Recruiting for Future Harvest
"So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up” (Eph 4:11,12). How ...
Master of Theology
Like many words, the word theology can point to a variety of things. Sometimes theology is pointing to all Christian teaching and sometimes more narrowly to the teachings about God’s nature, characteristics, and actions. God’s ...
The Blessings of Being a Vicar Near Washington, D.C.
There are a lot of cool things about being a vicar at Grace Lutheran Church in Falls Church, Virginia, a church located about nine miles away from the United States Capitol. Being that close, many ...
Strange Place Serves a Strange God
You are going to our seminary for a visit, and before you get there you start to formulate what you’ll experience. When you step onto the campus you are struck by its beauty and nostalgia. ...
Mission and Ministry 2024
Do you think you could do that?” From kindergarten on we are asked some flavor of that question. “Do you think you could be a doctor? An astronaut? How about President?” As students preparing for ...
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 ...
Annual Christmas appeal sent
A Christmas card from President Treptow, reminding us that God picked the perfect name for his son; and that son, Jesus, is YOUR Savior, was mailed this month to friends and supporters of Wisconsin Lutheran ...
A Different Path
If you were to survey Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary students as to the route they took to the seminary, most would have similar, traditional paths. However, a few, including me, took a different path. God made ...
An Unexpected Call
It was an unexpected call...an unexpected nudge in the right direction. Many people serving in the public ministry will reference a moment when they began to consider serving God as a pastor, teacher, or staff ...