LSTC News Releases
February 2012
Frederick W. Danker, professor emeritus of New Testament, dies
Frederick W. Danker, Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor Emeritus of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), died February 2, 2011, in St. Louis, Mo. He was 91 years old. [more]
Posted Feb 3, 2012
January 2012
Bread for the World President David Beckmann to preach at 2012 LSTC Commencement
The Rev. Dr. David Beckmann (Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1974, M.Div.), president of Bread for the World, will be awarded an honorary doctorate and will preach during the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) 2012 commencement. The school’s 152nd commencement will be held Sunday, May 13, 2012, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 5472 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, at 2:30 p.m. [more]
Posted Jan 31, 2012
Scherer Lecture looks at influence of Christian missionaries in 20th century Sudan
European and North American missionaries working along the length of the Nile Valley, from the Mediterranean city of Alexandria to the Sudan’s southern border in the 20th century gained few converts. Yet they exerted far-reaching and diverse influences on Nile Valley societies by opening the first modern schools, promoting the engagement of women in religious and public life, stimulating new forms of Muslim oppositional activism, and, in southern Sudan, sowing seeds for future mass conversions. [more]
Posted Jan 18, 2012
Craig A. Satterlee new president of North American Academy of Liturgy
The Rev. Dr. Craig A. Satterlee, Axel Jacob and Gerda Maria (Swanson) Carlson Professor of Homiletics at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago became president of the North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL) at its annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, January 5-8. As president, he will chair the Academy Committee, which plans the academy’s 2013 meeting to be held in Albuquerque, N.M. Satterlee has been a member of NAAL since 1999. In 2011, he was elected the organization’s vice president. [more]
Posted Jan 10, 2012
LSTC restructuring to remain strong in mission
Today Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Interim President Philip Hougen and Board Chairperson Sarah Stegemoeller announced that the seminary is restructuring several departments and making budget cuts that will help LSTC remain financially sustainable in a rapidly changing economic environment. Personnel changes include elimination of eight full- and part-time staff positions and shifts in job responsibilities for several other positions to deliver student services more efficiently. [more]
Posted Jan 4, 2012
December 2011
LSTC celebrates Dr. King’s legacy; examines African resistance to slavery
How can we come to terms with the collective memory of the global tragedy of African slave trade? How did this tragedy shape the modern world? Answering those and related questions will be part of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago’s 2012 celebration of the life, impact and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16, 2012. [more]
Posted Dec 14, 2011
November 2011
Youth in Mission 2012 programs to open the hearts, minds of high school youth
Youth planning committee. Call committee. Acolyte. Crucifer. Communion assistant. Vacation bible school helper. You name it, and Abby Snow was involved in it at her congregation, St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio. This past summer, Abby aimed to broaden her horizons, and what she found was a life-transforming experience. [more]
Posted Nov 29, 2011
October 2011
LSTC student receives John Stott Scholarship
Wiriya Tipvarakankoon, a Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Ph.D. student in Biblical Studies, has received a John Stott Ministries Langham Fellowship. The fellowship provides a grant of up to $18,000 each year to students from Majority World countries in Ph.D. programs in the United States, Canada, or Europe. The grant is renewable for up to four years. [more]
Posted Oct 4, 2011
September 2011
LSTC announces Advanced Studies fellowships and awards
Sixteen students in Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago doctoral programs were awarded fellowships totaling more than $50,000 for the 2011-2012 year. LSTC provided financial aid scholarships totaling $146,421 for 36 students to support their coursework and continuing studies. Five international students received ELCA Global Mission Partnership Fellowships for both tuition and living expenses. This partnership between LSTC and ELCA Global Mission develops leaders for the worldwide Lutheran Church. [more]
Posted Sep 13, 2011
August 2011
Nine LSTC students receive prestigious national fellowships
Eight first-year and one second-year master of divinity students at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago have received Fund for Theological Education Fellowships (FTE). Only 38 students enrolled in seminaries across the U.S. and Canada were chosen for the awards. LSTC has more FTE fellows than any other seminary or divinity school, including Princeton (eight), Vanderbilt (seven), Duke (six), and the University of Chicago (five.) [more]
Posted Aug 31, 2011
Barbara Rossing receives Yale Divinity School Alumni Award
The Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing, professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is the recipient of the 2011 Yale Divinity School Alumni Award for Distinction in Theological Education. Rossing received the master of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1981 and was ordained as an ELCA pastor in 1982. She was chosen for the award from a field of international candidates. The awards ceremony will take place during Yale Divinity School Convocation on October 11, 2011. [more]
Posted Aug 31, 2011
Boleyn, Wynard join LSTC staff
Julie Boleyn (2010, M.Div.) and Lucy Wynard (middler, M.Div.) have joined the Lutheran School of Theology staff to support teaching and learning in two different, but essential ways. Boleyn is serving as LSTC’s Teaching and Learning Technologist, a position established in 2010 to support faculty, staff, and students’ use of technology for teaching and learning more effectively. She will also coordinate LSTC’s Stewards of Abundance Financial Education Project. Wynard is assisting both the Dean of Students and the Cornelsen Director of Spiritual Formation. They both started on July 18, 2011. [more]
Posted Aug 25, 2011