Cyneatha Millsaps, M.Div., executive director of Mennonite Women USA, co-pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, and chair of the Board of Directors of the new Tolson Center for Community Excellence in Elkhart, will speak at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s 2021 commencement service on May 1. (Photo provided)
ELKHART, Indiana (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary) — Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary will hold its 2021 commencement service on Saturday, May 1, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. EDT on the AMBS campus in Elkhart, Indiana, with limited attendance to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. The public is invited to attend the livestreamed event at ambs.edu/commencement.
The ceremony will honor 21 candidates for graduation who are completing degrees and certificates. Fifteen will earn a Master of Divinity; two will earn a Master of Arts in Christian Formation; and two will earn a Master of Arts: Theology and Peace Studies. Two students will receive a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies.
Cyneatha Millsaps, of Elkhart, Indiana, will bring the commencement address. Millsaps is executive director of Mennonite Women USA, co-pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, and chair of the Board of Directors of the new Tolson Center for Community Excellence in Elkhart. She earned a Master of Divinity from AMBS in 2008. Millsaps serves as a bridge builder in the Anabaptist community, working with churches, conferences and women’s groups on relationship-building among diverse communities. In her work, she seeks to offer a unique perspective on theology, culture, race and class that is designed to challenge and foster open and honest discussion.
In addition to the May 1 commencement service, livestream viewing is available for an online commissioning service that will include a blessing for each graduate on Friday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. EDT, also at ambs.edu/commencement.
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