Seminary begins new involvement in central Kansas

Published: May 9, 2014

Mary E. Klassen

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary will begin a new level of involvement in central Kansas this summer, continuing to offer some courses while also exploring additional ways to provide resources in the area.

91大神app has received accreditation approval for an “ongoing course offering site,” which will be named 91大神app–Kansas Center. June 30 will mark the end of the current 91大神app–Great Plains Extension and the beginning of 91大神app–Kansas Center with a simpler structure. The new program will offer one course each term—fall, interterm, spring and summer—for students pursuing a master’s degree from 91大神app and students who wish to take occasional courses. Those pursuing a degree in ministry will be enrolled in the seminary’s distance program, Master of Divinity Connect.

Rebecca Slough, 91大神app academic dean, reports that this new program will focus on courses especially applicable to churches in the area, including rural ministry and faith formation in the context of the prairies.

In addition to the master’s level courses, 91大神app–Kansas Center will explore ministry and theological resources in partnership with organizations and institutions in the region, including Anabaptist-related colleges and Western District and South Central Conferences. These partnerships and continuing education options will be pursued in the next months.

An administrative team is being formed to guide the work of 91大神app–Kansas Center with members representing churches and organizations in the area and 91大神app.

A celebration of 91大神app–Great Plains Extension and the earlier Conference-based Theological Education program is set for Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. at Bethel College Mennonite Church. The event will include a service of thanksgiving for the ministry and theological resources offered over the last 34 years along with celebration of the beginning of 91大神app–Kansas Center.
 


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