Education

Doctor of Ministry, Missional Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary School of Theology, 2008.

Master of Divinity, Pastoral Ministries, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1987.  

Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education, Bluffton University, 1976. 

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Bible, Lancaster Mennonite School, Fall 2017-present. Adjunct professor for dual enrollment course, Eastern Mennonite University..

Co-instructor, Basic Conflict Mediation, Messiah University, Spring 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023

Projects

Mennonite Educators Conference workshop, DEI work in Mennonite Schools. February 4, 2023 with Dr. Michael Badriaki

Franconia Mennonite Church, Domestic Violence. October 2, 2019 with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

Grandview Church, Peaceful Bystander Training, July, 2019 with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

Grantham BIC Church, Difficult Conversations, April 27, 2019 with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

Everence Stewardship University, Trauma Healing, March 2, 2019 with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

Everence Stewardship University, A collaborative approach to ending hunger and homelessness, April 8, 2017

Parish Resource Center, Missional Imagination: Dwelling in Word and Context., February 28, 2017

Everence Stewardship University, A Holistic Approach to Ending Hunger and Homelessness, March 12, 2016

Co-workshop presenter, Mennonite Church USA national convention, Kansas City, KS.  Forgiveness and Restorative Justice with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, July 3, 2015.

Workshop presenter, National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness, San Diego, CA. Faith-Based Groups: Important Partners in Ending Homelessness, February 18-20 , 2015.

Publications

“Being With People”, Anabaptist Witness, (Voume10, Issue 1) Spring, 2023

“Missional Classroom”, The Mennonite, January, 2019

“Akron Mennonite Church-Akron, Pennsylvania”, Chapter 7 in Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change by Mark Lau Branson (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016)

“Applying Academic Research in Congregational Realities”, Chapter 28 in Fully Engaged: Missional Church in an Anabaptist Voice, Stanley W. Green and James R. Krabill, Editors (Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2015).

“A View from the Porch: A Case Study in Liminality and Local Theology”, Chapter 9 in Peace Be With You: Christ’s Benediction Amid Violent Empires by Sharon L. Baker and Michael Hardin, Editors. (Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2010).

Editor, English translation of Diary of a Kidnapped Colombian Governor: A Journey Toward Nonviolent Transformation by Guillermo Gaviria Correa. Translated by Hugo and Norma Zorrilla (Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2010).

“The Porch Project: One Congregation’s Journey Toward Missional Transformation.”  Unpublished Doctor of Ministry final project, 2008 (bound copy). Fuller Theological Seminary.

“Pastors Discovering Missional Church Praxis” Panel Discussion.  Mission Focus: Annual Review, Vol. 15, 2007, pp 150-154.

Threatened With Resurrection: Self-Preservation and Christ’s Way of Peace. (Herald Press, 2002).

“Conflict in the Nuclear Family” chapter 14 in Making Peace with Conflict: Practical Skills for Conflict Transformation, Schrock-Shenk and Ressler, Editors. (Herald Press, 1999) Co-authored with Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz.        

Review of “The New Conscientious Objector: From Sacred to Secular Resistance” by Moskos and Chambers.  Mennonite Quarterly Review, April, 1994.

“Mennonites and the Test of Faith” Mennonite Life, March 1992.

Specialized Skills

Building Cultural Competencies in Organizations, Tiffin University, 2021

Understanding White Privilege and Culture, YMCA, March-April, 2017

Active Bystander Nonviolence Training, Landisville, PA, February 18, 2017

Leadership Lancaster, Executive Leadership Cohort, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 2016.

Missional Coaching Certification, The Missional Network, Toronto, ONT, April 8-10, 2013

Damascus Road Anti-Racism Analysis, October 18-20, 2007.

Professional Experience

Executive Director, Lancaster County Council of Churches, 2015-2016

Lead Pastor/Co-Pastor, Akron Mennonite Church, Akron, PA. 2001-2015.      

Senior Pastor, West Swamp Mennonite Church, Quakertown, PA.1994-2001. 

Co-Program Coordinator, Akron Voluntary Service Unit, Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, PA. 1991-1994  

Campus Pastor, Director of Student Ministries and Church Relations, Head Men’s Soccer Coach, Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH. 1987-1991. (Ordained for pastoral ministry, 1989)

Director of Draft and Peace Counselor Training, Mennonite Central Committee, US Peace Section, Akron, PA, 1980-1984.          

Youth Worker, Central District Mennonite Conference, Bluffton, OH. 1976-1980.