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Here Comethe

THE PHILADELPHIA SEMINARY

PSMAGAZINE

SPRING 2013



Message from the president

Keeping context in our curriculumAS you reAD THIS ISSue of PS I am s will ind, asI did, th iss “cntxt” minist kps cming p.

D. Kal Kg, LTSP’s Liba Dict, tlls s hw Lthan Patiach Hn Mlchi Mhlnbg aivdm Gman t th clnial nti in Pnnslvania

witht an pim gid t tll him hw t ministctivl in a land and cntxt damaticall dint m

what h had knwn b. H had t adapt — and qickl.Th challng gadats tda is nt s v

dint m th ntpnial challngs Mhlnbg

cam t mbac. Th a inhiting a cntxt minist v dint m th n th knw gwing p. Accding t Pw sach, 32 pcnt ng ppl nd 30 aidntiing thmslvs as “Nns,” nt lating t an malligis ailiatin. Th nmbs ld psnsidntiing this wa a incasing as wll in cnt as.

Hw a pasts t accmplish minist in sch astting, calld “pst-Chistian” b sm? As Mhlnbg did,man tda’s pasts a dciding t adapt. In Dchst,Massachstts, cnt gadat Tian Chan dscibstaking minist t th stts, ngaging stangs sh mts inqstins that a lvant t thi livs. Sh xplaind sh

has njd lngth cnvsatins n th cmmnit’s pak bnchs bnd th chch’s walls.In Baltim, Maland, Past Mak Pak has instittd

a vait minist appachs bnd chch walls t,inclding visiting a nighbhd tapm Thsda nightst ngag ths h mts in whatv is n thi minds.

Almna rlla Whit is nwl ngagd b thevanglical Lthan Chch in Amica t viv a Minist

with yng Adlts. Whit als acknwldgs, as Mhlnbg did, that sh has n “admap” what sh will stiv taccmplish. Sh is dtmind t s scial mdia and man th kinds ntwks, sch as camps minist andmilita chaplaincis, t ngag tda’s ng adlts incnvsatins and mtal discv. Sh paiss aclt taching abt th imptanc knwing th cntxt in

midst b ngaging a statg minist.

In h pbing pic n th “Nns” and challngs acing tda’s chch, Pss Kan Wisman calls t thcitical imptanc adapting th smina’s ciclm.D. Wisman wits abt “taking sisl th cntxt th wld as it is and as it is bcming.” Sh nts that LTSPis stiving t tach stdnts abt “nw tps minist andnw kinds cmmnitis aith” and hw t tili scialmdia and tchnlg amilia t tda’s adincs —“nns” and m taditinal ppl aith alik. Sh tlls taining stdnts with a thlgical, histical, andbiblical ndgiding “that is lvant and in tn withtda’s thinking and qstining.”

I’m thinking that Hn Mlchi Mhlnbg wld b pd, as I am, t s hw his “adaptiv” lgac is bing livdt at smina and b s man tda’s gadats.

PRESIDENT PHILIP D. KREY



PS MAGAZINE SPRING 2013

EDITOR/DIRECTOROF COMMUNICATIONS

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Centered in the Gospel of Jesus

Christ, The Lutheran Theological

Seminary at Philadelphia seeks to

educate and form public leaders who

are committed to developing and

nurturing individual believers and

communities of faith for engagement

in the world.

FEATURES

H Cm th “Nns”......................................................................................5

Rozella White: Helping the Church Reconnect ........................7 Mark Parker: Reinventing Church ..........................................8Tiffany Chaney: Getting to Know the “Nones” ......................11

Jon Pahl: MAPL at LTSP......................................................12

150 yas and Cnting....................................................................................14

Th Last Wd......................................................................Inside back cover

DEPARTMENTS

oings ................................................................................................................2

Almni Nws ......................................................................................................15

Nws and Nts..................................................................................................16

Faculty/Staff Activities..................................................................16 Passages/In Memoriam ................................................................18

Philanthp........................................................................................................19

And Admissins ..........................................................................................20

Expanded Story!

The New York Times is known for its motto “All the news thatis fit to print,” and in this era of change, PS is taking a different

approach. In order to be good stewards of resources, bothnatural and financial, many of the articles in this issue haveexpanded and in-depth versions on the Web. Follow the articlelinks to read the expanded versions online.

PAGE 15: Alumni NewsPAGE 5: Prof. Karyn Wiseman explores

the phenomenon of “the religiously

unaffiliated.”

INSIDE BACK COVER

The Last Word



OFFERINGS

PSSPRING 2013 Ltsp.edu

Preaching With PowerThe 31st annual Preaching with Power: A Forum on Black Preaching and Theology returnedto Philadelphia on Sunday, March 10, 2013 to start a week of music, worship, preachingand learning with distinguished African American preachers, theologians, and musicians.Preaching with Power is a program of the 32 year old Urban Theological Institute (UTI)of The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP).

LoCAL CHurCHeS IN THe PHILADeLPHIA CoMMuNITy hstth vning wship svics. Th lct and msic clbatin ishld n th LTSP camps. each a th ing gs t Th rv.D. Jsph Q. Jacksn endwd Schlaship fnd, which bnitsuTI stdnts.

Snda bgan Paching with Pw wk with a Celebration of

Music in the African American Church hstd b Jans Mmialunitd Mthdist Chch past th rv. D. Andw fst,

past. LTSP Assciat Dict Msic Ministis, Shila Bk,assmbld sings, chis, msicians and dancs wh nlivndth chch with pwl msic and clbatin. Paticipantsincldd th mass chi Mnmntal Baptist Chch, VincMmial Baptist Chch chancl chi, Ms. Dvnn Gadn,th Main Lin Intdnminatinal Chi, Ms. Dian Dixn,Saing eagls litgical dancs, Snds J!, Ms. yvnnLmb, Snd 57th Stt, and th acclaimd gspl chi

Th Aican episcpal Chch St. Thmas. Bishp Pgg A. Jhnsn th eastn Pnnslvania and Pninsla-DlawaAnnal Cnncs th unitd Mthdist Chch bghtgtings m th hst dnminatin.

Paching bgan Mnda, Mach 11at Gac Baptist Chch Gmantwn with The Rev. Dr. Ralph D. West. Tsda mning

saw a lct b Dr. Yolanda Pierce, elm G. HmighasnAssciat Pss Aican Amican rligin and Litat atPinctn Thlgical Smina, with Tsda vning binging ancmnical svic t rmatin Lthan Chch with th tnthBishp th episcpal Dics Cntal Pnnslvania The Rt.

Rev. Nathan D. Baxter paching. ecmnism cntind in thScha-Ashmad Chapl n Wdnsda with The Rev. Dr. Alyn

E. Waller, sni past enn Tabnacl Baptist Chch,Philadlphia, paching.

Bishop Martin Luther Johnson, jisdictinal Bishp thfist ecclsiastical Jisdictin Nw Js, Chch Gd inChist, pachd at Mt. Ai Chch Gd in Chist Wdnsda vning. Th wk pwl paching cncldd n Thsda

with cntl appintd Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram, wh ladsth fist episcpal Distict th Aican Mthdist episcpalChch, which cvs th Bmda, Nw Js, Dlawa, Nw

england, Nw yk, Wstn Nw yk and PhiladlphiaCnncs, paching at Mt. Pisgah Aican Mthdist episcpalChch.

Dnatins t th J. Q. Jacksn endwd Schlaship fnd andds cdings th wk’s paching can b mad n thPaching with Pw wbsit: Ltsp.edu/PWP13.

Opening the Sunday music worship with a combined choirincluding LTSP students and guest choir members.

Bishop Peggy Johnson joins in singingand ASL signing a hymn.

Sheila Booker leading a choir selection.


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LTSP’s New CurriculumIn order to serve the church in an ever-changing world,the faculty of The Lutheran Theological Seminary atPhiladelphia has done considerable work to develop

a new curriculum for first professional programs,which will be instituted with the fall semester of 2013.

THe CurrICuLuM CoNTeNT IS BASeD oN CArefuL reVIeW

th chch’s cntxt and qimnts mandatd b accditing bdis. Th ciclm is clsl cnnctd t thsmina’s missin statmnt, “Cntd in th Gspl Jss

Chist, Th Lthan Thlgical Smina at Philadlphia sks tdcat and m pblic lads wh a cmmittd t dvlping and nting individal blivs and cmmnitis aith ngagmnt in th wld.“

Th rv. D. David Gatn, LTSP Dict Gadat Stdisand Assciat Pss, Islamic Stdis and Chistian-Mslimrlatins, ld th smina’s -accditatin ts, and lcts nth nw ciclm:

“A mdl thlgical dcatin that has bn th basis taining an dcatd clg has bn in plac qit a lng tim inNth Amica. Th cncpt laning th ‘classics’ smina dcatin ... b hading t int th alit paish cntxtshas bn a wndl mdl that has svd th chch wll.

“untnatl, that mdl is n lng sstainabl svalasns. M xpinc taght m that ‘bk laning’ was citical.And t … I cld tl nv lan ngh t b a gd past. It

was cla I wld nd t b a li-lng lan in th minist. Thisis vn t tda.

“I was als tnat ngh t hav th instittinal sppt th chch t sbsidi m dcatin at v lvl. M snd

pvidd gants … m cnggatin ndwt m Lthansmina dcatin, and a Lthan cmpanin snd pvidd astipnd whil I wkd n m PhD vsas. Thght this tim,m wi wkd t hlp sppt s and still w wnt int dbt.As w knw, smina dbt is an vwhlming challng in th

chch tda.“[I] was wlcmd b a ist-call cnggatin that was m

than willing t pvid a pasnag and halth ca a ng past, sps, and babis n th wa.

“In man was, tims hav changd, bt in mst was, thingsa still th sam. W still nd pasts and la lads wh athghl gndd in th scipts and cnssins, wh a ablt mt th challngs minist in tda’s wld with intgit.Hwv, in man placs, th natinal dmgaphics, chchclt, ntwks, and scs that I gw p with hav changdand will cntin t chang. Things a changing s ast that it isimpssibl t tain a stdnt nc a litim ctiv minist.

“LTSP svs th smina’s missin ppaing pblic lads th missin th chch in th wld… Th smina iscmmittd t shaping Chistian lads wh a abl t aticlatthi aith within mltipl pblics... This nw ciclm will bildpn its past taditins a cnssinall Lthan, inhntl cmnical smina, with a high standad acadmic ig. Thmanta this nw ciclm is: lxibl, adabl, and lvant.”

