Enacting the Vision

Bearing Witness…
We share the content of Christian faith. We model the role of the public theologian as proclaimer of God’s Word.

In Education and Service…
We serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the whole Church as a theological resource and as a school for its leaders and people. 
We prepare students with skills for ministry.  
We study the Word, the tradition of the church catholic, the Lutheran Confessions and the continuing reformation of Christian thought.
We enhance our teaching ministry through a variety of institutes and programs.

In Worship and Encouragement…
We worship as a community of Word and Sacrament and share in a common journey of praise, witness and transformation.
We foster spiritual formation and piety.
We challenge one another to interact, reflect and respond in dynamic, changing contexts.  
In Church and World…
We converse with the ecumenical community, the academy, and the human family encountered locally and globally.
We partner with the Washington Theological Consortium, the Eastern Cluster of Lutheran Theological Seminaries, and other institutions in the United States and around the world. 

In Community…
We value a gifted faculty of women and men who are respected scholars, creative teachers, and models of the godly life. 
We feature a spacious, technologically modernized campus in a town and country setting and the Lutheran Center for Theology and Public Life, Washington, D.C. We are close to major metropolitan centers and Appalachia.
We enjoy a premier theological library and technological innovations in service to theological education.
We steward the financial, physical, and human resources entrusted to us through a dedicated Board of Directors and committed staff.

Adopted October, 2000