AMBS mission, vision and values

Mission

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
serves the church as a learning community
with an Anabaptist vision,
educating followers of Jesus Christ
to be leaders for God's reconciling mission in the world.

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Anabaptists and Mennonites

Core values

• Disciplined study of Scripture, theology and ministry
• Practices of worship, community and Christian discipleship
• Effective and visionary leadership for the church
• Anabaptist theology in conversation with the wider church
• Mission that integrates service, evangelism and peacemaking

Vision statement

The AMBS vision statement, adopted April 2010, represents the direction AMBS wants to go in the next few years.

AMBS will become an Anabaptist learning community that makes theological education accessible to and welcoming of Christians of increasingly diverse traditions, ethnicities and races to reflect more fully God’s purposes of unity and justice.

The statement is accompanied by a prayer for the Spirit's leading that will shape and transform us as we  work to make this vision a reality. The prayer was written by Barb Nelson Gingeich and Mary Schertz in 2009.

Trustworthy God,
you have called AMBS into being,
sustained us through the years,
and prepared a future for us.

By your Spirit’s transforming power
reshape us as a learning community
welcoming Christians of all tribes, tongues, people and nations
to engage in Anabaptist theological education,
so that we may more fully reflect your purpose
to reconcile all things in Christ.