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[[Image:Robinson_lindsey_2008.jpg|200px|right]] Robinson, a pastor and leader in Lancaster Mennonite Conference and the New Testament Fellowship of Anabaptist/Mennonite Churches, died Feb. 4. He was 59. | [[Image:Robinson_lindsey_2008.jpg|200px|right]] Robinson, a pastor and leader in Lancaster Mennonite Conference and the New Testament Fellowship of Anabaptist/Mennonite Churches, died Feb. 4. He was 59. | ||
When Robinson took his first Lancaster Conference pastorate in 1982, "I never imagined the blessing he'd be to our district and conference, as well as the worldwide Mennonite church," said John Kraybill, former bishop of Lancaster's Harrisburg District, at a memorial service at Mellinger | When Robinson took his first Lancaster Conference pastorate in 1982, "I never imagined the blessing he'd be to our district and conference, as well as the worldwide Mennonite church," said John Kraybill, former bishop of Lancaster's Harrisburg District, at a memorial service at Mellinger Mennonite Church on April 26. | ||
Robinson preached a sermon at the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Zimbabwe in 2003. | |||
He served with Eastern Mennonite Missions and in various roles with Lancaster Conference from 1982 to 2004. | |||
Richard Showalter, president of EMM, called Robinson "a radical disciple of Jesus" — a modern-day Celtic-Waldensian-Anabaptist-Moravian-Pentecostal Mennonite. | |||
Robinson's diverse religious experience began with a nominal Methodist childhood in Chicago. It continued through Roman Catholicism, student activism at DePaul University and | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 26 July 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 May 12 p. 3
Birth date: 1949
text of obituary:
Robinson brought diverse background to his ministry
By Jewel Showalter
For EMM and Lancaster Conference
LANCASTER, Pa. — Lindsey Robinson met Jesus in a life-changing way at a Tom Skinner rally in the late 1960s. His journey of faith led him to the Mennonite church, where he blended deep love for God with concern for peace and social justice.
Robinson, a pastor and leader in Lancaster Mennonite Conference and the New Testament Fellowship of Anabaptist/Mennonite Churches, died Feb. 4. He was 59.
When Robinson took his first Lancaster Conference pastorate in 1982, "I never imagined the blessing he'd be to our district and conference, as well as the worldwide Mennonite church," said John Kraybill, former bishop of Lancaster's Harrisburg District, at a memorial service at Mellinger Mennonite Church on April 26.
Robinson preached a sermon at the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Zimbabwe in 2003.
He served with Eastern Mennonite Missions and in various roles with Lancaster Conference from 1982 to 2004.
Richard Showalter, president of EMM, called Robinson "a radical disciple of Jesus" — a modern-day Celtic-Waldensian-Anabaptist-Moravian-Pentecostal Mennonite.
Robinson's diverse religious experience began with a nominal Methodist childhood in Chicago. It continued through Roman Catholicism, student activism at DePaul University and