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E V A N G E L I C A L A N A B A P T I S T
S Y M P O S I U M 2007 The vision of Rosedale Bible College (RBC) is to be a center for the advancement of an engaged and evangelical Anabaptist faith. To that end, RBC is hosting an annual symposium series, welcoming members of the Anabaptist and Evangelical communities to gather and explore the unique perspectives of contemporary evangelical Anabaptism. “Knowing Christ:” Renewing an Evangelical Foundation , held November 15–17, was the second in the series and focused on building up a church that practices the “true evangelical faith” described by Menno Simons: a faith that not only clothes the naked and feeds the hungry, but also “manifests itself in all righteousness and works of love” and “seeks that which is lost.” We invite you to join in this discussion by listening to the presentations and emailing a response to President Dan Ziegler. Links to the sound files can be found with the speaker profiles and the schedule of events which follow. Future Symposia November 13–15, 2008 — “Following Christ:” Discovering a Vital Biblical Anabaptism Speakers
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Rich Nathan is senior pastor of the Vineyard Church of Columbus in Ohio. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, he received his Juris Doctorate with honors from The Ohio State University in 1980, and taught business law at OSU for five years before pastoring full time. Rich is a popular national and international conference speaker and author of Who is My Enemy? Welcoming People the Church Rejects (Zondervan, 2002).
Nate Yoder is a historian and a pastor at heart. Before teaching church history at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, he wrote his dissertation at Notre Dame on "Mennonite Fundamentalism: Shaping an Identity for an American Context." Currently writing a history of the Conservative Mennonite Conference, he is interested in how this group has interfaced Anabaptism and Evangelicalism. As a former pastor, he cares about how such relationships affect discipleship and congregational life.
David R. Swartz is a doctoral candidate in American history at the University of Notre Dame, where he studies 20th-century evangelicalism under George Marsden. He is the author of several scholarly articles, and he and his wife Lisa Weaver Swartz, a doctoral student in sociology at Notre Dame, are collaborating with fellow CMCer Bob Brenneman on a study of American Mennonite footwashing practices.
Reuben Sairs is on the teaching faculty and serves as the director of library services at Rosedale Bible College. He is also a pastor at London Christian Fellowship in Ohio. Prior to moving to Ohio in 2002, Reuben was a pastor and church planter in two different congregations in Mobile, Alabama, for a total of 13 years. He has an M.A. in religious studies from the University of Mobile and an MLIS from Kent State University.
Jon Showalter is Rosedale Bible College's academic dean and brings a historian's perspective to his classes, which include Peace, Justice, and Simplicity, and Anabaptist History and Theology. Jon earned his M.A. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has done doctoral studies at Ohio State. He is also an associate pastor of Shiloh Mennonite Church (Resaca, Ohio) since 1997.