The 3 C's of Mennonite Higher Education

More than 100 years ago, the seeds of Anabaptist education were planted by Mennonites in mostly rural locations across North America. These industrious men and women from the church launched an educational experience committed to enacting the belief that Mennonites should be “in the world but not of it” (John 17). They envisioned Mennonite schools rising from humble roots and thriving amid other, mostly well-funded secular schools!

Many naysayers along the way thought that for such a small faith community these humble “mustard seeds” would not take root. Yet here we are today with most of our schools already entering their second century. The Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada mustard seed variety has yielded flowering Anabaptist trees in the higher education forest in four states and three provinces.