Talk to the editor of The Mennonite

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Everett Thomas, editor of The Mennonite, is answering questions from readers.

Email your questions to annag@themennonite.org. Or submit the question as a 'comment' below. You must be a logged in as a user first.

We will publish selected questions and answers on our Web site in September.

Sample questions:
Q. What increases my chances of having something in The Mennonite?
Q. How do you decide which press releases to run?
Q. What is the process for writing an editorial?
Q. What is the magazine's current relationship to Mennonite Church USA leaders?

Everett Thomas began as editor of The Mennonite in November 2000 and currently works out of the magazine’s Goshen, Ind., office. Thomas came to The Mennonite after serving 11 years as president of Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries in Elkhart, Ind.

Thomas graduated from Goshen (Ind.) College in 1972 with a B.A. in English and spent 15 years at Bethany Christian High School in Goshen, first as an English teacher and later as an administrator. Thomas also squeezed three years of seminary courses into 20 years, receiving the M. Div. degree from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart in 1998.

Thomas and his wife, Barbara, are members of College Mennonite Church in Goshen and have two young adult children. Thomas also is a member of the Goshen City Council, having first been elected to that office in 1991.

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