Incoming Class 2017
WTS celebrates the beginning of our 164th year with a significant boost in our incoming student class. We are delighted to announce that our incoming class represents 77% growth in new degree seeking students over last year.
Mikayla Kopp: Advent Experience
Mikayla Kopp is an intern at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This unique combination of working with a congregation as well as at a hospital has her thinking about Advent in new ways this year.
The season of Advent involves a focus on waiting and Mikayla is helping her congregation to live into the season through preaching, teaching, and service.
Leadership in Women of the ELCA: Pathway to Seminary
“An old saying goes that ‘you are just one YES away from your miracle’,” recalls Jennifer Michael, a first-year Master of Divinity student at Wartburg Theological Seminary.
White Avenue
St. John’s Lutheran Church at 1276 White was the second home for Wartburg Seminary.
Garfield Avenue
WTS’s first location on Garfield Avenue.
Ken Becker: A Generous Heart
Meet Ken Becker! Son, father, brother, former savings and loan executive, World War II B-17 navigator, proud University of Wisconsin alumnus, person of faith, philanthropist, all describe long-time Wartburg Theological Seminary supporter Ken Becker.
Harvesting God’s Holy Mysteries
After her mother, Hazel J Knutson, died in 2009, Rev Barbara Knutson endowed a scholarship for students at Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS) to honor both of her parents in, what…
Carl and Valerie Rausch: The Ripple Effect
Carl and Valerie Rausch have deep connections to Wartburg Seminary. Carl’s grandfather, Emil Rausch, was a graduate and served as Wartburg Seminary’s 5th President. Carl also served on the Wartburg Board of Directors for twelve years and the Foundation Board of Trustees for seven years.
Harold and Grace Kurtz: Accidental Philanthropists
Harold and Grace Kurtz call themselves “accidental philanthropists.” Wartburg Seminary now has four endowed scholarships in honor of four generations of pastors in the Kurtz family.