“Bringing high-quality ministry education and training close to Congregations”

Spring 2012

Tuition: $414 per credit hour
Non-credit Tuition: $90 per credit hour (except Preaching Institute: $495) Textbooks not included.
Technology fee: $25 per semester

The Holy Spirit in Anabaptist Experience – CTH 581 L (3 credits)

Students will probe the activity of the Holy Spirit in the Bible, in church history, the Anabaptist Movement and contemporary Mennonite faith and life with the goal of being propelled forward in the work of the Spirit in a 21st century missional church.

  • Location: Lancaster, Pa.
  • Schedule: Weekly on Monday evenings, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Jan. 23, 30; Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; Mar. 5, 19, 26; April 2, 16, 23, 30; May 7
  • Instructor: Brinton Rutherford, Ph.D., Lancaster Mennonite Conference

The Cross & the Sword: Theological Ethics of Violence & Peacemaking CTE 621 L – CANCELLED

Interpreting the Biblical Text – BVG 621 L (3 credits)

Students will wrestle with the question of how biblical authority is made effective in the church today through careful and wise interpretation.

  • Location: Biblical Seminary, Hatfield, Pa.
  • Schedule: Weekly on Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Jan. 26; Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23; Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; April 12, 19, 26; May 3
  • Instructor: Mark R. Wenger, Ph.D., EMS at Lancaster

Formation in Ministry II – FS 602 L (3 credits)

This course continues to guide students in a careful action/reflection process to increase self-awareness, develop ministry skills, grow in maturity and sense of call and vocation.

  • Location: Conestoga Mennonite Church, Morgantown, Pa.
  • Schedule: Saturday sessions, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Jan. 14; Feb. 4, 25; Mar. 24; April 14, 28
  • Instructor: Marcus Smucker, Ph.D., Bird-in-Hand, Pa.

Church Planting and Community Development SMCL 527 L – CANCELLED

Organizational Behavior: A Systems Approach (3 credits)

Offered by MBA Program and Cross-listed with EMSeminry

  • Location: Harrisonburg, Va. and EMU Lancaster by Visual Virtual Classroom
  • Schedule: Weekly on Thursday evenings, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26; Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23; Mar. 1, 15, 22, 29; April 12, 19, 26
  • Instructor: Jim Smucker, Ph.D., Bird-in-Hand, Pa.