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  • Pastors gather for seminary symposium

    Almost 400 men are gathering at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, Wis., Sept. 21-22 for the 2009 Symposium on Congregational Health. This is the tenth annual symposium hosted by the seminary for the continuing education of WELS pastors. Other topics have included Holy Baptism, Christian Vocation, and Christian Stewardship... read more

    Published on: September 21, 2009

  • BME school enrollment remains stable

    Enrollment at WELS' four ministerial education schools remains stable for the 2009-2010 school year with a net decrease of 12 students from last school year for the entire three-tier, four-school system... read more

    Published on: September 21, 2009

  • New Hmong pastor at Alaskan mission

    Rev. Pao Moua will be installed Aug. 23 as the pastor of WELS' first Hmong mission in Alaska. The mission—currently called Faith Hmong Mission—is holding services at Faith Lutheran Church, Anchorage... read more

    Published on: August 17, 2009

  • Spotlight on Streams: call day, graduation services

    Couldn't be there? Video from Martin Luther College and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduation and call day services is now available on Streams. Watch them online... read more

    Published on: June 1, 2009

  • Candidates for ministry: blessings from a gracious God

    From the office of President Mark Schroeder... read more

    Published on: May 18, 2009

  • Spotlight on Streams: watch services live

    Commencement events at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, Wis., will be streamed live this week: ... read more

    Published on: May 18, 2009

  • Spotlight on Streams: WELS Connection

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    Published on: February 2, 2009

  • Seminary enrollment declines

    Official enrollment for the 2008-09 school year at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, is 165 men—down 10 from last year's 175 students. According to President Paul Wendland, the seminary expected this decline... read more

    Published on: October 20, 2008

  • A week of meetings, a lifetime of impressions

    From the office of President Mark Schroeder... read more

    Published on: August 4, 2008

  • Latino students gather at WLS

    For the first time, a national theological training seminar was held at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, for Latinos studying to be congregational assistants in their churches. Fifteen men and women attended the weeklong seminar, held June 16-20. These are just a few of the Latino students nationwide who are receiving theological training through WELS' Cristo Palabra de Vida program, designed... read more

    Published on: July 7, 2008

  • Seminary graduates head to assignments

    Now that Call Day is over, graduates of the class of 2008 of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, are making the transition from student to full-time called worker. Forty-one of 42 graduates were assigned May 22 and one graduate deferred assignment for one year... read more

    Published on: June 2, 2008

  • New world mission assignment for seminary graduates

    Of the 41 assignments for this year's graduating class at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, one was for a graduate mission associate—a new category of mission assignment. It allows graduates to serve for two years in a world mission field and gain cross-cultural experience with the option of returning home when the assignment ends... read more

    Published on: June 2, 2008

  • A week of amazing blessings at MLC

    From the office of President Mark Schroeder... read more

    Published on: May 19, 2008

  • New pastor for WELS mission in St. Lucia

    For the first time, the WELS mission on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia will be served by a West Indian pastor. Bramdeo Ramgolam, who will be graduating May 23 from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, has accepted a call to return to Trinity, his home congregation of approximately 140 souls, which is located in the capital city of Castries... read more

    Published on: May 19, 2008

  • WLS and MLC services to be streamed live

    For those who can't be there, WELS is providing live streaming of the commencement concerts, graduation services, and call days taking place May 16-23 at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon. The seminary's vicar call service will also be streamed... read more

    Published on: May 5, 2008

  • COP addresses numerous issues

    From the office of President Mark Schroeder... read more

    Published on: April 21, 2008

  • New ministry positions authorized

    The WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM) meeting in Milwaukee April 4 and 5 authorized funding for nine new ministry positions pending financial arrangements still to be finalized. Four of the positions would be for new congregations—the other five would be for new or expanded ministry at existing sites. Eight of the new positions would involve pastorally trained candidates... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • Seminary student on Price is Right

    Set your VCR on April 21 to record the game show "The Price is Right." While on tour in California last month, the choir from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, was in the audience for a taping. Because of a confidentiality agreement, we can only report that choir member Dustin Blumer was chosen to "come on down." You'll have to tune in to see the outcome... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • Continuing education for called workers

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, is again offering graduate level-courses for all called workers through its 2008 Summer Quarter, June 16-July 4. Summer Quarter is part of the seminary's ongoing efforts to provide opportunities for theological study and professional growth for called workers in the field... read more

    Published on: March 17, 2008

  • WLS immersion trip prepares students for ministry

    Ten students from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, Wis., returned from Torreón, Mexico, on Jan. 18 after spending two weeks in the Spanish Immersion Cultural Experience—a program designed to better equip future pastors to minister to growing Spanish-speaking populations both at home and abroad... read more

    Published on: February 4, 2008