The Rev. Dr. David Grafton

Read more of his reflection at

Ltsp.edu/NewCurriculum.

Expanded Story!Full details of the new Masterof Divinity (MDiv) and Masterof Arts in Religion (MAR)can be found online atLtsp.edu/NewCurriculum.

TWO LTSP FACULTY WEREAWARDED FACULTY CHAIRS

ding th 2012-13 acadmic a. Achaiing is a spcial acadmic vnt whichinclds psntatin th chai and alct b th chaid pss.

D. Jn Pahl was cnd th hn th Pt Pal and eliabth Haganendwd Chai in th Hist Chistianit n Nvmb 27, 2012,and th rv. D. J. Jaakian Sbastian

was cnd th H. Gg Andsnfaclt Chai Missin and Cltsn Apil 23, 2013.

Photos, videos and more areonline at Ltsp.edu/Chairing.

The Rev. Dr. J. JayakSebastian

Dr. Jon Pahl



LTSP NAMED A TREE CAMPUS USA

FOR THE FOURTH TIME

THe LuTHerAN THeoLoGICAL SeMINAry AT PHILADeLPHIA (LTSP)IS A Tree CAMPuS uSA th th a in a w, th Ab Da fndatin annncd in al Mach.

T Camps uSA is a natinal pgam catd in 2008 t hn cllgsand nivsitis ctiv camps st managmnt and ngaging sta and stdnts in cnsvatin gals. Tta hlpd lanch th pgam andcntins its gns inancial sppt this a.

LTSP achivd th titl b mting T Camps uSA’s iv standads, whichincld maintaining a t advis cmmitt, a camps t-ca plan,ddicatd annal xpndits twadts, an Ab Da bsvanc andstdnt svic-laning pjcts.

“Stdnts a ag t vlnt inthi cmmnitis and bcm btt stwads th nvinmnt,” said

Jhn rsnw, nd and chi xctiv th Ab Da fndatin.“Paticipating in T Camps uSA sts a in xampl th cllgsand nivsitis, whil hlping t cat a halthi plant all s.”

“Tta is s pd t sppt a pgam that w bliv has a tmndsimpact n bth dcing th nvinmntal tpint a cllg camps andinspiing cllg stdnts t bcm th cnsvatin lads th t,” saidPaticia Salas Pinda, Gp Vic Psidnt, Natinal Philanthp and thTta uSA fndatin, Tta Mt Nth Amica, Inc.

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OFFERINGS

LILLIAN J. SCOGGINS MUSIC ROOM

LILLIAN SCoGGINS SerVeD LTSP ANDTHe

K rAuTH MeMorIAL LIBrAry (KML) for

SeVerAL DeCADeS, tiing in th 1990s. Sh isndl mmbd b sminaians, aclt andliba sta wh wkd with h and w hlpd

b h. on Apil 26, 2012, LTSP and th liba sta assmbld in th lw lvl th liba tddicat th Lillian J. Scggins Msic rm, aspac st asid liba gsts t listn t msic,

viw vids, simpl ad a bk.Lillian’s svic at KML statd whn D.

Lth rd dictd th liba, cntindthgh th nvatin in 1975 nd thladship D. Hlmt Lhmann, and int thlng dictship David Watlt wh shcatalgd bks in oCLC. Th lat Pss

Jhn rmann acknwldgd Lillian in his last

pblishd wk n Philippians. Lillian is als antd span, and was atd in th adilas Philadelphia Seminary Choir: Highlights

from 1955 to 1984, which cmmmatd th30th annivsa D. rbt Bnmann’sdictin th LTSP chi.

Th nxt tim visit KML, b s tspnd sm tim in th Scggins Msic rm, aliving tstimn t a wndl saint wh svdKML dcads, wh lvs msic and stillsings in th chi at St. Michal’s LthanChch in Gmantwn.

The Shaeffer-Ashmead Chapeland William Allen Plaza

Read more about theTree Campus USA programand LTSP’s award at

Ltsp.edu/TreeCampus.

Read More!

What is a LUTHERAN FLASHMOB?Ltsp.edu/FlashMob



Perhaps … If We Create Somethingfor Them to Come to

A feW MoNTHS AGo, I was taking a light back m a cnnc in Txas. I sttld int m sat,ad a nic qit id hm. I was xcitd that th sat nxt t m was mpt, and was actall hping n n wld tak it. Jst b th light attndant clsd th ds, a ng man badd andhadd back int th main cabin. I thght “Plas, dn’t b sitting h” a mmnt, and thn ltgilt as th g tk th mpt sat. I said, “H,” and h spndd, “Whw, jst mad it.”

As th plan tk , I askd wh h was m, and w talkd a w mints abt hmstat — w w bth m Txas. I didn’t th th cnvsatin, and, whn th annncmnt wasmad that lctnics w allwd, I gt m iPad t t watch a mvi. Abt th sam tim I wasaching m hadphns t plg in and tn t, h askd what I did a living. I tn hsitat nthis, pling simpl that I’m a gadat schl pss. o cs, h was a gadat stdnt and

wantd t knw what I taght. I plid I tach pachs hw t pach and am a past msl. “Ww,”h said, “lks a still ding that? I thght with th chch ding and all, ppl wldn’t b ging int that bsinss anm.” Ww! och!

Whn Tim (nt his al nam) was a tnag, his gandmth statd taking him t chch withh v Snda. Sh ad h was hadd in th wng dictin in his li witht Gd and th

chch. raisd b pants wh did nt hav a psitiv xpinc in th cnggatin th hadattmptd t attnd, th had tnd thi backs n th chch and did nt ais thi childn in thchch. Tim ndstd that aith and th chch w imptant t his gandmth, s nd dssh agd t attnd. H wnt t Snda schl, th gp, and sat thgh smns h dscibd asbing and nt in an wa latd lvant t him his li xpincs.

H mindd m h nl did it his gandmth. H saw a wshipping cmmnit with ncnnctin t th msic, tchnlg, mdia, th li h was living in his Mnda-Satda xistnc.It was nt “his thing,” h said.

Here Comethe N“

THE REV. DR. KARYN L. WISEMAN

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Naming this gp “Nns” sggsts that ths psns hav naith spiitalit whatsv. Bt m cnvsatin with Tim —n man I hav had v th last w as — and a nmb ligin and spiitalit stdis shw that “spiital bt ntligis” is a al thing. Chistian Piatt invits s t call thm“ligisl indpndnt” ath than “th Nns.” N matt

what w call thm, th a indd spiital, cnnctd t a lag pps, a Spiit, a Divinit, a Spm Bing sm kind. Btth instittinal chch is nt pat thi livs. Sm nt thisgnatin s this as bing incmpatibl, bt ths in this

catg d nt.

A smma th Pw std shws, in a ntshll, thatthis gp:

• is cmpisd athists and agnstics, as wll as ths whall with “nthing in paticla”

• inclds man wh idnti as spiital ligis in sm wa and pa v da

• vwhlmingl sas th a not lking t ind an ganidligin that wld b ight thm

• is sciall libal, with th-qats aving sam-sx

maiag and lgal abtin.oing pptnitis scial advcac, and bing an pn

and aiming cmmnit, is smthing that ths wh a lking ind imptant. Bing th chch mans w shld b pn tcnvsatin and ths tgh isss, and willing t activl bth chch in th wld in psnal and pwl was. This can

ptntiall tn th tid this gp in sm was.

Th n plac wh man ths lks a nt a pat — thchch — has t wn p t this alit and ind a wa t b pnt th impnding cnch qstining lks in th wld.

Much ink has been spilled ABOUT THE PHENOMENON OF “THE RELIGIOUSLY UNAFFILIATED.”on th phass tn assciatd with this gp is th “Nns.”Th titl th Pw fm n rligin & Pblic Lioctb 2012 pt tlls th st. (“Nones” on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation. S pt atLtsp.d/PwNns ) Lking m clsl at th gnatinal data, 32 pcnt adlts nd th ag 30 all within thcatg. In 1950, jst a miniscl tw pcnt psns claimd n ligis ailiatin. This nw alit mst b addssd.Th changing dnamics this gwing pplatin will impact th t th instittinal chch as mch m than it is

alad impacting its psnt.

W, as th chch, a calld t minist in th cntxt th wld as w ind it, nt as w wish it w. Ministing t this nwalit has t happn.

Sm din tda as a pst-Chistian a, wh th tim intns Chistian inlnc and assmptins ligisailiatin th majit a gn. on th mging chch

wits hlding this pinin, Dan Kimball, shas that, withtndstanding that Chistians a vitall igns in this

pst-Chistian wld, th chch is dstind t b lst in th

mdn a.Diana Btl Bass, a highl spctd ath n th chch

tda, stats that th gnativ chch, th chch that takssisl th changs in th clt and acts accdingl t ngagths nw gnatins and gps, has tmnds pssibilitis.Individall and in gps cnggatins, Chistian lks and“Nns” alik ngag in dpl spiital pactics and hav

paticipatd in pnd scial jstic minist. Smtims,ths a dn b bth gps witht knwing th hav dpts in Chistian hist. Man wh hav gwn ncmtabl

with th instittinal chch still ind thmslvs pat spiital— aithl and pincipld — living.

Ths insid th chch nd t cnnct t th “Nns” andths tsid th chch. yt t man aith cmmnitis liv

within a ligisl csd bbbl and mst ppl th knw liv within th sam simila bbbls. Inviting ths int th“chch bbbl” is diiclt. Th knw s w wh a tsid thbbbl. Th chch mst xpand its bbbl and chch pplhav t xpand this. Th tansmativ act th chch andChistian ppl nd is t stp living insid a bbbl altgth.

Wldn’t that b amaing?continues on page 9

Positive agent for changein the world

Seeing a very different picture

faithful and principled



Alumna Rozella H. White’s new passion:

Helping the church reconnect with young adults

r ozeLLA H. W HITe, A 2010 GrADuATe m Th Lthan Thlgical Smina at Philadlphia (LTSP) with a Mast Ats in rligin, is mbaking n a pin vnt as th evanglical Lthan Chch inAmica’s (eLCA) Pgam Dict yng Adlt Minist.

Whit is a sl-pclaimd “chch nd” and a thid-gnatin Lthan. In h nw pst, statd Mach 11,sh bgan wking n band nw was t lad th chch in cnncting t a ng adlt pplatin “that tn isnt nd in chchs. It is lss abt gtting thm int chch than it is abt cnncting with thm whth a. Man ng adlts a tlling s th a nt spiital blivs in Gd. Th a nt s mch againstGd and aith, bt th a nt cnnctd. Th a inding chchs ilvant — nt athntic.”

