Lutheran Theological Seminary

You are invited to read our latest newsletter which covers the first quarter of our 2012 academic year.

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Highlights include:

• Ordination of three LTS students as Lutheran Pastors
• Two LTS students graduate with post-graduate degrees from the University of Pretoria
• Deaconess Grace Rao (LCMS World Relief and Human Care) and Prof. John Pless (Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft Wayne) visit and teach at LTS
• Prof. Rev. Dr. Werner Klän plans to serve at both LTS and the University of Pretoria (Professor of systematics at Lutherische Theologische Hochschule, Oberursel, Germany)
• Study Group Started on “History of Apartheid and Impact on Confessional Lutheran Churches Working in South Africa”
• $25,000 Matching Funds Grant Challenge for the Seminary

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Our new academic year is off to a great start. Read all about it in our newsletter! You can go to our newsletter page or download from this link.

A link to the online catalogue of the LTS library has been added to our website menu. LTS uses “librarything.com” for its online database. Users may browse the holdings of our library using the link. Thank You to all who have been updating library records since 31 January 2008 (according to the catalogue records)!

“Frank Kainerugaba [left] and Enoch McBen [right]—both from Uganda—are the two students, who have successfully completed the four years of basic Lutheran theology at the LTS in Tshwane in 2011. Both have been accepted at the University of Pretoria to start with post-graduate studies in 2012. We wish them and all Seminarians: God bless and keep you” (Quote from LTS News November 2011) For more good reports from LTS read the latest newsletter, LTS News November 2011.

On Friday, the 2nd September some of the the Lutheran Theological Seminary staff members had the first introductory session with the various heads of departments in the theological faculty at the University of Pretoria  [UP] to establish the Joint Supervisory Board to regulate the academic program to be offered in cooperation and partnership between UP and LTS starting 2012.

From the LTS Rev. David Tswaedi DD [Biblical Studies], Rev. Nathan Mntambo [Practical Studies] and Bishop Dr. Wilhelm Weber [Dogmatic Studies] were accompanied by Rev. Dr. Carl Rockrohr [Mission and Ethics] and Prof. Dr. Timothy Quill [LCMS Theological Education worldwide].

On the side of UP it was Prof. Dr. Johan Buitendag and his team consisting of the following professors Julian Müller DD[Adjunct dean]; Yolande Dreyer DD; Danie Veldsman DD [Dogmatics/Ethics]; Ernest  van Eck DD [New Testament] and Pieter Venter DD [Old Testament]. Prof. Henk Potgieter [Head of ancient languages Greek and Hebrew] was attended by Dr. Jo-Mari Schräder.  Professor Julian Müller DD was elected chairman of the Supervisory Board and Rev. Dr. Carl Rockrohr as the secretary.

Together we discussed the implications of the agreement between UP/LTS and planned the best way forward. It was decided that those teaching the same subjects would work together to familiarize us from the LTS with the subjects offered at the theological faculty of UP so that we too would be in the position to offer the required options for the BTh, BA [Theology] and diploma in theology. We are hopeful that this will significantly improve the options open to Lutherans from Africa to study academic theology and that prospective pastors of the Lutheran Church will benefit from attaining such an accredit degree too.

After the next meeting in the beginning of November was decided on, Bishop Dr. Weber handed over the complete volume of Lutheran Dogmatics in Zulu written by his father Rev. E.A.W.Weber DD and published with the help of the Lutheran Heritage foundation to Dean Buitendag in appreciation for his astute leadership and his success in realizing this academic partnership between UP and LTS.

Article Adapted from LTS NEWS, September 2001

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Welcome to the renewed website of the Lutheran Theological Seminary. www.lts.org.za You will find current news on the home page, the latest newsletter and archived newsletters, a LTS calendar of events, contact information and  an overview of the mission and history of the seminary.

Future Planned Features:

• Photos of Students ,Campus, Faculty and Staff
• Details of the academic program
• Articles by LTS staff
• …and more!

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