Linford Stutzman

“My passion in life is to teach in a way that encourages, equips and enables students to follow Jesus into the world, sharing the Good News of the Kingdom. Leaders of the faithful church in the future will need to understand their culture, the authentic witness of Jesus, and the mandate and opportunities for the church. My commitment in teaching missions and directing the John Coffman Center at the seminary is to contribute to learning in these areas.”

Dr. Stutzman joined the Bible & Religion faculty in 1991 after serving with Eastern Mennonite Missions in Germany for eight years and in Australia for four years. He is also the director of the seminary’s Coffman Center. Along with his wife Janet, Linford has led several of the most recent cross-cultural study semesters in the Middle East, and recently concluded a 15 month sabbatical when he and Janet sailed the Mediterranean, tracing the route of St. Paul in the Book of Acts.

Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
M.A.R., Eastern Mennonite Seminary
B.A., Eastern Mennonite University

Sailing Acts: Following an Ancient Voyage 2006
Anabaptists Meeting Muslims (Co-edited) 2005.
Practicing Truth: Confident Witness in Our Pluralistic World (Co-edited) 1999.
With Jesus in the World 1992.

• “Mentoring for Life in Abundance: Learning from Paul’s Example.” Paper presented at the Evangelical Missiological Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 27-29, 2007
  
• “Living on a Sea of Change: at Home in Globalization” presentation at Bluffton College’s Fall Forum Series, Oct. 23, 2007

• Keynote speaker at Conservative Mennonite Conference Annual Meeting, Goshen, IN, Aug. 5, 2007
  
• Pathways Scholar in Residence at Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH, Oct. 22-25, 8 presentations, lectures and classes

• Consultant for Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions
  
• Chair of Ministry Support Team for Shirley Roth, director of Nazareth Village in Israel
  
• “Paul and Globalization” lectures at World Mission Institute, Eastern Mennonite Missions, Lancaster, PA, Jun 28, 2007
  
• Resource person for tranSend orientation, Virginia Mennonite Missions, Harrisonburg, VA, Aug. 2007
  
• Resource person for Plains Mennonite Church retreat, Hatfield, PA, Sept. 22-23, 2007
  
• Resource person for Mennonite Association of Retired Persons (MARP), Laurelville Mennonite Church Center
  
• Presented workshop “Learning from Paul” at Mennonite Assembly, San Jose, CA, July 2-7, 2007
  
• Planned, hosted, and presented at the conference “Changing Church, Changing World, co-sponsored by the John Coffman Center at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Virginia Mennonite Missions, Oct. 26-27, 2007
  
• Gave ten additional presentations on “Sailing Acts” in congregations in 2007-2008

Received an EMU mini-grant (with Jerry Holsopple) to develop new Senior Seminar: Myths, Legends, and Superstars

• American Academy of Religion
• Association of Anabaptist Missiologists (committee member)
• American Society of Missiologists
• Evangelical Mission Society

• Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 2007 (Presenter)
  
• Anabaptist Association of Missiologists (AAM) annual meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 2007

• Developed and led a three-week cross-cultural seminar to Turkey, May 4-27, 2007
  
• Senior Seminar: Myths, Legends, and Superstars, with Jerry Holsopple, fall semester, 2007