Whit said sh will nd t discv “b what bamt” tda’s ng adlts might bgin t s th chch as athntic again. “It is a isk theLCA and a isk m psnall,” sh said. “It mans inding anth wa tb th bd Chist, sing ntwks that cnnct with ng adlts in nn-taditinal sttings in d t dvlp nw and athntic latinships.”

Th ntwks sh will mpl in h wk incld “ppl” ntwks lik

camps minist pgams, camps, milita chaplaincis, and scial ntwkssch as facbk and Twitt. “W want t b a psnc with this pplatin,ha thi li stis and cncns and b a psnc with thm.Accmpaning ppl thlgicall is n th gits th eLCA. It is wh

w a. All s xpinc what it mans t stggl and s. W want tphld ng adlts wh th a, hlp thm ind maning and cnnct

with thm. Mst thm a nt lking answs. Th val bing had. Th ca a gat dal abt jstic and svic t ths. In tms cnggatins, this will nt man thwing th bab t with th bathwat.It mans aching t t a pplatin that ds nt ag with bing pat ataditinal chch stting. It mans w a thinking abt th imptanc th vics nt nw psnt in that chch stting. W will wk at bing

athntic witht baing th bdn cnvsin.”As a ng wman in h al 30s, Whit has accmplishd mch. Sh

gadatd cm lad m Txas Sthn univsit in 2007 with a dg inscilg, and gadatd m LTSP with hns. Whil at LTSP sh andtw awads — th Lr Adn Schlaship in Pastal Ca and th Jsph Q.

Jacksn Awad Acadmic excllnc. Sh bcam a Ctiid yth andfamil Minist in 2002 whil pat Watbg Smina’s Cnt ythMinistis, and in 2010 was ctiid as a Disast Chaplain with th NatinalDisasts Intaith Ntwk.

Whit has wkd as an indpndnt cntact th eLCA in aas ladship taining and sppt, statgic planning, and pgam dvlpmnt.fm 2002 t 2007 sh svd as Minist Cdinat yth and famil Minist th Txas-Lisiana

Gl Cast Snd th eLCA, cating a th ladship dvlpmnt pgam th snd and vsing th gathings as man as 450 ng adlts and th. fm 2010 t 2012 sh was Minist yth andfamilis and yng Adlts at Lthan Chch th rdm in Atlanta, Ggia.

“Li is abt bing s mch m than nsl,” sh xplaind. “It has t d with a wa bing in th wld.I bgan t l cmtabl with bcming a pblic thlgian. It was a nw wa bing. At n tim I lt I

wld nd t b daggd kicking and scaming int smina std, bt whn I was at LTSP I knw I wassppsd t b th.”

“I all njd m xpinc at LTSP,” sh said. “Th psss, m ps, and th lcatin thschl w all I ndd. Th smina gav m th dcatinal ndatin t pactic minist in a apidl changing landscap.”



LTSP graduate Mark Parker is “reinventing Church”

in Southeast Baltimore

PASTor MArK PArKer IS PLAyING ALeAD roLe in “invnting” Bath Gd (ml St. Pal’s) Lthan Chchin th Highlandtwn sctin sthastBaltim, Maland, abt tw and a hal mils m wh h gw p in th cit’sdwntwn. And t ha him talk abt it,th 2007 LTSP gadat is having a blast.

“I can’t b in m ic,” h said.“I jst hav t b t and abt in thnighbhd mting ppl, bilding latinships. Th s m nw as mthan a psn waing a clla. Whn Iattnd spcial vnts, mtings stivals,it is as t hav a cnvsatin.” Andth cnvsatin can lad in an nmb dictins.

Thsda nights at 8 ’clck, Pakshws p at th Laghing Pint, anighbhd pb, waing his clla. “Aba is actall a gat plac t mt ppl,hang t and gt int cnvsatins, vnChistian cnvsatins. Ppl in thatclimat will pn p t and ask qstins,” Pak said. H mmbs an

advancd class with Pss Timth Wngt n lating th Cnssins t“actins that bnit smbd ls ... Thnw ppl cnncting with Bath Gd Chch sall dn’t hav a Lthanbackgnd,” Pak said. “That is nt wh th a th in chch. Bt m smina std, cnncting t m classmats, andding ild wk and intnship in WstPhiladlphia all taght m hw t pachand tach, b athntic and dliv aadicall dint mssag abt aith, th

Bibl, and th gac Gd in a wa th ma nv hav had it b.”

Hw did Mak Pak “cm hm”t d nighbhd minist in hishmtwn? St. Pal’s Lthan Chch

was 110 as ld whn Pak aivd in2009. Th cmmnit w hmslcatd abt 15 blcks m Baltim’sdwntwn cnsists 25 p cnt Latinsidnts, 25 pcnt Aican Amicans,25 pcnt whit, mstl ldl psns,

and 25 pcnt ng pssinals, adint m whn th cnggatin wasndd. Th dwindling mmbship 25invitd Pak t -ngi th missin tb lvant t th chch’s nighbs. Mthan th as lat, abt 75 pcnt th cnggatin lcts its divs

nighbhd, and is m a wid vait chchd and nchchd backgnds.“oiginal” paishins, wh qntl d nt liv in th immdiat cmmnit,

whlhatdl nds th nw chchdictin.

“I jst statd ging t t mt ppl,” Pak calld. “I mt 15 t 20 ppl s wh bcam a c gpaging t hlp Bath Gd Chchmak a sh stat” nd th nw nam.“Th ist mnth w jind Habitat

Hmanit t hlp bild a hs in thnighbhd. each mnth at that Iinvitd nighbs t b pat a svic

pjct in th cmmnit. W statd abasktball pgam. W had spcial vntsn Hallwn and Thanksgiving.”Psvd w a wkl “Mak Sandwichs th Hmlss” pgam, mvd mnn t 5 ’clck pm s wking pplcld tak pat, and a paish ns halthdcatin and sppt pgam.

“Whn I was in smina I tk vning and Satda classs s I wldgt t knw sminaians m thtaditins,” h calld. “Ths classmats min w s hlpl in xpanding m knwldg, and thi assistanc andknwldg hlps m nmsl in this

minist. I mt ppl m thsbackgnds v da n th stt.”

Pak acknwldgs th challngsacing th nighbhds and thchch, and “n shtag was cangt invlvd.” Pvt has takn a tightgip n th cmmnit ding thcnmic dwntn. “W hav a lt mn wh a pat th cnstctintads in th cmmnit. Man amilishav bn n th dg and lst a gat dal.o nighbhds a actall sa than

th pcptin man ppl hav bancmmnitis, bt it can b had t gw p h. W hav sm mms and dadsinvlvd in addictiv bhavis. W havsm ciminal activit h, and abt n-hal th bs a gang mmbs b th timth ach th ag 18. It can b had

ng bs in th cmmnit t hav agd l mdl.”



onc th natinal psidnt thLthan Stdnt Mvmnt, Pak saidh was tansmd b paticipating in amnting pgam th whil aunivsit Maland stdnt. H hasbgn a simila pgam at Bath Gd.

Pak gw p with pants h isgatl , attnding Chist LthanChch nt a m wh h nw svs.“M pasts ncagd m. S didChaplain eliabth Plat at th univsit Maland. I dcidd t attnd LTSPbcas it was an ban smina cncnd abt ban chchs andminist.” H waml calld thlgicalcnvsatins with classmats and aclt in th smina’s rct.

“All th tim,” Pak said h ngags

lks d t in a cnt Pw rsachStd as “Nns.” “In cmmnit, th25 pcnt sidnts wh a ng

pssinals hav a high pcntag ‘Nns’ than th natinal avag,” h said.

“M minist is n psnc,” hsaid. “I want t b th. I want t hav alatinship with all th lks and m.S I g t t mt and gt thm. Th

ppl I mt in th pak in th pb ma nv dcid t hang t in chch. Bt Iam th t pn ds thm and invitthm t ask qstins. Sm thmhav bn ‘bnd’ b what th will call a

jdgmntal chch xpinc in thi pastlivs. Th ask qstins abt tpics likabtin, ga and lsbian listls, vnclg sxal abs, as wll as hw aith canhlp thm in thi livs.

“Lat n whn th ida a wdding cms p, th nd a nal aamil mmb,” Pak said, “m nam

will smtims cm t mind, and I can bth thm...”

Pak and his wi, Chistin, als an

LTSP gadat, mvd int a hm clst th chch a cpl as ag. Th hav a 2-a-ld sn, Lk. Chistin is

past Ld Li Lthan Chch inedgwd, a sbb nth Baltim.

Th chch tn xpcts a nw spns whil cntining t d “things th wa th hav alwas bn dn.” W d what wkd in th past and xpct a nw spns. W cntin t invit mmbs t bing nw psns t chch, tth a tn ppl wh a within th sam bbbl as th mmbs.

Whn I statd taching at LTSP, I was n a w aclt mmbs wll vsdin th mging tnds in th chch. That is n lng th cas. o aclt has

ppad a nw ciclm, pdaggicall dsignd t tak ll int accnt what w bliv th chch “will b” in th t. All ciclm valatin and visincnvsatins a aimd at making taching and laning m lvant t thchch th psnt and th chch that nds t b — in minist t, and with,th nw gnatins nt gwing p in th chch, a chch that is pat th wldin lvant and imptant was.

A ciclm that taks this changing cltal and ligis alit sisl mans a ciclm cntxtall lvant and adaptiv t mltipl minist sitatins, a nw ciclm with an iss-basd laning stl. All cnt andt classs will b adapting t b in tn with this pdagg. Stdnts will blaning whil analing and assssing sitatins happning bth in th chch andin th wld. Mting th nds th gwing “ligisl indpndnt”gnatins instad simpl maintaining th chch as it is psntl knwn is a

piit. undstanding that th chch has a t in th midst all thischang is imptant. W hav t ppa pasts t minist t and with th chchthat is psnt tda, bt w als hav t cat a chch th t.

Dspit di wanings abt th dath ths th instittinal chch, tha signs hp. In a cnt uS Cnggatinal Li Sv Pjct std, th

w sm signiicant signs li in iv aas th chch.

First, the study found congregations are more active in mission and outreach

outside their church walls. Th chch is mving t a pid, man, islatin and insla cncn. Chchs a wking n jstic ministis, ding th hng, ngaging in cmmnit advcac, and dnating m than mn t

ths tps minist than in pvis svs. Th a ding hands-n minist,tansming th livs ths paticipating and ths with whm th a ding minist. This kind tach mans th chch is wking in was that lct thcall th Gspl in pwll cmplling was. yng adlts a incasingl calling m activ ngagmnt in th wld. A chch that mvs t itscmt n and bnd its walls t paticipat in minist and th cn,and and th glb, is a chch with ptntial t ach nw gnatins.

