CTS Playscape Complete
The new CTS Playscape was completed late in the afternoon on Saturday, May 9, 2009 with a formal dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. President Dean Wenthe dedicated the new "Enter The Biblical World" Playscape and Mr. Ross King, retired Fort Wayne Lutheran Teacher and Principal of 48 years and chair of the Playscape Design Committee, cut the ribbon releasing children from the Seminary and the Fort Wayne community to play and enjoy the biblically themed playground. After thousands of hours by hundreds of volunteers, the 5 day Playscape build came to fruition. After the festivities, the volunteers and seminary community were treated to a bar-b-que picnic to celebrate the playscape completion.

Click below to view a time-lapse video of the build.

Concordia Theological Seminary Receives Accreditation for Online Courses
The Association of Theological Schools has granted preliminary approval to Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a comprehensive distance education program, which enables the seminary to offer courses online for academic credit.  “We are very encouraged that the Association of Theological Schools has recognized our ability to provide sound, academically credible theological education online by granting us this approval,” said Douglas Rutt, Dean for Distance Learning at the seminary.   
 
While CTS has been carrying out distance learning pastoral training programs since the mid-1990s, this is the first time that courses will be offered for credit at the master’s level.  The new Specific Ministry Pastor program gives qualified students the opportunity to take SMP coursework for credit so they can transfer to the Master of Divinity at some point in the future if they wish.  “The approval to offer our online coursework for credit is another step forward in our commitment to serve the congregations of our synod in helpful and innovative ways,” said Dr. Lawrence Rast, Academic Dean at CTS.
 
We would like to invite you to find out more about the Specific Ministry Program by visiting our Web site at http://www.ctsfw.edu/academics/smp, emailing us at smp@ctsfw.edu, or calling the office of the Dean for Distance Learning at (260) 452-2133.  

CTS Announces “Eleven Days in the Steps of Martin Luther Tour”   FORT WAYNE, IN (CTS) - It is with great pleasure and excitement that Concordia Theological Seminary announces “In the Steps of Martin Luther,” a tour of Germany along with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the world famous Passion Play in 2010 in Oberammergau. Seminary hosts for this adventure are President and Mrs. Dean Wenthe and Kantor Richard and Dr. Barbara Resch.

The tour will take you on an eleven-day adventure (May 27–June 6, 2010) into history and the lands of central and northern Germany. You will walk in the footsteps of Martin Luther and witness sites important to his life and to the Reformation. You will also attend the Passion Play, a performance first done by the villagers of Oberammergau in 1634 in fulfillment of their promise to God for sparing them from the Black Plague. It has been presented every ten years since then! Click here to read the full press release.