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Our mission is enduring, but how we deliver it has been changing for a long time. Divesting from the seminary’s current campus is one part of an ongoing process to embrace more flexible models of education that meet the needs of our mission, the needs of the church, new forms of Christian community, and today’s students.

For more than 20 years, Luther Seminary has made a strong case that ministry with young people is a theological task. A new $1.196 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will move this work deeper into the congregational practice of children’s ministry. Led by Professor Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family […]

Asking complex questions has always been at the heart of the seminary experience. This fall, Luther Seminary hosted a semester-long conversation on a big one: What does it mean to be human? The conversation centered around the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit “Exploring Human Origins,” which turned the chapel narthex in Olson Campus Center into a […]

For more than 30 years, Luther Seminary has provided an annual Advent guide. While it is emailed to subscribers as daily God Pause devotions throughout Advent, it is also provided in a downloadable format that anyone can access. Writers include professors, emeriti faculty, and seminary staff who have a theological education. Each year’s devotional guide […]

This July, Faith+Lead Academy celebrated the launch of its 50th course—Special Occasion Preaching—an on-demand course designed for lay leaders and preachers navigating life’s most emotional moments and events, from weddings and funerals to community milestones and moments of tragedy. All Faith+Lead Academy courses offer a transformative learning experience, combining trustworthy theological teaching with spiritual practices, […]