LSTC Announces 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees LSTC proudly celebrates the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards, recognizing alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, service, and academic excellence in their respective fields. This year’s honorees are: Rev. Dr. Emlyn A. Ott – Specialized Ministry AwardRev. Dr. Carmelo Santos – Called to Lead Award Meet […]
Rev. Dr. Mary Tororeiy, PhD ‘15: Living Out LSTC’s Commitment to Peace and Justice Rev. Dr. Mary Tororeiy, PhD ’15, is weaving her ministry into the fabric of community life as rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lompoc, California. Her days are filled with parish administration, pastoral care, preaching, and teaching, all underpinned by […]
Rev. Dr. Margaret MacDonald DMin ’05 on International Ministry Rev. Dr. Margaret MacDonald, who earned her DMin from LSTC in 2005, is a recently retired pastor from the United Church of Canada. With a breadth of international ministry experience, Rev. MacDonald embodies what it means to work for peace and justice in the world. Read […]
New Board Member Preston Fields on Vocation, Connection, and the Transformative Power of Community Preston Fields, Campus Pastor and Executive Director of Lutheran Campus Ministry at UW-Madison and 2018 MDiv graduate from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, has charted a remarkable journey to becoming a Lutheran pastor and board member of LSTC. Raised […]
40 Years of Speaking Truth to Power Rev. Dr. Kim Beckmann is a master weaver of words. Which is why it’s no surprise that the homiletics teacher’s own story at LSTC, through all its many twists and turns, found a poetic ending in the same place it began: the courtyard of the Lowrey building. The […]
Nominations Now Open for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is proud to announce that nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards are now open. Each year, LSTC recognizes exceptional graduates (including those from our legacy institutions) who have faithfully served the body of Christ and made a lasting impact […]
LSTC Alum Pastor Jen Nagel Elected Bishop LSTC is pleased to announce that on May 4, 2024 The Rev. Jen Nagel of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was selected to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Minneapolis Area Synod. The selection occurred during the synod assembly from May 2-4 at Lord […]
LSTC Alum Meghan Johnston Aelabouni Elected as Bishop of ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod LSTC is pleased to announce that the Rocky Mountain Synod has elected the Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni as its new bishop for a six-year term. The election took place during the synod assembly at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colorado, from April […]
Rev. Dr. Walter May Jr. Finds Joy in Community Rev. Dr. Walter May Jr. was serving as a youth director when his wife’s words changed his life forever. “Out of the blue, she said, ‘You’re going to be an ordained minister,’” Dr. May, MDiv ’87, DMin ’96, remembers. “I laughed and said, ‘Really? Do you […]
Darcy Tillman: A Journey of Faith, Service, and Curiosity Darcy Tillman, MDiv ’99, took an unconventional path to congregational ministry. I grew up in a time when you didn’t see a lot of women in ministry, but I’d always been active in the church,” she said. “The first time I seriously considered seminary was after […]
