Reflections and stories from 16 educators and church leaders, nearly all of whom were EMU/EMS professors at some point, form Making Sense of the Journey: The Geography of Our Faith, a 350-page paperback published by the ACRS in late fall 2007. The volume, with a foreward by EMU President Loren Swartzendruber, is edited by Mennonite leaders Robert and Nancy V. Lee. Read more...

The Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society (ACRS), affiliated with Eastern Mennonite University, is made up of retired professors, primarily from EMU, who seek to connect faith and life in contemporary academia and the church.

The group embodies “the growing realization that retirement from the classroom offers new and ongoing possibilities for creative intellectual interaction and support of the larger university, church and society,” says member and coordinator Ray Gingerich, former Bible professor at EMU.

ACRS projects and efforts include:

• Publication of the book "Making Sense of the Journey: The Geography of Our Faith," a 350-page paperback distributed by Herald Press and featuring chapters by 16 ACRS members. Read more...

• Monthly breakfasts (second Monday of each month) which feature a member of the Anabaptist community telling his or her life story. Hear from Ray Horst on January 14!

• Support of dialogue on issues such as Catholic-Anabaptist relations

• Sponsors of occasional forums.

For more information contact ACRS at