By Kim Plummer Krull When friends heard about Rob Bailey’s first call as associate pastor at a Houston, Texas, congregation with more than 2,000 baptized members, many likely pictured him at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, helping with worship and Bible studies. Instead, this new Seminary graduate’s main role is to plant a new church in […]
By Charles Arand One perception that non-Christians often have of Christians is that we are more concerned about the world to come (and making sure we get into it!) than we are concerned about this present world and how we live within it for the sake of all who inhabit it. Rightly or wrongly, that […]
Our seminaries are not graduating enough new pastors. This shortage is serious. Last April more than 60 congregations received the sad news on Call Day that there would be no graduate coming to their church. Some people come to worship rain or shine; almost nothing keeps them away. Others, sadly, have walked away from worship […]
Faculty members who wrote or contributed to books published during the past academic year were honored at an annual reception co-hosted by Concordia Publishing House May 16, 2017. The professors’ published prose explored the Reformation, Martin Luther and a variety of theological themes. Honored were: Dr. Joel Biermann, Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of […]
By Joel Okamoto We will debut our revised Master of Divinity (M.Div.) curriculum this fall. As chair of the M.Div. curriculum review committee, I have received a lot of questions. Many were about what we were going to teach. How many new courses are there? What courses are you dropping? Will you still teach “Religious […]
The “three solas” of the Reformation will be in the spotlight as Concordia Seminary, St. Louis hosts the 500th Anniversary Reformation Service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. “There is much to celebrate and for which to give thanks over the past 500 years,” said Dr. […]
Missourians and Californians have an opportunity to experience the dramatic presentation by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis known as The Gospel of Mark. Upcoming presentations include: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Raymore, Mo. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Town and Country Lutheran Church in Sacramento, Calif. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. […]
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis will honor first responders at a special chapel service at 9:35 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the Seminary campus. Local police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are invited to attend. A reception will follow the service on Chapel Plaza. “To […]