Second, congregations are f illed with more and more educated members.

Chch-gs hav high acadmic achivmnt, and “[t]hs highl dcatd wships having high xpctatins abt th cntnt/stl wship, hw dcisins a mad, and th icinc cnggatinal ‘achivmnt,’” saidsach Cnthia Wlv. Activ ngagmnt with high xpctatins,

planning, and dvlpmnt bnd th past is a sign shad ladship andcllgial planning imptant th t th chch. encaging mmbsand ths in th cmmnit t sha in making plans wship, minist, andngagmnt maks a chch with ptntial t ach nw gnatins.

Third, churches are more likely to be engaged in the use of social media and

technology. Man stdis hav nd that chchs a glal tiliing scialmdia, inclding mail and wbsits, t kp p with mmbs, sha js andcncns, and advtis pcming vnts. Almst 70 pcnt chchs hav

wbsits wh th pst pptnitis svic, pdcasts smns, andcalndas pcming vnts. Man m tili mail simila activitis.



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In additin, m than 30 pcnt chchs nw s tchnlg in wship t pjct imags n scns th walls th sancta, inclding still and mving imags, annncmnts, and/ smn matials. “Nw mdia ms sch asfacbk, blgs, txting, and staming mdia a still lss pvalnt, bt anvthlss bginning t tansm th was ligis gps intact and nhancthi sns cmmnit.” This is cnstantl changing. yng adlts, th maj c

n facbk jst a w as ag, a nw m apt t b n Instagam Pintst.Kping p with th mdia pactics cmmnit is imptant. Tchnlg isnt th “i bild it th will cm” answ t a changing clt, bt it is v imptant t man ths in ng gnatins.

Fourth, there is a shift in diversity, at least in the area of leadership. Whil wmn still mak p 60 pcnt mmbship th instittinal chch, th w nl 20 pcnt pastal ladship in 2000. Tda, wmn mak p almst 30 pcnt. Bing m inclsiv and divs is nt happning in v dnminatin cnggatinal cht, bt it is cnsistntl incasing, making man in th chchhpl th t. ev xpanding divsit and ac, thnicit, and sxalintatin is als ndd. A divs ladship mdl xhibitd b th chch has

ptntial t ach nw gnatins.

Lastly, worship in the US Congregational Life Survey was found to be more

connective and to create opportunities for persons to feel a closer experience

with and connections to God. Nin t tn wshipps said th wship th xpincd hlpd thm in thi dail livs. This kind lvanc wshippsis an imptant pic data t clbat. This is a signiicant incas m alistdis. Th is in ppl sing and ling lvanc in wship is a pwlindicat th t th chch. Th a xpincing a cnnctin t thi livsthgh bing pat wship. A chch that sks t b lvant and in nin with itscntxt is a chch that has ptntial t ach nw gnatins.

Chchs mst pt thi wn pncs asid ths th cmmnit which th a a pat. Chch lks tpicall d things that a cmtabl t thm

and a nmativ t thi xpctatins and pncs. Nt all, bt sm, a sking a plac wh thi nds a, at th v last, takn int accnt. Chchs whichmv tsid thi cmt ns t wship, minist, and dcatinalptins lvant t ths th wish t ach gt t knw thi cntxt b walking thstts, mting nighbs, visiting c shps, spnding tim ading t kids at thlcal schls, hlding cmmnit cnvsatins, t nam bt a w. Spnding timlistning t ths in th cmmnit is vital.

Chchs mst als b cags in cating nw kinds aith xpincs — nt for ths psns, bt with thm, at cnvsatins within thi cntxt. Pasts mst

lad thi ppl int acts chang. Ths pasts and lads mst tn tak isks, phaps vn isking thi jbs, t ppl chchs t ngag th pssibilitis st bthm. What mst chchs a ding tda is nt wking. W hav t wn that

act and mak a dcisin t ith ngag nw pptnitis maintain th stats q,cgniing that th dcisin t sta th cnt cs will impact th t in wasth chch ma nt lik.

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LTSP GrADuATe TIffANy CHANey , MDiv ’12, whsvd h th-aintnship in livl and divsDchst, Massachstts, is amissin dvlp initiating anw minist cs in thnighbhd sm 120,000sidnts, Bstn’s lagst. Sh

was daind Jn 9, 2013 at thevanglical Lthan Chchin Amica’s (eLCA) Nw

england Snd Assmbl and isnw past at a missin“chch” simpl calld “ThIntsctin” — a plac whsh hps Dchst’s AicanAmican, Whit, Hispanic,and Asian nighbs ma cmt l cmtabl, t cnnct, t talk abt th livs th lad,and t xchang stis aith.

“Th nighbhd is m paish,” Chan said. “I spnda lt tim t in th cmmnit talking t ppl, haing thistis.” Th cntxt Dchst minds h th “ichl

divs” smina cmmnit stdnts, sta and aclt, and th smina’s Mt. Ai, Philadlphia, cmmnit.

Chan, iginall m Mbil, Alabama, visits c shps,staants, and sts, wh sh mts ppl “with a vait aith stis, ths wh sa th hav n aith at all. I’vnd th bst wa t ndstand th pspctiv th ‘Nns’is t talk t th Nns.”

“I’v nd s a that ppl wh sa th d nt hav a aithall int n sval catgis,” Chan said. “Th sd t gt chch as ag bt bcam disnchantd b what happndth. o, th d nt s th chch having an impact n thi‘al’ livs nc Snda wship is v, , th hav nthing against th chch all, bt th a bs with th activitis

with thi childn, thi th intsts and wk.“I hav nd in th cntxt wh I sv pastal skills a

glal sd whn ngaging nchchd ppl,” Chan said.“Cmmnicatin skills a imptant as wll as pblm-slving skills. M taining in famil Sstms Th als hlps. I’v

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had cnvsatins n pak bnchs, dn latinshipcnsling n th nt stps th chch and pad with

ppl n stt cns.”B attnding smina,

Chan hnd a bad bas dcatinal and pacticalxpinc that hlps h thsdas. Sh and th dgsm th univsit Alabamaat Bimingham — a BS in

financ, an MBA, and an MSin Halth Administatin.Sh wkd as Sstm Dict Bsinss Dvlpmntat Baptist Halth inMntgm, Alabama.

A smina class sh ndspciall hlpl in ngaging th nchchd was a smmintnsiv sssin with th eLCA’s Dicts evanglical Missinm th dnminatin’s rgin 7.

“odds a, th ‘Nns’ in th cmmnit w sv an’t ging t walk int th chch bilding,” Chan said. “I I am ging t

ngag thm, I hav t b wh th a in th cmmnit —talking and laghing, hanging t in th c shp, sving inth cmmnit, and caing abt th things that matt t thm.

“I, alng with th incasingl divs aith cmmnit that isstating t m at Th Intsctin, hav t ist liv th lv Chist t in th cmmnit,” Chan xplaind, “i w a vging t xpct ths wh hav stad awa m th chch n asn anth t cm int th bilding t wship,lan, and gw in aith in Jss Chist with s.”

Chan said Th Intsctin is bithd m a lng, ichhist Lthan minist in th Dchst cmmnit, who Savi Lthan Chch was at th missin’s lcatin,500 Talbt Avn, 93 as. Additinal tach incldsSatda mning cmmnit pa xpincs wh “w pa ppl, hms and bsinsss in th cmmnit,” Chan said.A faith Stis Bibl Stdis sis is hld Tsda vnings.



MAPL at LTSP:

A Program for

“the Nones?”

BY JON PAHL, PhD, DIRECTOROF MA PROGRAMS, LTSP

MuCH HAS BeeN MADe IN reCeNT

NeWS rePorTS ABouT “THe

NoNeS,” ths wh claim “nligis ailiatin” in Amica. Th ath astst gwing gp adlts in thunitd Stats, nw cnstitting n-ith th pblic accding t th pt“Nns n th ris,” Th Pw fm nrligin and Pblic Li (ad th ptat Ltsp.edu/PewNones).

Sl, man pndits might think, thisis asn w in sminais — andthis mst b n th asns smina nllmnts acss th u.S. a dwn.

Nt s ast! In act, th sachsggsts that man th “Nns” —

wh a dawn spciall m th and ng adlts — ca dpl abt malisss, abt scial jstic, abt thnvinmnt, and abt hamn btwn histic ligis taditins.

Almst nn th “Nns” a athists.And, w’ willing t wag, a lagnmb th “Nns” might ind ahapp hm in th LTSP MAPL pgam.

MAPL (th t acnm is intntinal!), Mast Ats in Pblic Ladship, isa th-a ld pgam dsignd t

ppa lads spiitall inspidscial vnts. Th pgam was dsigndin a cnvsatin btwn scial minist lads, ligis pssinals, and xptsm Tmpl univsit’s fx Schl

Bsinss and Schl Scial Wk. For more information about the MAPL

program, visit Ltsp.edu/MAPL .

Anth tth abt ng gnatins is that, whn askd t stat what tnsthm awa m th chch, th din th instittinal chch as hpcitical,

jdgmntal, and anti-ga. W mst dal with th ngativ impssins that thchch has mad n thm. In a cnt Bana Gp std, sachs ptdspnss m 440 nn-Chistians and 305 activ chchgs basd n svs a sampl 867 ng ppl. Th nd:

• Th vast majit nn-Chistians — 91% — said Chistianit had an anti-ga imag, llwd b 87% wh said it was jdgmntal, and 85% wh said it

was hpcitical.

• Activ chchgs hld sch viws b small pcntags, bt th aith stilldid nt a wll: 80% agd with th anti-ga labl, 52% said Chistianit is

jdgmntal, and 47% dclad it hpcitical.

Ths viws abt th Chistian chch indicat w hav a lt wk t d.Ths lks want t s a gp ppl wh xhibit lv and cmpassin. W

want thm t s a chch cmmnit that is wlcming and inclsiv, t xpinca aith gathing that spaks th tth, lvs ths as Jss taght, and wks as

psitiv agnts tansmativ chang. W want thm t cat th chch

aith cmmnit that hlps thm xpinc Gd with s.Clal, lag nmbs ths lks a sing a v dint pict. S hw d

w cnt ths pinins? on wa is t bgin with a list qstins chchs canask thmslvs:

1. I w t lk at th smns chch v a pid tim, wld sa th a m psitiv ngativ in tn and cntnt? I th a psitiv, hw wld sa sin and pntanc a addssd s that an’ging t th xtm igning thm?

