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Through a vibrant, engaging theological education, daily worship, and practical formation in context, students are equipped to proclaim the gospel and embody God’s mission in a changing world.
See where learning, worship, and community unite to form Christian community leaders.
Explore Wartburg Seminary’s beautiful Dubuque campus: from Loehe Chapel, to Reu Memorial Library, to zoom-ready classrooms, and the different options for student housing.
Worship shapes the rhythm of each weekday and reaches beyond the time set aside for daily chapel. It is sacred space where students, faculty, and staff lead and are led — practicing worship as both calling and craft.
In this daily return to the center, we remember who and whose we are, and we are sent—again and again—into the world bearing the promise we have received.
By Rev. Dr. Craig L. NessanThe seminary journey is a great joy. We meet a community of people who become friends now and remain companions for a…
Wartburg Theological Seminary is excited to announce the first cohort of grant recipients for The CaSTLE Project: Country and Small Town Lived…
The CaSTLE Project, a project focused on Country and Small Town Lived Ecclesiology, is a bold initiative of Wartburg Theological Seminary that partners with synods around the country to revitalize ministry and congregational leadership in rural and small-town contexts.
Supported by a $7.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., the project seeks to instantiate a new baptismal ecclesiology focused on the formation of Christian discipleship in daily life.
In this ecclesiology, the vibrancy of a congregation and the strength of its ministry are not measured by the number of members or defined by the ministry of an ordained pastor, but by the equipping of the people (through participation in the worship and spiritual life of their congregation) to witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ in all the roles and relationships of their personal and professional lives.
Leadership formation for rural and small-town congregations is a key piece of this ecclesiology.
Every gift directly supports students preparing to lead the church and share the gospel in a changing world in need of Christ’s healing and reconciliation.