Invite AMBS
Invite AMBS is a unique opportunity to invite the faculty and staff of AMBS to come directly to you.
Are you looking for a speaker or consultant to:
- lead a workshop
- speak to your Sunday school class
- preach on a Sunday morning
- lead a church retreat
- provide training sessions for your organization
If your church or organization would like to address a certain topic, or if you want to hear from a specific speaker, take a look below to see the topics offered by our experienced faculty and staff members.
Call, email or fill out the short information form to hear more about the costs involved and to discuss possible dates.
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Possible topics
Anabaptism Today | Anabaptist History and Theology | Anabaptist/Mennonite Theology | Apocalypses in the Bible and Beyond | Anti-Racist and Intercultural Pastoral Care | The Apocrypha | Autism and the Church | Baptism | Becoming a Community of Healing & Hope: Speaking the Truth, Healing the Wounds, Anticipating a New Day | Benham West Documentary | The Bible and Climate Change | The Bible and Science Fiction | Bible Reading in Congregational Life | Biblical Foundations of Peace and Justice | Christendom in Ethiopia: Its Beginning and End | Christian Attitudes on War and Peace | Christian Nationalism and Political Idolatry | Christian Understandings of Forgiveness | Confessional Bible Study | Congregational Formation | Constructive Theology | Consultation about Congregational Formation or Sunday School Programs | Dementia and the Church | Did Mennonite Missionaries Bring Christianity to Ethiopia? | Doxology Against Empire: Living By and Making Known the Manifold Wisdom of God | Embodiment in Christian Spiritual Practices and Pastoral Care | Environmental Concerns in Theological Perspective | Exploration of Swearing/Cussing/Bad Words | Faith Foundations of Creation Care | Feminist and Womanist Theologies | Gelassenheit | The Global Church | God’s Shalom & the Church’s Witness | Healthy Boundaries Training | History of Christianity in Ethiopia | Honoring Women’s Stories in the Bible | The Holy Spirit | How Meserete Kristos Church started: Growth, Impact, and Mission | Hymn Sing | Hymns about Creation Care | Imperial Rome and the Jesus Movement | Improvisational Leadership: Formation and Practice | Individual and Leadership Coaching | Inner and Outer Calls to Ministry | Interactive Bible Study (The Book of Jonah and the Gospels) | Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism (ICUR) | ICUR Constructive Review | ICUR Learning Sessions | Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Assessment and Development | Luke and Acts | Mennonite Polity | Mission | Nature in the Bible | Nine Spiritual Pathways | Nonviolent Communication | Ordinary Harm and its Remediation | Partnership Between Meserete Kristos Seminary and AMBS | Pastoral Care | Peace and Justice in the Hebrew Scriptures | Peace Theology and Ethics | Peace Theology and Group Process | Peacemaking in Early Christianity | PreachingÌý´¥ Reading the Bible as a Literature of Resistance | Reading Revelation Responsibly | Reasons Behind the Rapid Growth of Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia | Second Temple Judaism | Somatic Practices for Addressing Trauma | Spiritual Formation Across the Age Span | Spiritual Lessons of the Prairie | Spiritual Practices | Storytelling | Strategic Planning Sessions | Suffering and Consolation | Supersessionism and Biblical Interpretation | Taize Worship and Music | Theology and the Arts | Trauma and Trauma-Informed Caregiving | Trees of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives | Water of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives | What Happened at Benham West: African American Stories of Community, Displacement and Hope | Wisdom Literature and the Good Life | Worship Leading | Worship Planning
Why Invite AMBS?
Here’s what someone had to say about working with Nekeisha Alayna Alexis.

“Nekeisha worked with the entire CCS staff in leading, training and inspiring discussions that have widened our understanding of the historical basis of racism, the implications of biases and how to begin to unravel the misconceptions of people regarding differences.”
Donna Parker, Controller, Church Community Services, Elkhart, Indiana
Available speakers
Nekeisha Alayna Alexis
Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, MA, is the Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism (ICUR) coordinator at AMBS. Learn more about Nekeisha.
Possible topics:
- Accountability Conversations
- Constructive Reviews
- Foundations for Justice Learning Series
- Intercultural Development Inventory
- Strategic Sessions
- Documentary screening of What Happened at Benham West: African American Stories of Community, Displacement and Hope (schedule Nekeisha to host a screening)
Malinda E. Berry

Malinda E. Berry, PhD, is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at AMBS. Learn more about Malinda.
Possible topics:
- Anabaptist/Mennonite Theology
- Confessional Bible Study
- Constructive Theology
- Environmental Concerns in Theological Perspective
- Feminist and Womanist Theologies
- Nonviolent Communication
- Peace Theology and Ethics
- Peace Theology and Group Process
- Theology and the Arts
Rachel Miller Jacobs

