Robinson, longtime LMC church leader, dies

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LANCASTER, Pa.—Lindsey Robinson, a missions leader, pastor, teacher and peacemaker with Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite Conference, died on Feb. 4. Robinson first served as an LMC pastor at Hamilton Street and later Locust Lane Mennonite Churches in Harrisburg.

He also served as an associate director of Home Ministries at Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM), 1982-92, and then in various roles for LMC from 1993-2004, including Conference Minister for the last seven.

He also served on the EMM Executive Committee from 1997-2004.

Robinson last served as the general secretary of the New Testament Fellowship of Anabaptist/Mennonite Churches, a role he assumed after leaving his work with LMC in 2004.

“As an African-American leader in the context of a largely Swiss German church, he was crystal clear on the core of our faith, and he saw our spiritual blind spots better than most,” said Richard Showalter, president of EMM.—Eastern Mennonite Missions and Lancaster Mennonite Conference

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