2. What is cnggatin’s attitd twad ths wh hld blis ndctinal isss dint m s? Hw d talk abt thdnminatins?

3. Hw is chch knwn in cmmnit? Hw d think ppl in twn dscib chch and th ppl chch? D th vnknw xist? What a knwn ? Wld chch b missd in

cmmnit i it wnt awa? Hw wld it b missd?

4. A th an was chch is invlvd in cmpassin and scial jstic pjcts, bth lcall and glball, dmnstating that th chch is a psitivagnt chang in th wld? I nt, what can d abt it?

Lost in the modern era Potential to

reach new generations



rncs this aticl incld:Pw fm n rligin and Pblic Li, “Nones” on the Rise : One-in-Five

Adults Have no Religious Affiliation, octb 9, 2012, Ltsp.d/Pw-Nns;Chistian Piatt, “Dn’t Call us ‘th Nns’: In Pais rligisIndpndnc,” Th Washingtn Pst. fba 25, 2013, Ltsp.d/Platt- WPst-Nns;Hidi Glnn, “Lsing o rligin: Th Gwth o Th ‘Nns’”; NPr Mning editin, Ltsp.d/NPr-Glnn-Nns;Dan Kimball, They Like Jesus But not the Church: Insights from Emerging

Generations. (Gand rapids: zndvan, 2007);Diana Btl Bass, A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the

Story. (Nw yk: Hap Cllins, 2009), Intdctin;Assciatin rligin Data Achivs, US Congregational Life Survey

Ltsp.d/uSCLS-Nns;David Biggs, The Huffington Post, “fiv Hpl Signs uSCnggatins” Ltsp.d/Hpst-Nns; Sctt Thmma, “Vitall rligis: Tchnlg and Intnt us in Amican Cnggatins,”Hatd Institt rligin rsach, Hatd Smina, 2012Ltsp.d/Hatd-Vital;richad Kntpp in “yng Ppl Sk Chch rlvanc” b J BtlLtsp.d/uMC-yngPpl;David Kinnaman, UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks

About Christianity. (Ada, MI: Bak Bks, 2012);Adll M. Banks, “Std: th s Chistians as jdgmntal, anti-ga” inUSA Today (usatoday30.usatoday.com/news /religion/2007-10-10-christians-

young_N.htm - no longer online).

W HeN TIM AND I SPoKe

oN THe PLANe rIDe, w xchangd mail

addsss. I cntl snt him a mssagasking i I cldsha cnvsatin inthis aticl. Happvd, and askd

i his st wasindd as cmmn

his gnatin ash thght. I shad sm th data I hav cllctd, and htld m n last nggt m this li.

Last all , Tim’s ng bth Jm (again, nt hisnam) was diagnsd with canc. Th amil has dalt withthis kind nws b, bt this tim it hit paticlal had.

Jm is a nn and xtml halth — n n vnsspctd h was ill. untnatl, th canc was qitaggssiv and th mdical tatmnts vn m aggssiv.Ding tatmnts, Tim wnt with his bth and sat withhim hs as lisaving, bt tibl dbilitating dgs w

pmpd int his bd. Jm was stng, bt bgan t all qstin isss li and dath.

Tim and his bth spnt man hs talking abt li,aith, havn, Gd, th Bibl, hman ailt, dath, and th

imptant tpics. Nith n bcam pat a aithcmmnit, bt Jm jind a canc sppt gp whsmmbs shad thi jns tgth n a gla basis.Tim gaind mch m th lssns Jm bght back mths gps, bt bth, whil dpl spiital, stggl still

with th “chch iss.” Th a paing Jm and ths with canc. Th knw cmmnitis aith wh a

paing Jm and a v spptiv ths pas cncn and ca. Chch is nt smthing th l th ndt sk t ight nw, bt pa is sstaining thm n this

path halth and haling as Jm cntins tatmnts.

“Nns” a h, in midst, in cmmnitis, in wkplacs, in th clt and s, and ptntiall in chchs — i w cat was t ngag thi scial jsticdsis and spiital jns.

Mab i w bild it tgth, th ma actall cm.

I wld als ask: Hw d din a amil? A inclsiv psns th sxalitis and gndxpssins? Hw d tat visits? What ds scial mdia (wbsit, facbk, Twitt, tc.) lk lik?D ngag tchnlg and scial mdia in

wship and std? Ds msic lct th tns had

in cmmnit? D s at, dama, thcativ lmnts in wship std? Ths aimptant qstins t ask i chch wants t blvant in nw was.

W a taching stdnts t ngag in nw tps minist, t cat nw kinds cmmnitis aith, andt tili scial mdia and tchnlg in a vait minist vns. W a taining stdnts with athlgical, histical, and biblical ndgiding that islvant and in tn with tda’s thinking and qstining.And w a taining stdnts t b pat th pblicdiscs abt th chch and clt. Bing lvant

mans bing pat th chch tda, bt it als mansbing awa th nds th t. Bing lvant mansattnding t th aith nds cmmnitis aith, allth whil cating nw pssibilitis ths wh ma wantand nd a whl nw wa bing a cmmnit aith.Bing lvant mans listning t ppl lik Tim, and bing availabl t b pat his jn. That is what bing lvant mans — and that is what w a abt at LTSP.

The Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman is LTSP Associate Professor of Homiletics and Director of United Methodist Studies.

Learn more about Dr. Wiseman at Ltsp.edu/KarynWiseman.



150 years and counting

WELCOME TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS OF LTSP!

In 2013 we are “Living Out the Legacy of Our Dynamic Past,” followed in 2014 will the theme

“Battlefield and the Renewal of the Church,” taking into account the seminary’s founding during the

waning period of the Civil War. Featured in 2015 will be the theme “Public Witness in a Changing

World” as we take note of those key figures, like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who helped to shape how our

Lutheran tradition continues to witness to the public square.

Th stis mn and wmn a wvnint th tapst past, thgh ttda and int visin th t.Ths stis will b tld in a wb-basdhist st t pmi lat in 2013.

Th smina’s aclt is knwn pdcing statmnts n diiclt isss th wid chch. on, athd b1910 b Pss Chals Mann, dalt

with “pdstinatin,” a cntvsial issal in th twntith cnt, spciall inth Midwst. oth al tpics xplddivc and maiag isss, sch as clda man ma his lat wi’s sist? Anthstatmnt cntmplatd th s

individal cmmnin cps vs. thcmmn cp. Pss Chals Michal

Jacbs pnnd a pdiatin th ntin Biblical inanc knwn as th“Baltim Dclaatin,” psntd inchch wid assmbl th unitdLthan Chch in Amica in 1938 and

wittn jst b his ntiml dath.faclt hav als cntibtd t th widchch’s wship and litgical scs,naml Pss Lth D. rd andPss Gdn Lathp, bth whm

w giants in this gad. M cntl,Mak Mmmt, m smina msician, cmpsd a stting thcnt Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

evn b th Lthan chchdaind wmn, th w a pat thstdnt bd. o th man LTSP almna

wh hav ntd daind minist,sval hav bcm bishps. Th smina has a lng hist wlcming allChistians, spciall lctd in thnding th uban Thlgical

Institt (uTI), which mmbs AicanAmican chch lads and LTSP

gadat almni Jmiah A. Wight, S.,and Jsph Q. Jacksn with, spctivl,an ndwd chai and a schlaship nd uTI stdnts.

T clbat hist, w a placing achallng b s — t ais $10 millinin schlaships b th a 2015 in acampaign ntitld “150 nw stdnts, 150nw schlaships, a clbatin 150

as.” LTSP has had a makabl lgac dns v th as, inclding th

Wmn’s Axilia. Thgh histical

ilm, will s ths makabl wmn,nc 17,000 stng, wh aisd $200,000

t bnit LTSP ding thi tn. Whp will hn thi lgac b jiningin th $10 millin annivsa campaign.

B th wa, th nw wb hist will th chanc t plg in

psnal mmis and cllctins paticipatin in th li thsmina and will cntin t gw thgh th clbatin.

enj th clbatin!

Dr. Karl Krueger, Director of the Krauth Memorial Library and Professor, History ofChristianity, displays Henry Melchior Muhlenberg's German-English Dictionary housedin the Krauth Memorial Library.



ALUMNI NEWSclass NOTESThe Rev. Ellen Anderson, MDiv ’95

Called as pastor to The Evangelical Lutheran

Church of the Living Word in Roslyn

(Abington) PA, beginning June 24, 2013.

The Rev. Ruth Bullwinkle, MDiv ’10

Ordained January 20, 2013, called to St. John

Lutheran Church, Davis, West Virginia.

The Rev. M. Kathleen Read, MDiv ’11,

accepted the call as of October 2012 as

associate pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church,

Manchester, Connecticut. Read was ordained

on August 11, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church,

Chelmsford, Massachusetts. For the past few

years, she has contributed to NES News, the

weekly online newsletter of the New England

Synod. She formerly served on the SynodCouncil.

The Rev. Jeffrey Carstens, MDiv ’12

Ordained January 27, 2013 and serving St.

John’s and St. Luke’s Lutheran Churches in

Williams Township, Pennsylvania.

The Rev. Brett Davis, MDiv ’12

Ordained October 12, 2012, called to

Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg,

Virginia.

Laura Gorton, MAR ’12

Director of Children and Youth Ministries at

Christ the King Lutheran Church in White Bear

Lake, Minnesota.

The Rev. Jessica Hahn, MDiv ’12

Ordained March 23, 2013, Trinity Lutheran

Church, Hillsdale, Michigan.

The Rev. Timothy Johansen, MDiv ’12

Ordained September 1, 2012, called to Temple

Lutheran Church, Havertown, Pennsylvania.

The Rev. Casey Lieneman, MDiv ’12

Ordained August 26, 2012, called to Christ

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pierce, Nebraska.

The Rev. Alexandra Liepe, MDiv ’12

Ordained December 2, 2012, called to St.

John Lutheran Church, Sayre, Pennsylvania.

The Rev. Rachel Manke, MDiv ’12, hasaccepted the call to serve as pastor of First

Lutheran Church, Malden, Massachusetts. Pr.

Manke received her MDiv from LTSP in May

2012, where she was senior class president.

She was ordained on August 11, 2012, at

Trinity Lutheran Church, Chelmsford,

Massachusetts.

