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Invite AMBS

Invite AMBS is a unique opportunity to invite the faculty and staff of AMBS to come directly to you.

Are you looking for someone to:

lead a workshop
speak to your Sunday school class
preach on a Sunday morning
lead a church retreat
provide training sessions for your organization

If your church or organization is looking to address a certain topic, or if you want to hear from a specific speaker, take a look below to see what topics our faculty and staff are highly trained to provide.

Call, email or fill out the short information form to hear more about the costs involved and to discuss possible dates.

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Available speakers

Nekeisha Alayna Alexis

Why Invite AMBS?

Here’s what someone had to say about working with Nekeisha Alayna Alexis.

“Nekeisha worked with the entire CCS staff in leading, training and inspiring discussions that have widened our understanding of the historical basis of racism, the implications of biases and how to begin to unravel the misconceptions of people regarding differences.”

Donna Parker, Controller, Church Community Services, Elkhart, Indiana

Speaker details

Nekeisha Alayna Alexis

Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, MA, is the Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism (ICUR) coordinator at AMBS.

Possible topics:

Learning sessions
Constructive review
Individual and leadership coaching
Intercultural Development Inventory assessment and development (IDI)
Strategic planning sessions

Schedule Nekeisha

Malinda E. Berry

Malinda E. Berry, PhD, is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at AMBS.

Possible topics:

Anabaptist/Mennonite Theology
Confessional Bible Study
Constructive Theology
Environmental Concerns in Theological Perspective
Feminist and Womanist Theologies
Nonviolent Communication
Peace Theology and Ethics
Peace Theology and Group Process
Theology and the Arts

Schedule Malinda

Susannah Larry

Susannah Larry, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at AMBS.

Possible Topics:

Lament in the Bible
Sexualized Violence in the Bible
Trauma-Informed Bible Study
Violence and Peacemaking in the Bible
Women in the Bible

Schedule Susannah

David B. Miller

David B. Miller, DMin, is a Teaching Associate of the AMBS Church Leadership Center.

Possible Topics:

Becoming a Community of Healing & Hope: Speaking the Truth, Healing the Wounds, Anticipating a New Day
Confessional Bible Study
Doxology Against Empire: Living By and Making Known the Manifold Wisdom of God
God’s Shalom & the Church’s Witness
Healthy Boundaries Training
Improvisational Leadership: Formation and Practice

Schedule David

Jamie Pitts

Jamie Pitts, PhD, is the Associate Professor of Anabaptist Studies at AMBS, the director of the Institute of Mennonite Studies and the editor for the journal Anabaptist Witness.

Possible Topics:

Anabaptist History and Theology
Anabaptism today
Baptism
The global church
The Holy Spirit
Mission

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Drew Strait

Drew Strait, PhD, is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at AMBS.

Possible Topics:

Christian Nationalism and Political Idolatry
Anabaptist Approaches to Scripture
Biblical Foundation of Peace and Justice
Biblical Interpretation
Imperial Rome and the Jesus Movement
Luke-Acts
Mark
Matthew
Paul
Peacemaking in Early Christianity
Reading the Bible as a Literature of Resistance
Revelation
Second Temple Judaism

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Leah R. Thomas

Leah R. Thomas, PhD, is the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Contextual Education at AMBS.

Possible Topics:

Anti-racist and intercultural pastoral care
Embodiment in Christian spiritual practices and pastoral care
Pastoral Care
Trauma and trauma-informed caregiving
Somatic practices for addressing trauma

Schedule Leah

Additional members of the AMBS faculty and staff are available upon request.