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LCSA Lay Leader Training

LTS Admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:01 +0000

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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Last Intensive Course of 2023

LTS Admin — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:49:40 +0000

We are privileged to have both Prof. Dr Werner Klän (SELK, Germany) and Dr Dieter Reinstorf (FELSISA) teaching intensive courses at LTS from October 2-13. Prof Klän is teaching “Theology of the Lutheran Confessions”. Klän has been a regular instructor at LTS since 2008, but because of the pandemic, it is his first visit in four years. It is wonderful to have him back. Dr Reinstorf, former Bishop of the FELSISA, is teaching at LTS for the first time in many years. He had taught at the seminary in Enhlanhleni previously, that was before the seminary moved to Pretoria at the end of the year 2000. Reinstorf is teaching on Luke’s Gospel. We wish instructors and students a blessed time!

On the photo, back, from left to right: Rector Hiestermann, Rev. Hanfato, Dr Reinstorf. Front: Dr Werner Klän, student Vuyi Nkambule, who led Matins, and lecturer Tobias Schütze.

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The Unexpected

LTS Admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:31:33 +0000

Last week, we welcomed a visitor from the USA to our seminary. He lived in South Africa from 2014-2017. Before that, he was a medical missionary in Uganda. In Uganda, he learned what a vital role a seminary plays in the life of the church. The visitor (and his wife) have recently become Lutherans. They have been Christians all their lives, but becoming Lutheran has transformed their faith as they share in the joy of the gospel. As I gave him a short tour of the campus and told him a little bit about the work we are doing and about our students, his heart was touched. He asked for a slide show presentation about the seminary which he could share with two LCMS congregations back home in the hope that they will financially support our seminary.

About two weeks ago, a similar visit took place. We were visited by an LCMS pastor and his vicar. They were also moved when learning about the seminary and its students. They immediately went and bought food supplies for the seminary and pledged to support the seminary.

Our seminary is dependent on donations. And it is absolutely amazing to see how God unexpectedly sends people here who after seeing the work done by the seminary start supporting it. We are grateful for such unexpected visits. “Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” (Psalm 106:1).

If you wish to make a donation, please visit the following link: Support LTS – Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane

https://www.lts.ac.za/support-lts/

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