Rachel Miller Jacobs, DMin, is Associate Professor of Congregational Formation at AMBS. Learn more about Rachel.
Possible topics:
- Bible Reading in Congregational Life
- Congregational Formation
- Ordinary Harm and its Remediation
- Spiritual Formation Across the Age Span
- Spiritual Practices
Possible formats:
- Consultation about congregational formation or Sunday school programs
- Congregational retreats
- Worship planning and leading workshops
Janeen Bertsche Johnson

Janeen Bertsche Johnson, MDiv, is Director of Campus Ministries, Admissions Associate, Development Associate, and Alumni Director at AMBS. Learn more about Janeen.
Possible topics:
- Autism and the Church
- Dementia and the Church
- Faith Foundations of Creation Care
- Gelassenheit
- Hymns about Creation Care
- Inner and Outer Calls to Ministry
- Mennonite Polity
- Nine Spiritual Pathways
- Spiritual Lessons of the Prairie
- Suffering and Consolation
- Taize Worship and Music
- Trees of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives (can be a retreat)
- Water of Life – Biblical and Ecological Perspectives (can be a retreat)
Possible formats:
- Hymn Sing
- Retreat
- Sermon
- Teaching Session
Henok T. Mekonin

Henok T. Mekonin, MA, is a Global Leadership Collaborative Specialist at AMBS. Learn more about Henok.
Possible topics:
- Christendom in Ethiopia: Its Beginning and End
- Did Mennonite Missionaries Bring Christianity to Ethiopia?
- History of Christianity in Ethiopia
- How Meserete Kristos Church started: Growth, Impact, and Mission
- Partnership Between Meserete Kristos Seminary and 911±¬ÁÏÍø
- Reasons Behind the Rapid Growth of Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia
David B. Miller
David B. Miller, DMin, is a Teaching Associate of the AMBS Church Leadership Center. Learn more about David.
Possible topics:
- Becoming a Community of Healing & Hope: Speaking the Truth, Healing the Wounds, Anticipating a New Day
- Confessional Bible Study
- Doxology Against Empire: Living By and Making Known the Manifold Wisdom of God
- God’s Shalom & the Church’s Witness
- Healthy Boundaries Training
- Improvisational Leadership: Formation and Practice
Jamie Pitts
Jamie Pitts, PhD, is Associate Professor of Anabaptist Studies at AMBS, director of the Institute of Mennonite Studies and editor for the journal Anabaptist Witness. Learn more about Jamie.
Possible topics:
- Anabaptist History and Theology
- Anabaptism Today
- Baptism
- The Global Church
- The Holy Spirit
- Mission
- Documentary screening of What Happened at Benham West: African American Stories of Community, Displacement and Hope
Allan Rudy-Froese

Allan Rudy-Froese, PhD, is Associate Professor of Christian Proclamation at AMBS. Learn more about Allan.
Possible topics:
- Exploration of Swearing/Cussing/Bad Words
- Interactive Bible Study (The Book of Jonah and the Gospels)
- Preaching
- Storytelling
- Worship Leading
Drew Strait

Drew Strait, PhD, is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at AMBS. Learn more about Drew.
Possible topics:
- Anabaptist Approaches to Scripture
- Biblical Foundations of Peace and Justice
- Imperial Rome and the Jesus Movement
- Luke-Acts
- Peace & Peacemaking in Early Christianity
- Reading Revelation Responsibly
- Reading the Bible as a Literature of Resistance
- Second Temple Judaism
- White Christian Nationalism and Political Idolatry
(What is Christian Nationalism? Learn now»)
Leah R. Thomas
Leah R. Thomas, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Contextual Education at AMBS. Learn more about Leah.
Possible topics:
- Anti-Racist and Intercultural Pastoral Care
- Embodiment in Christian Spiritual Practices and Pastoral Care
- Pastoral Care
- Trauma and Trauma-Informed Caregiving
- Somatic Practices for Addressing Trauma
Jackie Wyse-Rhodes

Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, PhD, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at AMBS. Learn more about Jackie.
Possible topics:
- Apocalypses in the Bible and Beyond
- The Apocrypha
- The Bible and Climate Change
- The Bible and Science Fiction
- Honoring Women’s Stories in the Bible
- Nature in the Bible
- Peace and Justice in the Hebrew Scriptures
- Supersessionism and Biblical Interpretation
- Wisdom Literature and the Good Life
Additional members of the AMBS faculty and staff are available upon request.
Ask about virtual visits! Contact Steve Norton.