7-932: Lutheran Theological Seminary may refer to: Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary , St. Catharines, Ontario Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary , now called Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary , Berkeley, California Lutheran Theological Seminary, Leipzig See also [ edit ] Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary , Columbia, South Carolina List of Lutheran seminaries in North America Topics referred to by
14-507: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary ( BLTS ) is the training school for pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod . Founded in 1946, BLTS was essentially a department of Bethany Lutheran College (BLC), before the two institutions were officially separated in 1974. BLTS
21-689: Is located adjacent to the BLC campus, which overlooks the Minnesota River valley in Mankato , Minnesota , a community of about 53,000. From 1946 through 1974, as a department of the college, the seminary was headed by the Dean of the Seminary. These deans included Norman A. Madson and Milton Otto . In 1974, the seminary was separated from the college and given its own president, thus the office of Dean of
28-411: The Seminary was eliminated. The first president of the newly separated seminary was Theodore A. Aaberg , who was forced to resign due to health issues a few years later. Glenn Reichwald served as acting president for the 1979–1980 school year until Wilhelm W. Petersen was installed as the new president. Upon his retirement in 1997, Gaylin R. Schmeling was called. He retired in 2022 and Timothy Hartwig
35-533: The public ministry but are interested in a deeper study of Lutheran history and theology. The curriculum centers on the four basic divisions of theology: Biblical Theology, the study of the Bible in its original languages; Systematic Theology, the study of the doctrines gleaned from the Bible; Historical Theology, the study of the history of the Church in relation to the collected doctrines thereof; and Practical Theology,
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49-665: Was installed. BLTS awards two different degrees. First and foremost, BLTS exists to train Lutheran pastors for parish ministry. Therefore, it offers a four-year course of study culminating in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) that is the basic degree for most clergy in North America. Secondly, BLTS offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Lutheran Theological Studies for interested laymen who do not want to enter
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