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Church leaders explore “Resistance, Resilience, Rest” at annual conference
What do resistance, resilience and rest look like for Anabaptists at a time like this? That was the focus of Pastors & Leaders 2026, held Feb. 23–26 at AMBS. The conference drew around 190 in-person and 15 online participants from across the U.S. and Canada.
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Mennonite Scholars and Friends: Call for papers
The deadline for the 2026 Mennonite Scholars and Friends call for papers on “Mennonites, Activism and Political Engagement” is Friday, April 10.
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Institute of Mennonite Studies: 2025 Published Books and Journals
Check out the latest offerings from the Institute of Mennonite Studies (IMS), AMBS’s research agency! These resources were released in 2025.
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Reflections on the Potawatomi Trail of Death pilgrimage
Alaina Dobkowski, MDiv, Co-Instructor of the Trail of Death Pilgrimage course, shares about how the experience of the pilgrimage has shaped her. The course will be offered again May 11–21.
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Sawatzky begins as Director of the AMBS Church Leadership Center
Joseph C.L. Sawatzky, PhD, of Goshen, Indiana, has been named Director of the Church Leadership Center, effective Feb. 2.
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Six students complete Journey Missional Leadership Development Program
In 2025, six participants completed AMBS’s Journey program. They represent congregations of Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Uganda and Life Church Uganda.
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Read the most recent issue of AMBS Window
AMBS Window is published two times a year (beginning with the Winter 2020 issue). It is sent to alumni and friends of AMBS and is included in the print editions of Canadian Mennonite and Anabaptist World.
Monthly Bulletin Announcements
AMBS’s monthly Bulletin Announcements for congregations and other organizations are available here as Word documents for anyone who would prefer to copy and paste them from Microsoft Word. (We understand that the formatting of the emailed announcements can cause issues when the blurbs are copied and pasted into Word documents.)
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Clicking the “Word version” links below will prompt the file to download to your computer or device:
March 2026: Word version | HTML version
February 2026: Word version | HTML version
January 2026: Word version | HTML version
December 2025: Word version | HTML version
November 2025: Word version | HTML version
October 2025: Word version | HTML version
Coming Up flyer: Degree and nondegree offerings
This flyer, produced three times a year, contains information about AMBS’s upcoming degree and nondegree offerings.
- Coming Up flyer for 2025–26: U.S. version | Canadian version