Wartburg Theological Seminary is delighted to announce the launch of a new center at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Centro Teológio Luterano Multicultural (CTLM). This new center represents the evolution of Wartburg’s longstanding and ongoing investment in Latine ministries in Texas, previously represented by the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest. CTLM allows Wartburg to continue and greatly…
On behalf of the Wartburg Theological Seminary Board of Directors, the WTS community is delighted to share the appointment of Dr. Samantha Gilmore as Assistant Professor of Homiletics. Dr. Gilmore graduated with her Ph.D. in Homiletics from Princeton Seminary in 2022. She has extensive experience teaching students with diverse backgrounds in a variety of institutions.…
Wartburg Theological Seminary Hosts Baccalaureate and Commencement for 168th Graduating Class Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS) honored 64 degree and certificate candidates and four special guests over the weekend of May 14-15, 2022. Graduation festivities included a banquet for graduates and special guests, their families, and friends at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in…
On behalf of Wartburg Theological Seminary, President Kristin Largen is pleased to announce the naming of the new auditorium in the soon to be remodeled Fritschel Hall. The Rev. Ron and Mrs. Mary Ellen Koplitz of Tempe, AZ generously stepped up to become lead donors to the $28 million Lead Boldly campaign which includes the…
After 25 years of teaching as a professor at Wartburg Theological Seminary, the Rev. Dr. Ann L. Fritschel plans to retire this month. Please join us in expressing gratitude to God and to Dr. Fritschel for her gifts which have blessed and shaped so many church leaders. Why do I support Wartburg Theological Seminary? As a…
Joyce Louise Redman, longtime Waterloo, Iowa school teacher, has left a lasting impact on the mission of Wartburg Seminary through her estate. The more than $1 million dollar gift will provide an endowed scholarship for future students, support programs vital to our mission, and will help Wartburg move forward with plans for the “Library of…
Wartburg Theological Seminary is excited to announce that our Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Beth Elness-Hanson, has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship funded by the European Union. The ecotheology-focused grant is entitled “Ontological Bridge-building for Climate Change Mitigation in Maasailand.” This multidisciplinary project builds bridges across clashing climate change understandings in Tanzania. The…
Wartburg Theological Seminary President, the Rev. Kristin Johnston Largen, Ph.D., is pleased to announce Lead BOLDLY, a concentrated $28 million fundraising effort to grow scholarship resources and expand innovation in order to serve the gospel by providing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with more leaders, including leaders from and for diverse communities. Faithful…
History was made November 6, 2021 as faculty, staff, students and friends gathered at St. John’s Episcopal Church for the inauguration of The Rev. Kristin Johnston Largen, Ph.D. as the 15th president of Wartburg Theological Seminary. The inauguration was also live streamed. Largen was presented for inauguration by Stephen Cornils, D.Min., chairman of the Board of…
Beth Elness-Hanson is a Bible teacher, living her vocation of facilitating learning and scholarship in service to the church. She has taught primarily Hebrew Bible at Johannelund School of Theology in Uppsala, Sweden, and Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash. Her PhD is in Old Testament from VID Specialized University (formerly the School of Mission and…