At Goshen College, Anabaptists celebrate 500 years
Anabaptists from around the continent gathered, both in-person and virtually, to watch a worship service on the night of Tuesday, Jan. 21 celebrating 500 years of the faith tradition.
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Anabaptism at 500 Worship Service
MennoMedia, in collaboration with Goshen College and College Mennonite Church, is hosting a special worship service to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement and launch of the Anabaptist Community Bible. This commemorative event will take place on January 21, 2025, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at College Mennonite Church.
2025 Conference on Religion and Science, featuring Sarah E. Fredericks – REGISTRATION OPEN!
Goshen College will host its 24th annual Conference on Religion and Science on March 7-9, featuring keynote speaker Sarah E. Fredericks, associate professor of environmental ethics at the University of Chicago. Registration is now open for the event.
Tina Schlabach ’82 named Legacy Peacemaker by MC USA
Mennonite Church USA presented Tina Schlabach '82 and Abby Endashaw with the 2024 MC USA Bring the Peace award.
Marlin Jeschke, professor emeritus of philosophy and religion, dies at 94
Marlin L. Jeschke, professor emeritus of philosophy and religion, died Saturday, September 16, 2023, in Goshen. He was 94 years old. A lifelong student and teacher, Jeschke taught courses on Christian faith, religion in America and Asian religions at Goshen College from 1961 to 1994.
AMBS honors three GC alumni with awards: Martha Smith Good ’71, Peter Stucky and J. Denny Weaver ’63
Martha Smith Good, DMin, of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Peter Stucky, MDiv, of Bogotá, Colombia; and J. Denny Weaver, PhD, of Madison, Wisconsin; are the 2023 recipients of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s (AMBS) Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition.
Malinda Berry ’96: Technicolor truth-telling – Living in the overlap of womanist theology and Anabaptism
I feel honored to be in a unique place to speak to the overlap between womanist theology and Anabaptism. In my experience, 99.9% of Anabaptist-Mennonites are unaware of womanist theology beyond the basic idea that it focuses on Black women’s experience. And there is so much more to womanism than that.
Four retiring professors say farewell after decades of service
Four professors said farewell to Goshen College this summer as they retire and begin the next chapters in their lives. Together, they have served a total of 111 years, and an average of approximately 28 years at Goshen College.
Matt Lehman Wiens ’12: Lifting the weight
Working for the family business seemed inevitable for Matt Lehman Wiens '12. God’s call felt inescapable.
Pastor Mariah Martin ’16 podcast broaches the taboo, but not in a bad way
Indiana pastor Mariah Martin '16 found there were certain sensitive topics she couldn’t explore well in front of her congregation. Her solution is a podcast open to the world. “Called to Be Bad” digs into the intersections of good and bad, pure and profane, holy and ordinary.