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15th Annual Days of Defense: An Invitation for All Students, Faculty, and Staff!

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We are happy to announce our 15th annual Days of Defense, which will be held via Zoom on Monday, May 1, and Tuesday, May 2, 2023, starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. Central Time each day. These are the days when students in the M.A. Professional Degree programs—Leadership and Innovation for Ministry, Christian Ministry, and Children, Youth, and Family—present their final capstone projects centered on a current issue in their concentration area.

To see the schedule of presenters and topics, please click here.

Topics will be updated as information is available.

Please join us for either or both days of learning. If you have questions, please contact Arlene Flancher, Program Coordinator.

See Community Announcements email for Zoom information

PhD Oral Defenses

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Ee Yan Tan, Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 104

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff; however, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges.
What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community.

Read “Election in the Prophets and its Implications on Foreign Nations”

Rhoda Chamshama, Ph.D. Candidate
Friday, May 5, 2023 |11:00a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 104

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff; however, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges.

What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community.

Read “Generation Gap: Church and Traditional Rituals in Handling Social, Spiritual, and Psychological Impacts of the Gap Among the Older and Young in the Maasai Community of Morogoro, Tanzania”

RM 4515 33 – Ministry In Small Town And Rural Contexts

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Rm 4515 33 – Ministry In Small Town And Rural Contexts

Are you curious about small-town and rural culture, communities, and ministry? We have room for Luther students to join us.

The catalog does not say we will be staying at Shalom Hill Farm, a retreat center in Southwestern Minnesota for four nights and five days. Thanks to the generosity of rural donors, this experience, meals, transportation, and housing in a beautiful prairie setting for four nights is a gift to help you understand and explore rural and small-town ministry. We will visit a variety of communities, contexts, and congregations/parishes on field trips on the days we are there.

Here is the catalog language. “Students, together with clergy and lay persons from small town and rural congregations, study issues[challenges and opportunities] affecting America’s small town and rural (STaR) communities. Clergy and lay persons from STaR congregations and communities are engaged as part of the course. Implications for ministry and leadership in these contexts are explored.”.

Register if you are looking for this course. If you have questions, contact Pr. Jon Anderson – Rural Ministry Director at janderson008@luthersem.edu.