by Brad Thiessen

In September 2006, MB Biblical Seminary’s Ministry Quest program received a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. that will allow the program to continue calling out, developing and training young leaders for churches and their communities through at least 2011.

Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary has been selected to receive a grant of $1.6 million from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. to participate in a national program to provide opportunities for high-school-age young people to engage in theological study and inquiry.

Seminaries and divinity schools were invited to create new programs that provide opportunities for young people to have a serious intellectual encounter with the theological resources of the Christian faith and to explore in depth its significance for their own lives and vocations.