AMBS Window
AMBS Window is published two times a year. It is sent to alumni and friends of AMBS and is included in the print editions of Canadian Mennonite and Anabaptist World. Read full issues online or contact the Development Team to request print copies.
Current issue: Summer 2025
Learn about the 33 members of AMBS’s Class of 2025 in our annual commencement issue! Also, 10 MA: Theology and Global Anabaptism graduates were honored at Meserete Kristos Seminary’s May 17 Commencement Service in Ethiopia. Read about our newest Teaching Faculty members, and check out our upcoming offerings!
Back issues
►AMBS Window Winter 2025
Learn about how cross-cultural experiences shape four faculty members’ teaching at AMBS. Read reflections from three students on their internship experiences, meet our newest Journey program graduates, and learn about the recipients of AMBS’s 2024 Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition!
►AMBS Window Summer 2024
Meet the members of AMBS’s Class of 2024 in our annual commencement issue! Learn about some of the fruits of the collaboration between AMBS and Meserete Kristos Church and Seminary in Ethiopia. Check out resources that AMBS offers not only for church leaders but also for lay leaders and church participants.
►AMBS Window Winter 2024
Read about how our Forming Leaders Together campaign collaborates with national, regional and local leaders to form Anabaptist leaders together. This issue also celebrates our 2023 Journey program graduates and recognizes our 2023 Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition recipients.
►AMBS Window Summer 2023
Our annual commencement issue covers AMBS’s April 29 Commencement Service and contains brief bios of our graduates. It also features images from the May 20 Commencement Service of Meserete Kristos Seminary in Ethiopia, which honored the first students to complete AMBS’s MA: Theology and Global Anabaptism entirely from Ethiopia. The issue introduces our new Practical Leadership Training modules and also announces David Boshart’s reappointment to a second term as AMBS President.
►AMBS Window Winter 2023
Read about how AMBS is working to form and prepare effective Anabaptist leaders. This issue includes information about our new Doctor of Ministry in Leadership program, congratulates our 2022 Journey program graduates and recognizes our 2022 Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition recipients.
►AMBS Window Summer 2022
This issue contains news about and reflections from our 2022 graduating class as well as a summary of César García’s commencement address. It also includes the announcement that AMBS has received full accreditation approval to offer a competency-based Doctor of Ministry in Leadership (DMin).
►AMBS Window Winter 2022
Learn more about how the Invite AMBS program provides customized resources for the church. This issue also celebrates our 2021 Journey graduates and introduces Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, PhD, as the new Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible.
►AMBS Window Summer 2021
This issue provides reflections and updates from our 2021 graduates as well as a summary of Cyneatha Millsaps’ commencement speech. It also includes updates on faculty transitions and a selection of upcoming offerings.
►AMBS Window Spring 2021
In this issue, we cover three new programs launched by AMBS’s Church Leadership Center to support active and emerging leaders. Also, read about monthly video conversations between alumni and faculty; enrollment and development updates; and worship materials created for the Sunday after Easter.
►AMBS Window Fall 2020
In this issue, we cover our August 2020 Commencement Service and celebrate our 2020 graduating class! Also, read about AMBS’s new partnership with Mennonite World Conference.
►AMBS Window Winter 2020
See how AMBS is meeting the church’s changing needs with our MA: Theology and Global Anabaptism and Church Leadership Center programs such as Ministry Integrity Circles, Transition to Leadership and Invite AMBS. Also, learn about new alumni benefits, AMBS’s 10-year reaccreditation, and more!
►AMBS Window Summer 2019
Celebrate this year’s graduates! Read a closing word from President Sara Wenger Shenk, EdD, upon her retirement. Also, get a recap of Meghan Larissa Good’s commencement speech, updates on what is in store for each graduate, and faculty and staff transitions.
► AMBS Window Spring 2019
Discover some of the ways AMBS meets learners wherever they are, including, Journey: A Missional Leadership Development Program, Master of Divinity Connect, the Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies and Anabaptist Witness. Also featured: 2019 Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition recipients.
► AMBS Window Fall 2018
Love of neighbors is expressed in many ways at AMBS. It shows through the work of students like Benjamin and Rianna Isaak-Krauss with the Poor People’s Campaign; through creation care efforts on our campus; and through professors who teach with a focus on God’s peace and reconciliation.
► AMBS Window Summer 2018
Celebrate our newest graduating class. Read a recap of Alumni Ministry and Service Recognition recipient Palmer Becker’s address on fulfilling “the other half” of Jesus’ mandate. See what’s next for the 21 graduates.
► AMBS Window Spring 2018
Explore faith formation in our learning community. Four graduating students in the Master of Arts in Christian Formation program describe their final projects. AMBS professor Andy Brubacher Kaethler reflects on forming confident Christian leaders. Also, read the new AMBS Alumni News section.
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