with her husband, David Sutter, at Kern Road Mennonite Church in South Bend. They have officiated more than 100 weddings and 60 funerals, using the gifts of the community to mark these significant life events. Janice earned a Master of Divinity from Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, and studied for a year at bg真人. She keeps learning about Family Systems Theory through Lombard (Illinois) Mennonite Peace Center Advanced Clergy Clinics.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"leah-thomas/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Leah R. Thomas, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Thomas-Leah-2020_lo-res_sqr.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Leah Thomas/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-1636 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//400;width:200px;height:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Thomas-Leah-2020_lo-res_sqr.jpeg 400w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Thomas-Leah-2020_lo-res_sqr-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Thomas-Leah-2020_lo-res_sqr-150x150.jpeg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Leah Thomas of Goshen, Indiana, has served as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Director of Contextual Education at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary since August 2020. She blends an academic focus on pastoral care and Christian social ethics with professional experience in hospital chaplaincy, pastoring and nonprofit management. Her ministry and theological commitments inform her teaching and research, which carefully attend to and incorporate voices excluded by the dominant culture, asking how these voices inform and shift caregiving. Leah/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s research interests include anti-racist and intercultural pastoral care, trauma, culture, and the role of embodiment in caregiving and Christian spiritual practices. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Divinity from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana; and a PhD from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"steve-thomas/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Steve Thomas, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Steve-Thomas-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11142 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Steve-Thomas-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Steve-Thomas-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Steve-Thomas-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Steve Thomas of Goshen, Indiana, is U.S. Director of Mennonite Men. Steve has served in pastoral ministry for 33 years, engaged in men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s work for more than 25 years, started seven men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s groups and led many men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s retreats. He completed the Men/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u2019s Rites of Passage with Richard Rohr in 2003 and co-founded the Indiana/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Michigan MALEs chapter of Illuman. He also co-edited <em>Peaceful at Heart: Anabaptist Reflections on Healthy Masculinity</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> (Wipf and Stock, Institute of Mennonite Studies, Mennonite Men, 2019) and co-authored <em>Living That Matters: Honest Conversations for Men of Faith</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em> (Herald, 2023). He is a graduate of Hesston (Kansas) College, Goshen (Indiana) College and bg真人.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"phil-waite/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Phil Waite, DMin</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Phil-Waite.jpeg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-9995 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px;height:undefinedpx/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Phil-Waite.jpeg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Phil-Waite-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//10/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Phil-Waite-150x150.jpeg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Phil Waite of Goshen, Indiana, is Pastoral Team Leader at College Mennonite Church in Goshen. He has also pastored congregations in Illinois and Kansas. He has a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from Chicago Theological Seminary; a Master of Non-Profit/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Public/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Organizational Management from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana; a Master of Divinity from bg真人; and a Bachelor of Arts in History from George Fox University in Newburg, Oregon.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"naomi-wenger/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Naomi Wenger, MAR, MA</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wenger-Naomi-4x4-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Naomi Wenger/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-12534 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//400;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wenger-Naomi-4x4-web.jpg 400w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wenger-Naomi-4x4-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//09/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wenger-Naomi-4x4-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Naomi Wenger joined bg真人 in June 2024 as Program Administrator for Orienting With the Word. She served The Hermitage Community, a contemplative retreat center in Three Rivers, Michigan, as Co-Director for 18 years and as Program Coordinator for an additional two years. She has served as a spiritual director since 2004 and is a certified spiritual direction supervisor. Naomi maintains an online presence at <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//convergencesdotblog.wordpress.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">convergences.blog</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//a>, where, in addition to occasional spiritual blogging, she offers spiritual direction, supervision and retreat facilitation. She is a graduate of Houghton (New York) College; Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois; and bg真人.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"jackie-wyse-rhodes/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, PhD</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2022/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//05/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wyse-Rhodes-Jackie-2021-08-30-sqr.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"Jackie Wyse-Rhodes/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-6772 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2022/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//05/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wyse-Rhodes-Jackie-2021-08-30-sqr.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2022/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//05/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wyse-Rhodes-Jackie-2021-08-30-sqr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2022/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//05/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Wyse-Rhodes-Jackie-2021-08-30-sqr-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Jackie Wyse-Rhodes serves as Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Associate Director of the Institute of Mennonite Studies at bg真人. She teaches courses on the Old and New Testaments, methods of biblical interpretation, exegetical studies, and introductory Greek and Hebrew, among other topics. An active scholar, presenter and speaker, she is currently writing <em>Numbers </wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//em>for the Believers Church Bible Commentary series (Herald Press) and /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201cIsaiah and the Environment/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/u201d for the Bible Odyssey website (Society of Biblical Literature). She is a graduate of Hiram (Ohio) College, bg真人, Free University Amsterdam, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<h4 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" id=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"amy-zimbelman/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><strong>Amy Zimbelman, MDiv</wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//h4>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<div class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-block-image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/">/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<figure class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"alignright size-full is-resized/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"><img decoding=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"async/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" width=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" height=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Amy-Zimbelman-web.jpg/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" alt=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" class=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"wp-image-11145 lazyload/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" style=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//420;width:200px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-srcset=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Amy-Zimbelman-web.jpg 420w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Amy-Zimbelman-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156///wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//ambs.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//03/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//Amy-Zimbelman-web-150x150.jpg 150w/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" data-sizes=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" src=/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/"data:image/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/" /wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156/n<p>Rev. Amy Zimbelman [she/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/11156//her] of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is Conference Minister for Mountain States Mennonite Conference, serving churches and passion ministries in Colorado and New Mexico. A graduate of Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, she also co-pastored a Mennonite church for three years and served with Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Voluntary Service. She recently conducted a nationwide study of women in ministry with Duke PhD candidate Elizabeth Johnson. 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