The Rev. Christopher McKinstry, MDiv ’12

Ordained June 10, 2012, called to Immanuel

Lutheran Church, Meriden, Connecticut.

The Rev. Jonathan Reccabarren, MDiv ’12

Ordained December 8, 2012, called to Fordham

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bronx, New York.

The Rev. Tina Reyes, MDiv ’12

Ordained February 17, 2013, called to

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church,

Sparta, New Jersey.

The Rev. Leslie Scanlon, MDiv ’12

Ordained July 1, 2012, called to Lutheran

Church of Framingham, Massachusetts.

The Rev. Rodney Smith MDiv ’12

Ordained December 8, 2012, called to NewHope Lutheran Church, Jamaica, Queens,

New York.

The Rev. Christine Jane Stratton Valenti,

MDiv ’12

Ordained July 1, 2012, called to Trinity Lutheran

Church, Moorhead, Minnesota.

Kristin Vought, MAPL ’12

Joined Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore,

Maryland, October, 2012.

Rachel Zimmermann, STM ’12

October 1, 2012, began work at LTSP as

Assistant Coordinator of Student Assessment

and Faculty Assistant.

The Rev. Paul Adler, Certificate in Anglican

Studies ’13

Ordained June 8, 2013, at Trinity Cathedral,

The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.

Tiffany Chaney, MDiv ’13

Ordained June 9, 2013, at the New England

Synod Assembly, called as pastor/mission

developer to “The Intersection,” Dorcester,

Massachusetts.

Please send your updates [email protected] so we

are current with all your news!

How are youliving outthe legacy?SPrING CoNVoCATIoN

feATureD THe THeMe,“LIVING ouT THe LeGACy of

our DyNAMIC PAST.” on Tsda,Apil 30, D. Jams echls andD. Cladi Cavalhas d

psntatins n th thm, inspiing s t think abt wh a w calld tb as a chch, hw will w mbd th aith and cag ancsts,and hw w will sv a nw andchanging wld, lnging hp.on Wdnsda, Ma 1, th rv. Mak Pak, Ms. yvnn Jns Lmb,and th rv. Jli DWth, thminists, d pspctivs mthi wn cntxts and ngagd s inthinking abt hw hist sts thstag v minist.

As LTSP clbats 150 as

taining chch lads, w want tlct n what Gd is cntining t d. We want to hear from you!

Snd s a st abt hw hist ( wn, that th minist sv, and/ taining at LTSP)has shapd th minist acalld t sv.

To send your story, email [email protected] or [email protected].

THE REV. LOUISE N. JOHNSON,

VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSIONADVANCEMENT, LTSP

Photos, recordings andreports from Spring Convocationand Commencement online atLtsp.edu/SpringConvo2013 andLtsp.edu/commencement2013.

Online Extra!



NEWSNOTESFACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES

DR. CLÁUDIO CARVALHAESAssociate Professor of Worshipand LiturgyNw chai GlbaliatinCmmitt; paticipatd in twacadmic mtings: AmicanAcadm rligin in Chicag,Nvmb 2012, and th NthAmican Acadm Litg inNw Mxic, Jana 2013.PuBLICATIoNS “A Pgaçã naLitgia da Igja, na Litgia dMnd na Litgia d Póxim,”in TeAr, Litgia m rvista,Cnt d rcss Litúgics

(CrL) Gp d Psqisa CltCistã na Améica Latina,Pgama d Pós-Gadaçã mTlgia da escla Spi dTlgia, Sã Lpld, rS, 2012,and “fntias, Glbaliaçã,ecaistia Hspitalidad,” in Entreo Altar e o Mundo: Aportes Multidisciplinares da Liturgia.Cládi Cavalhas, dit. fnteditial, Sã Pal, Bail, Agst2012. editd Teologia do Culto: Entre o Altar e o Mundo: Aportes Multidisciplinares da Liturgia(Thlg Wship: Btwn thAlta and th Wld — Int-Disciplina Appachs tLitg); lanchd wbsit:claudiocarvalhaes.com.eNGAGeMeNTS September 2012spak and wship lad, “faithand Plitics in th Pblic Sqa,”Thid Institt faith and PblicLi, Pinctn ThlgicalSmina; October 2012 spak,“faith, rac, and Plitics,” ThTippl-Vsbgh Lct Sis,Dw Thlgical Smina; November 2012 pach, “fi,

Ashs and Spiit,” pach at uninThlgical Smina, NyC; January 2013 rspns t “ASacamntalit Absnc? onrgina Schwat’s SacamntalPtics and th HphnatdSacamntalit Pstclnialism,”Nth Amican Acadm Litg, Albqq, NM; CLAI— Latin Amican Cncil Chchs Assmbl, Cba; March 2013 Faculty Development in the

Midst of Institutional and Vcatinal Change for Racial/Ethnic Faculty and the larger Consultation for Faculty Development, pa lad, ThAssciatin ThlgicalSchls, Pittsbgh, PA.

DR. WIL GAFNEYAssociate Professor of BiblicalHebrew and Jewish andChristian ScripturePreSeNTATIoNS March 5-6, 2013 Th Tdd Lcts in Hbw Bibl at Mmphis Thlgical

Smina. Lct tpics: “ ThDakl radiant Imag Gd:Black and fmal,” “A Lgin Paching Wmn: WmnPphts in Isal,” and “Bathshba’sLgac: ral Wmn Isal and Jdah.”

Celebrant during the Jarena LeePreaching Academy, which met atLancaster Seminary 5-12 August2012 (learn moreLtsp.edu/LeeAcademy)

DR. DAVID GRAFTONDirector of Graduate Studies;Associate Professor, IslamicStudies and Christian-MuslimRelationsSeptember 2012 attndd th ATS

Cnnc n ChistianHspitalit and Pastal Pacticsin a Mltiaith Scit, Pittsbgh,PA, and c-athd th pt“engaging Pblic Thlg in aMlti-faith Cntxt: Bilding nThlgical edcatin that fmsand Shaps faithl and SnsitivLads a Pblic Chch” withD. J. Jaakian Sbastian;September 30-October 2012attndd th Wabash Cnt Taching and Laning in Thlg and rligin Cnnc

DR. MICHAEL KRENTZInstructor; Director of MusicMinistries/Seminary Cantor;Director of the TheologicalEducation for EmergingMinistries programOctober 2012 Plad an gan citaat Pac Thickn LthanChch, Pkasi, PA; Svd ascnsltant t Tinit LthanChch, rading, PA, in its pjctt pchas a nw pip gan. Thnw gan, bilt b Patick J.Mph and Assciats, wasinstalld bginning n Jana 7,

2013, and will b ddicatd latthis a.

DR. KARL KRUEGERDirector of the Krauth MemorialLibrary; Professor, History of ChristianityPreSeNTATIoNS Hn Mlchi Mhlnbg at thLthan Histical Cnnc,Knt Mmial Lthan inomaha, Nbaska; St. LkLthan in fndal, PA; and at th paish annivsa clbatins Immanl Lthan Smtn, PA,and St. Pt’s Lthan, ChstSpings, PA. Cndctd thsminas n Mhlnbg thAdlt Snda Schl Class atTinit Lthan Chch, Lansdal,PA. Taght cs n al chchhist SePA Diaknia at St.Lk Dvn, PA, and a -wk class n th al ditins th pintd Bibl at upp DblinLthan Chch, Ambl, PA.

DR. J. PAUL RAJASHEKARLuther D. Reed Professor

Systematic Theologyeditd and cmpild (with edmndy) Abundant Harvest, Stories of Asian Lutherans (Minnaplis;Lthan univsit Pss, 2012); August 2012 svd as cnsltant tth fndatin Thlgicaledcatin in Atlanta, GA, nmnting minit dctalstdnts; October 2012 svd neLCA Panl Chistian-Mslimrlatins in Chicag; November 2012 chaid mting thAssciatin Asian Nth

Gadat Schl Dans andPgam Dicts, Indianaplis;October 2012 attndd th eLCA-GMu annal gathing Intnatinal Stdnt Cdinats,Chicag; bgan sving as NthAmican rginal Sctin edit th Bill Sis Christian-Muslim Relations 1900 Project (g t Ltsp.edu/Grafton-CMR1000 );PreSeNTATIoNS January 2013“Talking Alng th rad :rlctins eLCA Minist Amng Mslims in th Middleast” at Atnmnt Lthan

Chch, Wmissing, PA;. PblicLct “Ishmael, the founder of their nation…: Th plitics p-IslamicAab Chistianit in Cntmpa Schlaship” at Th Na eastSchl Thlg , Bit,Lbann; February/March 2013Lntn Sis “An eastn rading th Gspl Lk: th AabicCmmnta b th Sian MahaMallhi” at upp DblinLthan Chch, Ambl, PA.

DR. ERIK HEENJohn H.P. Reumann Chair inBiblical StudiesPreSeNTATIoNS September 2012 Psnt iv sssins n“Th eLCA and th ‘ThlgicalIntptatin Scipt’: Past,Psnt, and ft” upstatNw yk Snd Ministim 2012Annal rtat, Canandaiga, Ny; November 2012 “Sciptalrscs th Wk th Jstic Wmn Task fc” ateLCA Hadqats, Chicag; January 2013 “Th Nw TstamntThlg Diacnia,” Diacnal

Minist fmatin evnt atLthan Thlgical Smina atGttsbg; March 2013Thlgian in rsidnc, St. Jhn’sLthan Chch, Phnixvill, PA,Psntd “Th Apstl Pal: ThMan and th Mssag” and “TheLCA’s 4-fld Appach tScipt,” and pachd twsvics, “Cm, withtmn, b and at”; “Hs andHins th faith: Hbws 11,”A Bibl Std rgin 7 (eLCA)Cnsltatin at LTSP.



Amican Thlgical edcats atth AAr/SBL mtings in Chicag; January 2013 attndd SvnthAsian Lthan IntnatinalCnnc at Chiang Mi,Thailand; March 2013“Intligis Dialg, WldMatin Lth engag in

Intligis Dialg Tda?” inThe Lutheran; ld -pat sisn “Is Hll ral?” at upp DblinLthan Chch, Ambl, PA.

DR. NELSON RIVERAAssociate Professor, SystematicTheology and Hispanic Ministry;Director, Latino Concentration;Seminary ChaplainPuBLICATIoNS “evltin”aticl The Lutheran, April 2013,and jint aticl with Gilsn Waldkönig Gttsbg Smina n “faith and Scinc” in The

Lutheran, February 2013. Ththlgical ssas Feasting on theGospels cmmnta sis(Lisvill: Wstminst/JhnKnx Pss, 2013). Appintdmmb th Advis Bad th Institt rligin andScinc at Chstnt Hill Cllg.Sving as smina chaplain sincall smst 2012.

