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LCSA Archives - Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane https://www.lts.ac.za/category/lcsa/ Raising up confessional Lutheran Pastors for the African Continent Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:07 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lts.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-favicon-152-32x32.png LCSA Archives - Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane https://www.lts.ac.za/category/lcsa/ 32 32 LCSA Lay Leader Training https://www.lts.ac.za/lcsa-lay-leader-training/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:01 +0000 https://www.lts.ac.za/?p=3590 LTS, together with the LCSA, is offering a lay leader training course to interested laity of the LCSA Mpumalanga diocese from 15-18 July 2025 in the scenic Lüneburg congregation. The first unit covers some basic topics: Introduction into Church Leadership, Old and New Testament Survey, Teaching Luther’s Small Catechism, the History of the LCSA, and […]

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]]> LTS, together with the LCSA, is offering a lay leader training course to interested laity of the LCSA Mpumalanga diocese from 15-18 July 2025 in the scenic Lüneburg congregation. The first unit covers some basic topics: Introduction into Church Leadership, Old and New Testament Survey, Teaching Luther’s Small Catechism, the History of the LCSA, and Liturgy. The topics are presented by three LTS lecturers: Bishop Dr S.E. Sithole, Dr R. Ntsimane, and Rector Hiestermann. The Lüneburg congregation (FELSISA) is generously providing meals, accommodation, and transport for the 39 participants. We thank them for their generosity! The plan is to offer the same course in the other LCSA dioceses soon, and follow it up with more detailed courses.

Dr. Radikobo Ntsimane
Participants
The Lüneburg Church

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]]> Former LTS student graduates at CTSFW https://www.lts.ac.za/former-lts-student-graduates-at-ctsfw/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:22:25 +0000 https://www.lts.ac.za/?p=3476 Rev. Bheki Ngobese, Dean of the Mpumalanga diocese of the LCSA, competed his Master’s Degree at CTSFW. We are proud of our former student, and congratulate him for this achievement!

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]]> Rev. Bheki Ngobese, Dean of the Mpumalanga diocese of the LCSA, competed his Master’s Degree at CTSFW. We are proud of our former student, and congratulate him for this achievement!

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]]> Installation of Bishop Sithole https://www.lts.ac.za/installation-of-bishop-sithole/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:11:22 +0000 https://www.lts.ac.za/?p=3433 In a festive and joyful service at Salem parish near Piet Retief, Dr Sibongiseni Elliot Sithole was installed at new bishop of the Lutheran Church of Southern Africa (LCSA). Bishop Sithole joined the LTS faculty fulltime in January 2024. He will continue serving as lecturer of Old Testament studies. LTS was represented at the installation […]

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]]> In a festive and joyful service at Salem parish near Piet Retief, Dr Sibongiseni Elliot Sithole was installed at new bishop of the Lutheran Church of Southern Africa (LCSA). Bishop Sithole joined the LTS faculty fulltime in January 2024. He will continue serving as lecturer of Old Testament studies. LTS was represented at the installation by rector Hiestermann, registrar Hanfato, Rev. Huf (who spoke a word of greeting in the name of the LCMS), and some students, who undertook the five hour drive from Pretoria to Salem. The LCSA is the majority shareholder of our seminary.

We are grateful that Bishop Sithole will continue teaching at our seminary, and we wish him the Lord’s richest blessings for his new role in the church!

In the service, LTS graduate Julias Khumalo, who graduated in November 2023, was ordained into the office of holy ministry. We also wish him the Lord’s blessing in serving the LCSA as pastor.

The church was packed
Bishop Sithole being installed by former bishop Maragelo
Rector Hiestermann
Two former LTS graduates (left: Pastor Given Masemola, right: Rev. Julias Khumalo, who was ordained during the service).
Second row (Rev. Huf)

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]]> Dr Sithole meets with LCSA KZN Pastors https://www.lts.ac.za/dr-sithole-meets-lcsa-kzn-pastors/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:08:25 +0000 https://www.lts.ac.za/?p=3397 LTS lecturer Dr Sibongiseni Elliot Sithole has been entrusted with the responsibility of making LTS more known amongst LCSA congregations, and at the same time, to encourage young men to come to study at the seminary. On 24 September, he met with the pastors of the KZN diocese. They discussed the following points: Dr Sithole […]

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]]> LTS lecturer Dr Sibongiseni Elliot Sithole has been entrusted with the responsibility of making LTS more known amongst LCSA congregations, and at the same time, to encourage young men to come to study at the seminary. On 24 September, he met with the pastors of the KZN diocese. They discussed the following points:

  1. Strengthening relationship between LTS and LCSA
  2. Encouraging prospective students to apply at LTS to serve as future Pastors in LCSA
  3. Student support  
  4. LTS Intensive Courses 
  5. LTS participating in LCSA Church Activities in KZN Diocese   

Dr Sithole distributed LTS brochures to the pastors to share with interested congregation members. The Meeting was fruitful and meaningful in terms of furthering relationship between LTS and KZN Diocese. We thank Dr Sithole for his efforts, and pray that they may bear fruit!

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]]> A week in the life of LTS https://www.lts.ac.za/a-week-in-the-life-of-lts/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:48:13 +0000 https://www.lts.ac.za/?p=2861 What can or does typically happen in a week at LTS? To give you a glimpse in seminary life, below a few events from last week are listed: On Monday, October 25, the last week of classes before the final examinations of 2021 had started. After class, Rev. Nkambule and Rector Hiestermann started calling in […]

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]]> What can or does typically happen in a week at LTS? To give you a glimpse in seminary life, below a few events from last week are listed:

On Monday, October 25, the last week of classes before the final examinations of 2021 had started. After class, Rev. Nkambule and Rector Hiestermann started calling in the students one by one to give them the opportunity to reflect on the past year at seminary, and share the positive and negative experienced they had.

On Tuesday, October 26, it was the birthday of our Greek lecturer Robert van Niekerk. To celebrate his birthday, Rev. van Niekerk brought cupcakes to seminary – with Greek written on them, of course…

In the afternoon, the last LTS Board and Member meeting of 2021 took place via Zoom.

On Wednesday, October 27, in the afternoon, brass band practice took place with Dr. Manfred Johannes. Students are very keen and classes are going well.

On Thursday, October 28, one of the younger students, Mongezi Mabaso, helped some of the older students to prepare for a computer literacy test on Friday. He showed them how to work with spreadsheets. For us lecturers, it is good to see that students are helping each other this way.

On Friday, October 29, at Matins, we remembered the Reformation started by Martin Luther in 1517. Rector Hiestermann preached on Galatians 5,1-6.

On Sunday, October 31, LTS lecturers Birru, Nkambule, and Hiestermann along with five students attended the farewell ceremony of LCSA bishop emeritus David Tswaedi in Soweto. Rev. Nkambule spoke a word of thanksgiving on behalf of the LTS.

  • Mr. Birru
  • Rev. Nkambule

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