Writings and Remarks
EMU President Loren Swartzendruber
Dr. Loren Swartzendruber, the eighth president of EMU, took office on Jan. 1, 2004. A 1976 liberal arts EMU grad, Swartzendruber went on to earn a master of divinity degree in 1979 from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and a doctor of ministry degree in church leadership from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2000.
He became president of Hesston College in 1994 after serving 10 years as associate executive secretary of the former Mennonite Board of Education in Elkhart, Ind. Swartzendruber was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1975 at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church near his birthplace of Kalona, Iowa, and was pastor at Salford Mennonite Church, Harleysville, Pa., 1978-83.
Below is a small selection of Loren's recent addresses and writings. Click here to read his frequent "Presidential Updates" to the EMU community.
Date |
Title |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| 4-2007 | Response to Tragedy at Virginia Tech | Letter to President Steger of Virginia Tech |
| 4-2007 | Creation Care from an Anabaptist Perspective | Remarks during British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) visit / interview |
| 3-2007 | Message on Bluffton College bus tragedy | Sermon at Bay Shore Mennonite Church in Sarasota, Fla. |
| 10-2006 | Loren asks: Liberal or Conservative? | Crossroads article |
| 8-2005 | Eyes on the Goal | Fall Convocation Address |
| 1-2005 | Community of Hope | Spring Convocation Address |
| 9-2004 | Thoughts on " Democracy Now! " | Presidential Statement |
| 8-2004 | Loving God with Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength | Fall Convocation Address |
| 8-2004 | President's Message to Faculty and Staff | Faculty/Staff Conference Address |
| 4-2004 | (Opening Remarks) | EMU Open Forum |
| 1-2004 | Tough Minds, Tender Hearts | Spring Convocation Address |
| 12-2003 | A Job for Parents and Student Together | Published in Hesston College Today |
| 6-2003 | Farewell, and Continue to Support This Ministry | Published in Hesston College Today |
| 2-2003 | An Opportunity to Serve | Acceptance Speech at EMU Chapel |
| 6-2001 | Help Our Youth Choose Their Colleges | Published in the Mennonite |
| 10-1994 | What Kind of Higher Education Shall We Choose? | Published in Gospel Herald |
| 2-1987 | What Should a Christian School Do? | Published in Gospel Herald |
| 4-1986 | The College Choice | Published in Gospel Herald |