DR. TIMOTHY J. WENGERTMinisterium of PennsylvaniaProfessor, Reformation History

December 2012 Philip Melanchthon:Theologian in Classroom, Confession, and Controversy (Göttingn:Vandnhck & rpcht, 2012), anw bk c-athd with NiclKpka, In Dingl and rbtKlb. February 2013 pachd atDlawa Maland Sndgathings std lads. April 2013 Attndd Lthan/rmanCathlic Dialg in Washingtn,DC; Ld wkshp at oic thBishp at th Nw Js SndCnnc n Cnggatinal

Ministis; Knt Spak Lw Ssqhanna Snd.

DR. KARYN WISEMANAssociate Professor of Homiletics; Director of UnitedMethodist Studies WrITINGS I Refuse to Preach a

Boring Sermon: Engaging 21st Century Listeners, pcming mPilgim Pss, Sptmb 2013;cntibt, Wking PachGspl Cmmntais Apil 14,21, 28 and Ma 5,workingpreacher.org; “Mving thfnit Hl Wk andeast: Spac and Hl Das” in L Magazine: empwing eLCALads Vital Minist (placing Clg Jnal andLthan Patns), Mach/Apil2012 iss; viw Shan L.Spnc and Sanda A. Vava’a The

Perfect Norm: How to Teach Differentially, Assess Effectively, and Manage a Classroom Ethically inWays that are “Brain Friendly” and Culturally Responsive, Taching Thlg and rligin, pcming;cntibt Wstminst — Jhn Knx Lctina Cmmnta Sis, Feasting on the Gospels(pcming Hmiltical ssas nMak 14:1-2; 10-11; Mak 14:3-9;and Mak 14:12-16); cntibt todss Ntwk’s ON Scripture,“Nt Anth Bad Passag …

PLeASe!” Agst 2012, availabln Huffington Post and odss Ntwks. WorKSHoPS April 2013 Nth Cntal ohiuMC/uCC Cativ Wship andPaching th 21st Cnt,Tld, ohi; November 2012Sthastn PA Clst Paching Advnt Wkshp; March 2013Sndical Intnship Taining nTchnlg and th Chch,Lancast, PA; Sndical IntnshipTaining n Paching SpcialSvics, Nwtwn, PA.

DR. J. JAYAKIRAN SEBASTIANDean and H. George Anderson Chair of Mission and Cultures;Director, Multicultural Mission Resource Center

PuBLICATIoNS “Picd b th cvd nd a ainbw :Dclniing th Bd th Mat,” in David J and Jsph f.Dggan, ds, Decolonizing the Body of Christ: Theology and Theory

after Empire? (Nw yk: PalgavMacmillan, 2012); “Shld th PdalPint Alwas Bing Dissnanc Back intHamn? Intgating missi Di man Asian Amican Pspctiv,” in elaaS. fnand, d., New Overtures: Asian American Theology in the 21st Century: Essays in Honor of Fumitaka Matsuoka(upland, CA: Sph Pss, 2012);“evking th Bibl at a fnal in anIndian-Chistian Cmmnit,” in Asian

Journal of Theology, Vl. 26. N. 1(Apil 2012); and “fagmntd Slvs,fagmnts th Nw St: Panikka and Dalit Chistlg,” in Exchange: Journal of Missiological and Ecumenical Research, Vl. 41(2012). Aticls incld “Achivs at th unitd Thlgical Cllg,Bangal”; “Chakkaai, Vngal”; “Chandan, Jsha rssl”;“Cntxtal Thlg (Sth Asia)”; “Dvanandan, Pal David”;“Lasn, L. P.”; “Nimal, Avind P.”; “Sacamnts”; “Samatha,Stanl J.”; “unitd Thlgical Cllg, (Bangal”) in The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity, Vl. I A-K and Vl. II L-z(Nw Dlhi: oxd univsit Pss, 2012). eNGAGeMeNTSSeptember 2012 Paticipant and Panlist, Smma Cnnc n“Chistian Hspitalit and Pastal Pactics in a Mltiaith Scit” pjct, Th Assciatin Thlgical Schls; Paticipant, Wabash Cnt Taching and Laning in Thlg and rligin,

Cnnc Gadat Schl Pgam Dicts and Dans,Indianaplis; October 2012 Paticipant and Panlist, Smpsim nSpiital Pgss Hning th Cntna th Bith Si JhnTmpltn, Bnjamin fanklin Hall, Amican PhilsphicalScit, Philadlphia, PA; rspndd t th bk Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age b rbt N.Bllah (Cambidg, MA: Th Blknap Pss Havad univsit Pss, 2011).



NEWSNOTESPASSAGES

The Rev. Dr. Arnold

F. Keller, Jr., pastmits th LthanChch th rma-tin in Washingtn, DCand a lad man initiativs jstic inth natin’s capitlding a lng ca as a

past, did fba 16,2013. H was 88. Past Kll svdrmatin Chch a ttal 33 asding tw spaat calls. fist calld as thcnggatin’s assistant past at hisdinatin in 1947, h bcam rmatin’sassciat past in 1950. In 1953 h bgan a14-a pastat at St. Jhn’s Lthan Chchin Allntwn, PA, and tnd t Washingtnas rmatin’s sni past in 1967, sving in that capacit ntil tiing in 1993.

rmatin was th hadqats thSthn Chistian Ladship Cnncding its histic 1968 mach n Washingtn,and in 1987 bcam an al “rcnciling in

Chist” cnggatin within th thn LthanChch in Amica.

At tiing m rmatin, Kllsvd as exctiv Dict th Gat

Washingtn, DC Cncil Chchs,stpping dwn in Apil 1997.

enthsiastic abt dcatin pastsand ths, h spvisd smina stdnt intns ding his ca. H hldman ladship psts inclding chaiing thMaland Snd’s Divisin Missin and thBad Tsts th Lthan Thlgical

Smina at Gttsbg; was as a mmb th Bad Tsts Th LthanThlgical Smina at Philadlphia; chaidth int-Lthan Cmmissin Missinand Minist th Mt DC Snd, andpsntd th Maland Snd at a

Washingtn, DC int-faith Cnnc.f an xpandd st, plas g t

Ltsp.edu/ArnoldKeller.

IN MEMORIAM

The Urban Theological Institute (UTI) of The Lutheran Theological

Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP) and the LTSP community mourns the

passing of the Rev. Anthony P. Booker. Pr. Booker was a 2003

graduate of LTSP, pastor of Disney African Methodist Episcopal Church

in Philadelphia, and the husband of Sheila D. Booker.

Sheila Booker is Associate Director of Music Ministries at LTSP

as well as an accomplished soloist and music director of both the

Philadelphia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

and St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Olney. She has contributed

to UTI and many seminary musical events including the annual Preaching with Power Black

Sacred Music Concert.

Pastor Arvid Anderson died October 29, 2012. He graduated from

Augustana Seminary in 1949, and was a teaching fellow in Greek while

earning an STM from The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

He was ordained in 1950 and called as pastor of Christ Lutheran Churchin Waterford, Michigan. He then joined the staff of the Board of Parish

Education of the Lutheran Church in America, a predecessor body of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). In 1977, he was called to

serve as pastor at Salem Lutheran Church, in Ironwood, Michigan. Called

to the Division for Parish Services of the ELCA, he then became director

the Department for Research. He authored The Inescapable Presence, Reflections on the Book

of Psalms as a Guide for Our Faith Journey. Following retirement, he and second wife Nancy

served as chaplains at the Mary J. Drexel Home. He is survived by his wife, three children

including LTSP alumna the Rev. Ellen Anderson who served as LTSP’s Director of Alumni

Relations from 2004 to 2012, and six grandchildren.

The Rev. Leah Cook McDowell, an LTSP MDiv graduate from the class

of 2003, died after a long illness. Pr. Leah was ordained in her home

synod, Southeastern Minnesota (ELCA), on November 16, 2003, and

was called to Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia. In 2008, she wascalled back to Minnesota as pastor of St. Paul’s UCC/ELCA Church in

Lewiston, Minnesota.

We have learned of the following passing of alumni:

The Rev. Malcolm W. Albright, BD ’45 Jan. 18, 2013

The Rev. Melinda S. Bjorkman, MDiv ’01 May 31, 2012

The Rev. Stanley E. DeCamp, BD ’68 Jan. 9, 2013

The Rev. George C. Derner, BD ’56 Dec. 2, 2012

The Rev. Dr. Carl F. W. Ficken, Jr., BD ’60 Jan. 8, 2013

The Rev. Russell C. Gromest, BD ’66 Nov. 1, 2012

The Rev. Richard G. Hoffert, BD ’46 July 19, 2012

Mr. Ernest H. J. Hoh, Jr., BD ’52 Mar. 8, 2013

The Rev. Gerald E. Miller, BD ’55 Dec. 5, 2012

The Rev. Randall F. Peters, Jr., BD ’61 June 8, 2012

Mr. John F. Robson, BD ’56 Mar. 17, 2013

The Rev. Ursula S. Scheike, MDiv ’93 Jan. 8, 2013

Mr. Michael D. Simpson, MAR ’12 Aug. 19, 2012

The Rev. Elizabeth R. Waid, MDiv ’73 Dec. 10, 2012



PHILANTHROPY

True Love in Action

THeLoVe of GoD IS SHoWN THrouGH GoD’S ACTIoN ToWArD uS— giving s th pcis git Jss Chist. Th lv Jss is shwn thghhis actin n bhal — ding and ising again, giving sins.H at LTSP, w xpinc th lv Gd in Chist thgh th actin

cmmnit sppts wh hav jind s in missin with thi pas and gits. each paand git — n matt th si — is an xpssin t lv in actin.

on inspiatinal mdl t lv in actin is osla McCat, a wash wman mMississippi wh in 1995, at 87 as ld, gav a git $150,000 m h litim savings t cat aschlaship nd stdnts with inancial nd at h lcal nivsit. H xtadina git andsimpl li aith, dilignc, and thit captd natinal attntin and gand h nms awadsinclding an hna dctat m Havad univsit and th Psidntial Citins’ Mdal.

f 78 as, osla aithll washd and ind land, aning jst a w dllas p lad.“… W wkd all th tim. W w nv witht wk. Th was plnt wk t d.”

