Higher education
a la Última Cena y el Banquete de la Creación.
Free daily “God Pause” devotions emailed from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., have reached more than 14,000 people a day in 2011. Other Luther resources for clergy and lay leaders include the “Enter the Bible” online resource; WorkingPreacher. org and its “Sermon Brainwave” pod- cast; and courses from Luther’s Cen- ter for Lifelong Learning and its Lay School of Theology. For more infor- mation, visit
www.luthersem.edu.
The Gettysburg, Pa.-based Intersec- tions Institute, a 3-year-old partner- ship of the Eastern Cluster of Lutheran Seminaries (Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, Lutheran Theologi- cal Seminary at Philadelphia and Lutheran Theological Southern Semi- nary, Columbia, S.C.), social ministry
organizations and business schools, continues to offer graduate and con- tinuing education courses that com- bine theology and management. Many of the students are professional staff of faith-based social ministry organiza- tions. Through the institute, students can earn a master’s in public leader- ship from Philadelphia Seminary or a professional certificate in leadership of faith-based organizations from Gettysburg Seminary. Learn more at
www.intersectionsinstitute.org.
Southeastern Synod members gath- ered Sept. 24 to consider new direc- tions for the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta, especially in light of the Living Into the Future Together (LIFT) study that looked at options for the ELCA’s future in terms of its identity, changes in its environment and its call to God’s mission. Located on the campus of the Interdenomina-
tional Theological Center in Atlanta, LTCA, a program of Lutheran Theo- logical Southern Seminary, Colum- bia, S.C., gives Lutherans in the greater Atlanta area access to the sem- inary and the experience of traditional African-American theological con- texts. “At the Sept. 24 event, we did a gifts assessment, imagining how the center could serve not only the South- eastern Synod, but Region 9 and the nation, as a place for training leaders for urban ministry,” said Everett Fla- nigan, the synod’s director of evan- gelical mission. “The next step will be formulating a plan for the governance of the center.” Meanwhile, the center is partnering with the synod to offer multicultural and urban experiences, including an Afrocentric Reforma- tion worship service with dance and drums Oct. 27 on its Atlanta campus,
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Where Learning Mission
Leads To
If you or someone you know is considering a call to ministry,
visit
www.wartburgseminary.edu or call 1-800-225-5987
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