Lutheran seminaries will merge instead of launching a new school
Two Pennsylvania Lutheran seminaries have dropped plans to dissolve both schools and start a new one as they navigate hurdles in their quest to forge a new institution.
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg said in a joint statement April 28 that they would be “forming one seminary” from the two existing institutions.
That marks a change in direction since January, when the two schools affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said they’d be closing to launch a new institution.
