Darrell W. Fast Scholarship

Darrell W. Fast Scholarship

The Darrell W. Fast Scholarship was founded in 2018 to support students a Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) as they prepare for ministry and leadership in the church.

In keeping with the intent of the fund, priority consideration may be given to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:

• intend to go into pastoral ministry, and
• is a woman or a person of color or an international student.

All qualified students are eligible to apply and will be considered. When applicants do not meet the preferred criteria, the scholarship may be awarded to other students who demonstrate financial need and alignment with the purposes of the fund.

As of June 30, 2025, the scholarship's market value was $56,458. The earnings are paid out annually to cover approximately 19% of tuition.

Support Darrell's memorial scholarship

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If you prefer to donate by check, please make it payable to “AMBS,” note "Darrell W. Fast Scholarship" in the memo line, and mail it to 3003 Benham Ave., Elkhart, IN 46517.

More about Darrell

Darrell Fast loved to preach, teach, travel and grow through international experience. He graduated from AMBS with a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1966 and subsequently served as pastor in churches in Toronto, Ontario, North Newton, Kansas, and Leamington, Ontario. He believed that pastoral ministry was a calling, for which AMBS provided a solid Biblical foundation.

Darrell understood the importance of mentoring potential pastors, having been nudged in that direction by a pastor in his youth. His commitment to peace and civil rights included peace marches in the 1960s and a trip to Nicaragua with Witness for Peace in 1989. He participated in a Jerusalem Seminar in 1990 and 2000, attended Mennonite World Conference in India in 1997 and went on a learning tour to Iran in 2003. He demonstrated his concern for the faith journey of youth with his research for a Doctor of Ministry he completed in 1986; his thesis about the stages of faith became catechism material. Darrell served the wider Mennonite Church as AMBS Board member (1981-1992) and chair (1982-1992), moderator for the General Conference Mennonite Church as they moved toward integration (1992-1999) and moderator for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (2003-2006).

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