Eastern Mennonite Seminary : 2005 Seminar
Participant Information
Institution Name: Eastern Mennonite Seminary
Address:
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462
Phone: 540-432-4000
Fax: 540-432-4444
Key Contacts:
Loren E. Swartzendruber, President
e-mail: lorens@emu.edu
Ervin R. Stutzman, Academic Dean
e-mail: stutzerv@emu.edu
Sara Wenger Shenk
Brenda Martin Hurst
Mark Thiessen Nation
Lonnie Yoder
Address:
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462
Phone: 540-432-4000
Fax: 540-432-4444
Key Contacts:
Loren E. Swartzendruber, President
e-mail: lorens@emu.edu
Ervin R. Stutzman, Academic Dean
e-mail: stutzerv@emu.edu
Sara Wenger Shenk
Brenda Martin Hurst
Mark Thiessen Nation
Lonnie Yoder
A PROFILE OF EASTERN MENNONITE SEMINARY
Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) is located in the heart of the scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Situated in Harrisonburg, a city of 41,000 people, EMS is bordered on the east by the Massanutten and Blue Ridge mountain ranges. To the west lie the Alleghenies. The seminary building stands on the side of a hill overlooking other parts of the 93 acre campus of Eastern Mennonite University. EMS is one of five graduate programs in the Eastern Mennonite University. The university offers Masters advanced degrees in Education, Conflict Transformation, Business Administration, and Counseling.
The university began as Eastern Mennonite School in 1917 and offered its first college courses in 1918. The school was the embodiment of a vision of Mennonite leaders in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for the training of the denomination’s youth in an institution of higher learning. The seminary is the outgrowth of the college’s Bible curriculum. The school first offered a Bachelor of Divinity in 1960.
The Master of Divinity degree was first offered in 1968-69 and the Master of Arts in Religion degree in 1972-73. A one-year program leading to a Certificate in Biblical Studies was first offered in 1974-75. The Master of Arts in Church Ministries emerged as part of a major seminary curriculum revision in 1983-84; its name was changed to the Master of Arts in Church Leadership in 1991. A Clinical Pastoral Education program was added in 1999.
EMS has been an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools since 1986. It is approved as an institution for the training of candidates for ordination in the United Methodist Church. It is also a member of the Council of Mennonite Seminaries, which includes Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California. For purposes of coordinating denominational theological education programs, EMS is linked to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary through mutual membership in the Mennonite Education Agency of Mennonite Church USA.
During spring semester 2005, EMS had a record enrollment with a total of 166 students (102 men and 64 women). Of the total, 67 students were full time, another 69 were part time, 17 were enrolled in the Preaching Institute and 13 students took courses through the seminary’s Distance Learning program. The remainder took courses on a non-credit or audit basis, or at the Lancaster, Pennsylvania extension site.
The following summary of our statement of purpose expresses our vision and guides our work:
Eastern Mennonite Seminary equips men and women to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ, prepared to lead the church in mission with passion and integrity. As a community of disciples, we are humbled by God’s call, formed in Christ, transformed by the Holy Spirit, and empowered to serve with knowledge and grace.
Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) is located in the heart of the scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Situated in Harrisonburg, a city of 41,000 people, EMS is bordered on the east by the Massanutten and Blue Ridge mountain ranges. To the west lie the Alleghenies. The seminary building stands on the side of a hill overlooking other parts of the 93 acre campus of Eastern Mennonite University. EMS is one of five graduate programs in the Eastern Mennonite University. The university offers Masters advanced degrees in Education, Conflict Transformation, Business Administration, and Counseling.
The university began as Eastern Mennonite School in 1917 and offered its first college courses in 1918. The school was the embodiment of a vision of Mennonite leaders in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for the training of the denomination’s youth in an institution of higher learning. The seminary is the outgrowth of the college’s Bible curriculum. The school first offered a Bachelor of Divinity in 1960.
The Master of Divinity degree was first offered in 1968-69 and the Master of Arts in Religion degree in 1972-73. A one-year program leading to a Certificate in Biblical Studies was first offered in 1974-75. The Master of Arts in Church Ministries emerged as part of a major seminary curriculum revision in 1983-84; its name was changed to the Master of Arts in Church Leadership in 1991. A Clinical Pastoral Education program was added in 1999.
EMS has been an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools since 1986. It is approved as an institution for the training of candidates for ordination in the United Methodist Church. It is also a member of the Council of Mennonite Seminaries, which includes Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California. For purposes of coordinating denominational theological education programs, EMS is linked to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary through mutual membership in the Mennonite Education Agency of Mennonite Church USA.
During spring semester 2005, EMS had a record enrollment with a total of 166 students (102 men and 64 women). Of the total, 67 students were full time, another 69 were part time, 17 were enrolled in the Preaching Institute and 13 students took courses through the seminary’s Distance Learning program. The remainder took courses on a non-credit or audit basis, or at the Lancaster, Pennsylvania extension site.
The following summary of our statement of purpose expresses our vision and guides our work:
Eastern Mennonite Seminary equips men and women to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ, prepared to lead the church in mission with passion and integrity. As a community of disciples, we are humbled by God’s call, formed in Christ, transformed by the Holy Spirit, and empowered to serve with knowledge and grace.