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Everett Thomas is the second of six children and originally hails from Willow Street, Pa., a small town three miles south of Lancaster. He 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 College in 1972 with a degree 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: Matthew, who lives in Bay City, Mich., and Michelle, who lives in nearby Union, Mich., with her husband Ryan Brenneman.

Thomas is an avid sailor and has enjoyed bareboat charters on Lake Michigan, Chesapeake Bay, and in the Caribbean. Thomas currently serves as president of Goshen's City Council, having first been elected to represent his district in 1991.