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Pastors Week 2012

Loren Johns, Ph.D., professor of New Testament, will be the featured speaker at Pastors Week, Jan. 23-26, 2012, working with the book of Revelation. Visit www.ambs.edu/pastorsweek for updates.

Two new online courses this fall Faith, Film and Fiction , taught online by Gayle Gerber Koontz this fall, gives opportunities to discuss issues of how faith is portrayed in our current culture. More information at www.ambs.edu/faith-film-fiction

Social Theory for Christian Peacemakers taught online by Gerald Shenk, will bring life experience and direct observations from the frontlines of activism into conversation with the theological convictions that inform public witness. More information online: www.ambs.edu/social-theory-peacemaking

Weekend classes this fall

If you are able to come to the AMBS campus for weekends during the fall, consider enrolling in a weekend class:

* Mennonites in Mission

* Anabaptist History and Theology

* Creation Care: Theology, Ethics and Spirituality

* Conflict, Communication, and Conciliation

For specific dates and times, visit www.ambs.edu/academics/courses/fall

Mission lectureship in October

A celebration of the completion of the Global Mennonite History project will coincide with the bienniel Shenk Mission Lectureship at AMBS, October 27-29. The event includes discussion sessions, evening celebrations and a banquet featuring missiologist Jonathan Bonk. A fall weekend course-Mennonites in Missionwill draw on this conference. For information, visit www.ambs.edu/ mission-lectureship