The Lutheran Center for Theology and Public Life equips the church’s leaders to reflect and respond theologically to moral, political, ecumenical, and economic issues facing the church and society.

The Center reflects the Seminary’s 30-year commitment to ecumenical partnership and desire to access national and international arenas for public debate and policy-making.

Qualified participants have access to courses, libraries and the full resources of the Washington Theological Consortium and Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. The “House of Studies,” a convenient, readily accessible house in N. E. Washington, offers residency to a select number of students and researchers seeking a semester or year of study in the nation's capital.

Through this center, you can:

Engage in Life-long Learning

Conduct research in one of the nation’s richest library settings

Gain contextual insight and immersion in the agencies and working ministries in the nation’s capital Make Theology and Public Life a concentration for your degree work through the Seminary

Take part in the rich continuing educational offerings of both this center and the Washington, D.C. based Luther Institute