A conference minister reflecting on a congregation’s search committee process where a number of potentially good pastors were passed over blurted out to me, “I would like to tell them ‘pastors don’t grow on trees!’” I laughed, but later it got me to thinking of where pastors do grow.
In addition to finding a path back to God in Goshen, Hedrick also developed a fondness for the American Midwest. So after the 25-year-old Pennsylvania native finished her graduate work at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, walking away with a Master’s of Divinity degree and a calling to the ministry, she decided that she wanted to return to the Midwest.
Goshen College’s new Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) is currently seeking 20 high school applicants for a two-week study tour in Guatemala in June 2017. Students will be provided with the opportunity to explore their understandings of Jesus’ life and mission in light of contemporary challenges and their own sense of calling.
El nuevo Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) está buscando 20 estudiantes de preparatoria que soliciten participar en un estudio de dos semanas en Guatemala en el mes de junio de 2017. Los estudiantes tendrán la oportunidad de explorar su entendimiento de la vida y misión de Jesús en el surgir de los desafíos contemporáneos y de su propio llamado a la vocación.
Fifteen Goshen College students are participating in Camping, Ministry and Service Inquiry Programs this summer, in locations across the United States.
Regina Shands Stoltzfus, assistant professor of peace, justice and conflict studies at Goshen College, has been awarded the 2016 Spirit of Justice Award by the State of Indiana Civil Rights Commission, the state's highest civil rights honor.
The peace, justice, and conflict studies major is great for those interested in being mediators, lawyers, peace workers, social workers and more.
In a new book titled “Helping Youth Grieve: The Good News of Biblical Lament” (Resource Publications, May 2015. $19 U.S.), Goshen College Campus Pastor Bob Yoder explores the role of spiritual lament in the pastoral care and faith formation of adolescents.
Goshen College’s 14th annual Conference on Science and Religion will be held March 20-22 and will feature speaker Wentzel van Huyssteen, professor of theology and science at Princeton Theological Seminary.
The Bearing Witness Stories Project, an online collection of testimonies of Anabaptist believers who have lived out their faith despite significant opposition and suffering, is now available online.
