Nikkel featured at CMBS April 7 noon lecture

Former Tabor College president Larry Nikkel will be the featured speaker at a noon lecture April 7 hosted by the Center for Menno?nite Brethren Studies in Hills?boro.

The lecture will be in the Library Conference Room on the Tabor College campus.

Nickel?s topic will be, ?Mennonite Brethren in the Military: Retreat or Re-engagement??

At the 2014 U.S. Confer?ence of Mennonite Brethren Churches convention, delegates adopted a revised version of an article in its Confession of Faith that deals with the issue of love, nonresistance and military participation.

Some people have seen the revision as a retreat from the denomination?s historical position while others have applauded the revision as a step forward.

Nikkel, chair of the U.S. MB Board of Faith and Life, will present the context for why the article was reviewed and revised, plus provide his perspective on the potential for effectiveness for revisions.

Nikkel has spent most of his life in inter-Mennonite circles. His career has included 26 years at Prairie View, five years in Menno?nite Health Services and 10 years as president of Tabor College.

For more information, contact CMBS Director Peggy Goertzen at 620-947-3121, ext. 1211, or via email peggyg@tabor.edu.

Light refreshments will be available at the presentation or participants can bring their own lunch.

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