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Gateway courses offer Anabaptist training for pastors.Anabaptist Studies
Are you a pastor trying to fill credentialing requirements? Are you a seminary student looking for courses in Anabaptist history or theology? Have you just discovered Anabaptism and want to learn more? EMS has Anabaptist-focused courses online and on-campus. You can take up to four courses by filling out our part-time application online. To request more information email the seminary admission office at
Online courses
Anabaptism Today – January 10-April 29
Two theologians are largely responsible for putting Anabaptism on the 21st Century theological map—John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas. This course will explore contemporary “Anabaptism” through the writings of these two influential theologians and through those who have been influenced by or are in dialogue with them on various issues. Read more
Ethics and Non-Violence: The Sermon on the Mount- January 10-April 29
This course in Christian Ethics takes a deep look at Jesus’ teaching and the ethics of the New Testament through the lens of the Sermon on the Mount. Read more
Mennonite Faith and Polity – May 2-July 9, 2011
This course examines two aspects of Mennonite reality. First, what has it said and what is it saying about what it believes concerning the Christian faith; and second, how it structures itself in the light of those beliefs to carry out its ministry in the world. Read more
Block-schedule summer courses
Biblical Foundations of Justice and Peacemaking – May 31-June 10, 2011
This course is committed to helping us recover “serious and specific moral guidance” regarding the biblical call to live such lives in the midst of a world too often wracked by violence and injustice, a world loved by the God known as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Read more
Mennonite Faith and Polity – May 31-June 10, 2011
This course examines two aspects of contemporary Mennonite reality. First, what the Mennonite Church has said and, especially, what it is currently saying about what it believes concerning the Christian faith; and second, how it structures itself in the light of those beliefs to carry out its ministry in the world. Read more
Spring on-campus courses January 10-April 29, 2011
Mennonite History
Christian Ethics
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Life, Theology and Witness
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Apply online for part-time studies. Request more information by email at
As part of Mennonite Church USA EMS adheres to the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. Our theological framework guides our thinking about identity and vocation. Even though we are a seminary linked with Mennonite Church USA, we welcome various faith traditions and denominations in our classes.