Eastern Mennonite University 2002 graduate Erik Kratz ended his Major League Baseball career with an announcement Nov. 6 on social media. He played 19 seasons of professional baseball, breaking into the majors at age 30 with Pittsburgh in 2010, following a standout career at EMU.
While serving in South Africa with Mennonite Mission Network, theologian Joe Sawatzky often learned as much about God from his cross-cultural engagements as he did from textbooks.
Marvin Lorenzana, a minister with Mennonite Mission Network of Mennonite Church USA, has been appointed president of Eastern Mennonite Missions. The EMM Board of Directors made the announcement Oct. 19.
Tabor College announced on Oct. 22 its Board of Directors and President Jules Glanzer have begun a presidential leadership transition as Glanzer retires.
Mennonite Church Eastern Canada has terminated the ministerial credential of John D. Rempel, a prominent Mennonite theologian, due to sexual misconduct while a staff member at Conrad Grebel University College in the 1970s and ’80s.