Visionary Leaders Honored at the 2024 LSTC Alumni Awards The LSTC community gathered at this year’s Seminex/Homecoming event, held April 16-18, to honor four exceptional individuals who left an enduring mark on our institution and the world. The 2024 Alumni Award winners represent the pinnacle of achievement and service within their respective fields. They embody […]
Antje Jackelén Professor of Systematic Theology/Religion and Science archbishop@churchofsweden.org Education Employment Honorary Degrees Teaching and Research Awards Membership in Professional Organizations Publications Books Academic articles and book chapters Articles in Newspapers (selected) A number of articles in full text are available at https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/arkebiskopen/arkebiskop-antje Popular texts (selected) Book Reviews Edited Books
No Time Like the Present: Learning Communities Takes Flight For Lane Lewis, building faith-based community has always been at the forefront of his priorities. Lane and his wife, Johanna, had been members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Naperville, Illinois, for twenty-seven years and now Trinity Lutheran in Greenville, South Carolina for the past two […]
We invite you to join us for an invigorating 4-part series, sponsored by LSTC Learning Communities, that explores the topic of intersectionality. Dr. Thomas will lead this course for 4 Sundays, beginning January 7 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. CST. Or you can join Wednesday’s session beginning January 10 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST. […]
LSTC Alum Rev Dr. Tom Gaulke MDiv ’07 PhD ’20 on Hope, Healing, and Promises One of LSTC alum Tom Gaulke’s most foundational spiritual experiences was also one of his earliest memories. “It’s as far back as I can remember,” he says. “I was sitting on a carpet at Hales Corners Lutheran Church. I think […]
Learning Communities Program Fall 2023 Learning Communities Program Faith, Work, and Economics Sunday, October 8th – Sunday, October 29th 2023Each Sunday at 6:00 p.m. CST and Wednesdays at 7:00.p.m. CST Pastor Wayne N. Miller (Retired Bishop) Metropolitan Chicago Synod, ELCA For most adults, the activity that consumes most of their waking hours is work. And the […]
Doctoral candidate Denise Rector awarded DSIR Fellowship LSTC doctoral candidate Denise Rector loves teaching and believes her new fellowship as the Doctoral Scholar in Residence (DSIR) at Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, is a perfect fit. Rector (2021, ThM) said the opportunity is a gift to her teaching and to her […]
The Echelbargers: Paying it forward To this day, Dave Echelbarger and Christine Thomas-Echelbarger don’t know who helped them get through their second year of seminary. But there’s no question about how grateful they are, and why they are paying it forward with an endowed scholarship for current students. After getting married, they started seminary in […]
In Memoriam Glenn Bergmark 1936-2024 | Augustana Theological Seminary Class of 1961 Pastor Glenn B. Bergmark, age 88, died March 13, 2024, in Lemont, IL. Pastor Bergmark was born and raised in Chicago but spent most of his life in Lemont. He was ordained in 1961 and served Bethany in Lemont for 40 years. He […]
Esther Menn The Ralph W. and Marilyn R. Klein Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible 773.256.0721 emenn@lstc.edu AREAS OF EXPERTISE EDUCATION Biography Esther Menn is the The Ralph W. and Marilyn R. Klein Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. She joined the faculty of her alma mater (M.A., 1985) in the 2001-02 academic year. She taught previously […]
