About a year ago, Luther Seminary announced a major decision. In May 2025, our board voted to sell our current campus and begin seeking a new space from which to fulfill our mission to educate leaders for the church. We knew then that we would soon be concluding our time on this historic campus in […]
Luther Seminary has finalized the sale of its historic “Upper Campus” in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood after the board of directors unanimously approved a purchase agreement with Valerian Como LLC. The theological school will remain in its current location until the end of the 2026–27 academic year under a lease agreement with the new […]
A large part of our continued work toward the relocation of Luther Seminary to a new campus is keeping in perspective each of the many changes the church is experiencing and the response of theological education to prepare pastors, deacons, and leaders for those changes. Like so many of our peer institutions, Luther Seminary is […]
With a recently minted divinity degree, Janet Karvonen-Montgomery ’15 M.Div. traveled to 15 countries around the globe and conducted 70 interviews with church leaders, including 50 women pastors. That was 10 years ago. Karvonen-Montgomery’s experience as one of Luther Seminary’s Graduate Preaching Fellows—documented on her Inspired by the Call website—strengthened her call to ordained ministry […]
Event Details The Death of Jesus and the Message of Life: According to the Gospel of John Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 6–8:30 p.m. With Craig Koester “Life” is the heart of the gospel John proclaims. It defines who God is and what God gives. The gift is both physical and relational. It begins now and […]
Preaching has been central to sharing the Christian story for more than two millennia and, for over 150 years, has been central to the educational mission of Luther Seminary. A new five-year, $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. reinforces Luther Seminary’s commitment to Christian preaching by establishing the Compelling Word Initiative, which seeks to […]