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Author: Annette Brill Bergstresser

Chortitza Oak sapling planted at AMBS

Annette Brill Bergstresser on June 9, 2022

AMBS alumnus Lyle Preheim of Freeman, South Dakota (at right), and AMBS Development Associate Randy Detweiler, MDiv (at left), work together to plant the sapling.

Lyle and Lois Janzen Preheim donated the sapling, which Lyle created by grafting a cutting from a daughter tree of the Chortitza Oak onto a bur oak sapling.

AMBS graduate paves the way for a better Tanzania

Annette Brill Bergstresser on May 24, 2022

Esther Muhagachi (Credit: Jason Bryant)

Much of Esther Muhagachi’s work comes from creating pathways designed to empower women and children on issues of gender-based violence.

Chortitza Oak sapling to be planted at AMBS

Annette Brill Bergstresser on May 12, 2022

The Chortitza Oak in 1987 (Credit: Justina Neufeld)

A tree sapling with roots in Mennonite and Ukrainian history will find its home on the AMBS campus on June 3, 2022.

2022 Employee Recognition

Annette Brill Bergstresser on May 12, 2022

AMBS employees gathered on May 10 to recognize employment milestones for faculty members and staff.

Seminary to offer Intensive Term courses

Annette Brill Bergstresser on April 21, 2022

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AMBS will offer hybrid, campus and blended graduate-level course options beginning in May and June.

Seminary commencement to be held April 30

Annette Brill Bergstresser on April 12, 2022

César García, General Secretary of Mennonite World Conference

The public is invited to attend AMBS’s 2022 Commencement Service on Saturday, April 30, 3-4:30 p.m. EDT, via livestream.

Endowed scholarships offer a helping hand to AMBS students

Annette Brill Bergstresser on March 31, 2022

AMBS students, employees and volunteers formed a choir to perform at the installation service for Vice President and Academic Dean Beverly Lapp, EdD, in October 2018.

Barbara Peterson and her husband, Duane, decided in 2001 to establish a scholarship that would support students who are preparing to use visual arts in ministry or theological studies.

Library hosts author event with David Cramer

Annette Brill Bergstresser on March 23, 2022

David C. Cramer, PhD, co-author of A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence (Baker Academic, 2022), at a book release celebration in the AMBS Library on March 10, 2022. (Credit: Rachel A. Fonseca)

The AMBS campus community celebrated the release of A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence on March 10. The book can be purchased through the AMBS Bookstore.

Leading in hope through difficult times to be focus of joint conference

Annette Brill Bergstresser on January 10, 2022

Pastors & Leaders | Deep Faith 2022 Conference to explore “Formed in the Wilderness, Leading in Hope” at an upcoming conference which will begin at 7 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 21, and conclude at 12:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24.

AMBS honors Speckeen and Wiebe with Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition

Annette Brill Bergstresser on December 1, 2021

Frederick J. Speckeen, PhD, of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, and Leonard Wiebe, MST, of Goshen, Indiana, are the 2021 recipients of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s (AMBS) Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition.

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