Alng with laning th val had wk, osla land th val saving mn. “I’d ptth mn awa and sav it. Whn I gt ngh, I wnt t fist Mississippi Bank and pt it in … asavings accnt …Th tld m … ‘I dn’t tak it t, it will gw.’” Whn h mth did in1964 and h ant did in 1967, osla addd th small sms mn th lt h int hgwing savings accnt.

As h assts gw, s did osla’s visin t hlp ths. “I dcidd I had t mch mn, mthan I’d v s. And I didn’t hav n sists, bths, childn — nbd. All m amil was dad.S, in th plac giving it t m lativs, I thght I’d divid it t s that all thm cld gtsm it — lativs and thm what wasn’t lativs — vn … .”

osla xpssd t h bank ics h dsi t lav th lagst sha h stat t stablisha schlaship nd Aican Amican stdnts with inancial nd at th univsit SthnMississippi (uSM):

I opened up the scholarship … [and] I decided on USM. Long years ago, nobody didn’t go to that school but whites. And now colored go there just like the whites. And I thought it would be a good thing to put it out there … since this was my hometown university ...

osla’s lgac git $150,000 was th lagst git m an Aican Amican in uSM’s hist.Sinc h dath in Sptmb 1999 at 91-as ld, osla’s wisdm livs n in h bk SimpleWisdom for Rich Living. H gnsit livs n in th osla McCat endwd Schlashipfnd at th univsit Sthn Mississippi. And h xampl t lv in actin livs n inth hats and livs ppl and th wld.

My children, our

love should not

be just words and

talk; it must be

true love, which

shows itself

in action.

I JOHN 3:18 (GNT)

rncs t this st incld: Ltsp.d/osclaMcCat, Ltsp.d/osclaMcCat-yTb, Ltsp.d/Aman-SimplWisdm, Ltsp.d/uSM-McCatSchlaship.

This spring, the Office for Philanthropy hosted an LTSP Thank-

You-Thon. Students, faculty, and staff gathered each evening tocall people who had shared a gift with the seminary this yearand personally say “Thank You.” It was a wonderful experiencefor everyone involved — both callers and donors. One facultymember noted, “It’s especially appropriate that we’re doing thisjust prior to Holy Week.”

OseolaMcCarty

To learn more about giving

opportunities to Philadelphia

Seminary or to contact a

philanthropic advisor please

go to Ltsp.edu/give or call

215.248.6316.

BY YVONNE JONES

LEMBO, PhilanthropicAdvisor, Office forPhilanthropy and LTSPMDiv graduate.



ADMISSIONSaround

Project Sponsor Initiative LaunchedProJeCT SPoNSor, a nw initiativ Th LthanThlgical Smina at Philadlphia (LTSP), is aimd atminimiing tw th mst signiicant bstacls acing thscnsiding a smina dcatin. on is th iss stdnt dbt;th th is hlping stdnts sstain th cnidnc that thits t ppa pblic minist will tl lad t thi hlping chch mmbs gw in aith.

Th as smina and candidac a an xhilaating tim gat laning and gwing in kindnss, cmpassin, andcaing skills that th chch nds in its lads. At th sam tim,this is a pid had wk and psnal saciic stdnts andthi amilis. Th cst titin, cmbind with th cst vnth mst ast living aangmnts, can b danting, t sa thlast. Ding ths as, sminaians nd — m than phaps atan th tim in thi livs — th sppt, ncagmnt, andlv ths whm th vitalit th chch and its ladsis s imptant.

“LTSP is cmmittd t cllabating with v n itsstdnts t minimi th amnt stdnt dbt incd, andt sppt ach stdnt in v wa,” accding t Dn Jhnsn,Vic Psidnt Stdnt Dvlpmnt. “Nw, LTSP is ing all s th pptnit t sv Gd and stngthn Gd’s chch

b bing pat th sltin t ths maj cmmitmnts.” PjctSpns is dsignd t acilitat pptnitis t bild a psnallatinship with a paticla smina stdnt whil pviding th pptnit inancial spnsship.

Shtl at th PjctSpns dnatin has bncivd, LTSP sta andaclt mmbs will sha

with th spns th nam th stdnt wh has bnchsn spnsship,and intdc thm t achth b pviding mtalcntact inmatin(addss, mail, phnnmbs). An intdctcnnc phn call(Skp, i pssibl) will

pvid an additinalpptnit t gtacqaintd. eal in thall smst, w will invitth spnss t cm t thsmina camps a biintatin and in-psn

latinship bilding with th stdnt th a spnsing. I it is

incnvnint spnss t tavl t LTSP, w will mak v t th stdnt t visit spnss wh th liv.

W a cnidnt that th spns/stdnt latinships willgw and lish. Indd, spnss ma v wll ind that thimntship will slt in a litim indship and mtal sppt

Spnss ma qst that thi git main annms, that thi git nt invlv th psit a mnting latinship

with a paticla stdnt, and w will b all mans accmmdatsch qsts.

I wld lik m inmatin n this imptant wa paticipating in th missin LTSP, which is t dcat and m pblic lads wh a cmmittd t dvlping and nting

individal blivs and cmmnitis aith ngagmnt inth wld, plas cntact Dn Jhnsn, [email protected];call 603.848.9904; visit Ltsp.edu/ProjectSponsor.

DON JOHNSON,VICE PRESIDENT FORSTUDENT DEVELOPMENT

Here’s how it will work.

Th cst th acadmic as smina can bsmmaid as llws:• on a titin ($16,000) + n a living xpnss

($14,000) = $30,000• Tw as titin ($32,000) + tw as living xpnss

($28,000) = $60,000• Th as titin ($48,000) + th as living xpnss($42,000) = $90,000

W a inviting individals t cnsid spnsing a stdntb making a dnatin t LTSP qal t n, tw, th

as a stdnt’s titin and/ living xpnss. In this wa,th gnsit spnss will hav a psitiv impact n thchch and th wld nlik an th. y can inspi alitim gnsit th stdnt wh is spnsd, andindd th whl chch.



I Ain’t Got None

BY TIMOTHY J. WENGERT, MINISTERIUM OF PENNSYLVANIA PROFESSOR

GroWING uP IN THeHoMe of A ProfeSSor of PoLITICAL SCIeNCe,I wld tn wand inthis std and lk at hisman bks. on titl

paticlal caght m : How to Lie with Statistics.As I wnt n t ist gt adg in scilg, andthn in hist, I wldsmtims wnd whth th cnclsinsin mch m qid ading didn’tinvlv th v pvaicatin hintd at inthat bk. S nw a Pw fm n rligin& Pblic Li std (Ltsp.d/Pw-Nns)tlls s abt th gwth th “Nns.”

What’s a gd past pss t d? Wll, t bgin with, th pblm is nt smch ling with statistics as it is that spnss ma pla ast and ls with gd

thlg and hist.This is not a new problem. Th ntin blnging t a chch has had a athck hist in this cnt. At th tim th Amican rvltin, th pcntag ppl wh w actal mmbs Chistian assmblis was ath lw,althgh th nmb lk attnding chch was high. Th act is that,thght mch th nxt cnt, thls mmbship w mch highthan th a tda. In an cas, it was nl in th twntith cnt that chchs

wlcmd m mmbs and, as a slt,th pcntag Chistians actall gw.

We cannot see into people’s hearts —even if Mr. Pew thinks he can. faith, almstm than anthing ls (vn what gs nin bdms), is a matt hiddn m

viw. And that mans that w cannt knw s wh lks sa th hav n ligisailiatin. At all, i in 1950 (th a Icam int th wld and nl iv as at

THE LAST WORD

th nd Wld Wa II) th w plnt ppl in th pws chchs (and th w!), w still canntdtmin what was in thihats. That is, i all ths

ppl w sitting th,thinking t thmslvs, “Ithank Gd that I am ntlik…,” thn all that ma bhappning with th gwth

“Nns” is that m ppl a tid bing hpcitical.

Some people know how to smell a rat.Th catg, “nn,” ma man that sm

ppl, spciall ng lks, a tid Chistianit — spciall givn th wa Chistianit is dpictd in wld. I thstandads th Chistian mssag a Jlostn and rick Wan — t sa nthing a hst m actina lk — thn

phaps th “Nns” a m Chistian (atlast t th xtnt that th knw whatChistianit isn’t) than ths wh pdl

pclaim thi ligis allgianc. Indd,th plls, bth insid and tsid thchch, indicat that mst ppl assciatth Chistian mssag with malit, gd

wks, and vn aning thi wa intGd’s gd gacs. This mans that an gac-cntd mssag ( xampl, that

w a ight b Gd b gac thghaith n accnt Chist aln) will bdwnd t b th cacphn pvs

a ligin dpndnt pn s. Mab wbst bcm nns.

Solutions that proclaim “churchgrowth” may actually result in “churchshrink.” Dspit th ld claims th1980s and bnd, th chch is nt lik

Walmat. Shaing th gd nws that, in th wds J.B. Phillips, w liv n a visitd plant, is dn n baptism, n psn,n sip win and pic bad at a tim.

Th ac-t-ac nat th Chistianmssag, dictl latd t th Incanatindis attmpts t tn it int a pdct.Th “Nns,” w a tld, a lking gninnss, and Chistian aith dsthis n sinn/saint at a tim. Mv,givn that man ths gwth-cntdaltnativs hav tadd th Chistianbithight gd nws a mss lgalistic pttag, it is again small

wnd that, as a th slt schmthds, “Nns” a gwing andchch is shinking.

“A sower went out to sow.” In th ac sch ting tims, th paabls Jssin Mak 4 ma actall pvid smgatl ndd cmt pasts,std lads, and cncnd Chistians.Th ist paabl Mak 4 shld b calld“Th Paabl th flish fam,”bcas what Jss dscibs is, in ist-

cnt and twnt-ist-cnt tms,lish. Wh thws sd n th path amng th bambls n stn gnd?I th sws a lish, w da nt gtthat th sd is gd. This Wd Gd,as th xplanatin wld hav it, ds ntail. S, th paabl ds tw things: itnjins s t b lish, vn pligat,

with th Wd; and it lavs th incas inGd’s hands, nt s. Indd, jst in cas

w miss th pint, Jss tlls anth st abt th sd gwing sctl , as I

p t call it, “Th Paabl th Slp

fam.” o, as Lth paaphass it whnit lks lik th rmatin is ging thails: “And whil I slpt, dank b withm inds Philip [Mlanchthn] and[Nichlas vn] Amsd, th Wd did itall.” That Wd gac is all w hav — all th “Nns” in th wld — which(tth b tld) inclds vn!



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