The piece included a time line of significant MBM events as well as photos and anecdotes from MBM's work around the world. Gingerich and Tom Price, director of MBM Communications, also shared an award of excellence for the three-part identity campaign poster series produced in 1998. The series of three posters, distributed to all Mennonite Church congregations, sought to clarify MBM's mission and ministry. We can be challenged and encouraged by the Anabaptists who took great risks to share their faith. The DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards are given each year to active members of the Religion Communicators Council.
Entries are eligible to win either an award of merit or an award of excellence.
Winners of the excellence award are then eligible for the best of class trophy. Content, creativity, execution and the meeting of objectives are important elements the judges look for when choosing contest winners. Gingerich and Price joined MBM's staff in 1995. College - lives in Middlebury, Ind., and is a member of First Mennonite Church. Price, former religion editor for The Elkhart Truth, lives in South Bend, Ind., where he is a member of Kern Road Mennonite Church.