Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) is the graduate theological division of
Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is a private Mennonite university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The university also operates a satellite campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which primarily caters to working adults. EMU's bachelor-degree holders ...
(EMU), which is an accredited
Christian
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liberal arts university
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in
Harrisonburg, Virginia
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. EMU was established as Eastern Mennonite College in 1917. In 1965, after several decades of growth and change on the Harrisonburg campus, the seminary was re-established with its formal name and an acting dean. EMS was an outgrowth of the curriculum in
Bible
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at what was then known as Eastern Mennonite College. EMU and EMS together are considered the embodiment of a vision held by the Mennonite leaders from
Virginia
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,
Maryland
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and
Pennsylvania
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who first established EMC in 1917.
The seminary is an accredited member of the
since 1986. In addition to training leaders for in the
Mennonite Church USA
The Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States. Although the organization is a recent 2002 merger of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, the body has roots in the Radi ...
, EMS is approved as an institution for the training of candidates for ordination in the
United Methodist Church
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.
The Methodist Connection
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.
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.emu.edu/seminary/
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA
Educational institutions established in 1965
Mennonitism in Virginia
1965 establishments in Virginia