Two Lutheran seminaries in Pennsylvania are planning to close and launch together a new school of theology in 2017 with hopes of slashing costs and reversing years of declining enrollments.

(RNS) The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg said they would be “forming one seminary” from the two existing institutions.

The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia announced that they will offer full tuition scholarships to all new full-time ELCA rostered ...

In fact, in nine years between 1826 and 1835, Schmucker went from being a slaveholder to accepting the Lutheran Theological Seminary’s first-ever Black student, Daniel Alexander Payne.

Thundering cannon fire and staccato rifle shots, mingled with the shrieks and cries of advancing and wounded soldiers, shattered the peaceful grounds of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at ...

PHILADELPHIA and GETTYSBURG, Pa., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin, President of United Lutheran Seminary, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Dr. Teresa L ...

The first ever Abolitionists Day was celebrated at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg Saturday March 4, 2017. The event was organized as a response to Confederate Flag Day. Speakers ...

PHILADELPHIA and GETTYSBURG, Pa., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin, President of United Lutheran Seminary, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Dr. Teresa L ...

When Rick Egtvedt looks at the most recent architectural addition to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg's campus, he sees it as an arm reaching out toward the battlefield.

The Rev. Eric W. Gritsch, a prominent Lutheran theologian, educator and author whose teaching career at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa., spanned more than three decades, died ...

An aerial view of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. Photo courtesy Lutheran Theological Seminary G. Jeffrey MacDonald January 15, 2016 ...