After raising $87 million since 2017, Luther Seminary has publicly launched its Listen! God is Calling campaign. The campaign is designed to address the core challenge facing faith communities today: The churches Luther Seminary serves struggle to form Christian identity and practice with their own members, their children, and their neighbors. Luther Seminary is uniquely […]
On October 13, Living Lutheran published an interview with Mary Hess, professor of educational leadership, on “Becoming a White Antiracist,” a book she coauthored with Stephen Brookfield. “In Christian faith, … we talk about a God in whose love we are all drawn, and that love draws us toward each other. And one of the […]
A $3.8 million gift from Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock will allow Luther Seminary to provide graduates of the school’s accelerated master of divinity program, known as MDivX, with the support and skills necessary to launch their ministry vocations effectively. These new pastors will receive professional assessment and coaching and will have access to learning communities […]
On October 9, 2021, the Star Tribune published an article on how COVID-19 has affected worship. The article included information from a Faith+Lead survey of clergy conducted last year and a quote from Professor Terri Elton about how the pandemic has changed the way we worship. “There’s a sense that, as we put our lives […]
Luther Seminary student Jonathan Rundman ’22 is author of the new book “Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod,” which includes translations and arrangements of songs sung by Finnish immigrants in America. The book was featured as the literary pick of the week in the September 19 issue of the Pioneer Press. Rundman was also interviewed […]
Luther Seminary chapel musician Tom Witt has agreed to be seconded by Luther Seminary to serve as assembly worship coordinator for the Lutheran World Federation’s Thirteenth Assembly, to be held in September 2023 in Krakow, Poland. Beginning in September 2021, Witt will remain based in St. Paul, dividing his time between the seminary’s chapel office […]