by Melanie Ave This year, Concordia Seminary created new part-time positions to aid the Seminary in recruiting students throughout the country. These Student Recruitment Ambassadors (SRAs) aim to build relationships with prospective students near where they live and work, and help them discern whether ministry and Concordia Seminary should be part of their future. Rev. […]
Dr. Thomas Egger, the Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology, addresses the LCMS National Convention in Tampa in July 2019. Photo: Courtesy LCMS/Frank Kohn by Travis Scholl In the past year, Professor Thomas Egger finished his Ph.D., was installed as the Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology and was appointed as […]
by Rebekah Lukas “Campus life.” For many in the Concordia Seminary campus community, this phrase is evocative of Student Association annual events like Oktoberfest or Springfest, the Seminary Women’s Association’s field day or the women’s retreat, campus activities such as intramurals and the annual Laudamus choir tours. What happened at Concordia Seminary … a place […]
Married seminarians Rachel and Daniel Heitshusen hold hands in the Main Quadrangle on campus this fall. Photo: Jill Gray by Sarah Maney Rachel and Daniel Heitshusen’s story is one that is filled with the faithfulness of parents, pastors and teachers. It’s a story that began with Baptism — Rachel before she was 1 month old; […]
by Sarah Maney Matter-of-fact and down-to-earth, Warren Solem chose a quiet life, living in a house on the outskirts of a small town. He drove an Amoco Oil truck around the country for his career. His church, Joy Lutheran Church in Cambridge, Minn., was extremely important to him. In his free time, he hunted. He […]
by Jeffrey Oschwald Think about it. Does even one of the following statements sound like — feel like — good news to you? “My world, the same yesterday and today, and forever.” “My church, the same yesterday and today and forever.” “My life, the same yesterday and today and forever.” “ME, the same yesterday and […]
by Erica Tape As the coronavirus wreaks havoc around the globe and disrupts society on a massive scale, our churches, pastors and deaconesses are among the essential responders who must adapt quickly to serve their people and communities in need. Here’s a look at how a few Concordia Seminary graduates are following Christ’s call to […]
Teklu Ketema eagerly awaits the announcement of his vicarage in 2018. Photo: Sid Hastings by Sarah Maney Some call the highlands of Ethiopia the cradle of civilization. Teklu Ketema, a Concordia Seminary Master of Divinity (M.Div.) ’20 graduate, calls it his first home. Deep within its rugged mass of mountains, Teklu, the son of hard-working […]
Director of Ministerial Admissions Rev. Bill Wrede (right), Director of Recruitment Rev. Micah Glenn. Photos: Jill Gray by Erica Tape “I’m a Seminary dropout,” says Rev. Bill Wrede, director of Ministerial Admissions at Concordia Seminary. “I came in ’85 and made it nine months and quit.” Bill didn’t follow the “normal” route to a Seminary […]
by Melanie Ave Jean McCall grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, raised by her father and widowed “saint of a grandmother” after Jean’s mother died when she was only 2 years old. With seven children of her own plus four grandchildren to raise, Jean’s grandmother made faith and worship a priority. Each Sunday morning, […]
By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. This is not the time or place to rehearse the life-changing and, in some cases, devastating effects COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to have on people’s lives near and far — in our families, churches, communities, workplaces and neighborhoods around the nation and world. But it is for just such a time […]
When Dr. Dale A. Meyer accepted the call to serve as the 10th president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis during Commencement May 20, 2005, he cited Psalm 115:1: “Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake.” His announcement was met with […]
