Serving Our Community

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary offers a wide range of opportunities for its students to apply their ministry skills in real-life situations. During their early field training (EFT), each student gets to preach and preside at their ...

“A Small Thing” Shows Generous Hearts

It's a small thing I can do.” This is how Ralph Schwark, a retired WELS member living in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, describes the Schwark Family Fund. This fund supports the work of the library of Wisconsin ...

Four Branches – December 2024

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The CGBM: Understanding the Positives “Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary, and that is to have a head, not ...

Paradise Lost (Hackett Edition)

During the COVID lockdown, I started a book club at church and read through Paradise Lost. My book club consisted of a handful of older ladies, most of whom were skeptical of this selection. Once ...

Spring Online

Online courses are a great way to begin your New Year! Enroll in an online course for Spring Online 2025. These courses start January 20. Professor emeritus Paul Wendland leads Confessional Lutheran Hermeneutics in the Contemporary ...

Ministry Grants Awarded

A special thank you to the retired pastor who made two $500 gifts to Grow in Grace in order to encourage pastors and lay leaders to grow together in carrying out the gospel ministry entrusted ...

Mission and Ministry

You are invited to the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary campus for our Mission and Ministry Festival 2025 under the theme, “God’s Power, Our Mission.” The dates for this year’s festival are February 4–6, 2025. You will have the opportunity ...

Important Information for the Celebration of Ministry Retreats 2025

We are excited to host the 2025 Celebration of Ministry Retreats in San Antonio, Texas from April 23–25, 2025. Registration is NOW OPEN to the WLS graduating classes of 1990, 2000, 2015, 2022. Early Bird registration ...

1 Timothy 4:11–16

The Grace Notes devotions in 2024 are based on verses from 1 Timothy. Each devotion includes Greek, pastoral ministry notes, and prayer. January: Paul’s salutation (1 Tim 1:1–2). February: Paul’s purpose in writing to Timothy ...

Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and someone who sees the cover of this book may not even be able to successfully judge what it is about, much less whether it ...