Prof. Wordell in Zambia
The conditions were right for this family photo. The late afternoon sun lit up the trees to provide a natural backdrop. Rev. Kamwata and his wife and three daughters gladly posed for this amateur cell ...
The conditions were right for this family photo. The late afternoon sun lit up the trees to provide a natural backdrop. Rev. Kamwata and his wife and three daughters gladly posed for this amateur cell ...
Nixon Gregorio Vivar Gomez will graduate this May from the Pastoral Studies Institute. Nixon qualifies for the status of “non-traditional” student for the pastoral ministry on multiple levels. Most obviously, as an immigrant from Ecuador ...
With heavy coats and insulated boots, PSI International Recruitment Director Jon Bare and I traveled to frigid Siberia in January to enjoy the warm fellowship of Concord Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia. Each of us ...
Mr. Adrian Gunn and his wife, Maureen, are members of Siloah Lutheran Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Gunn family includes Matthew and Arianna, both students at UW-Milwaukee and their youngest, Gabrielle, who attends Siloah Lutheran ...
About a month ago, on the last Sunday of the church year, I had the privilege of preaching for a mission festival at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Watertown, WI. In the sermon, we marveled ...
In November, Pastor Jon Bare, International Recruitment Director, and Prof. E. Allen Sorum, Pastoral Studies Institute Director, traveled to Vietnam. There they met with and taught 60 leaders of the Hmong Christian Fellowship (HFC), ...
“If God needs me to be a pastor, then I don’t care–wherever it is needed to make the church–I will go.” This the commitment of Simon, a South Sudanese PSI student in Renton, WA. Simon ...
The PSI Team is complete. Pastor Jon Bare accepted the call to serve as the International Recruitment Director this spring. He joins World Seminary Professor Brad Wordell and myself (PSI Director). This team’s assignment ...
In September, Prof. Sorum traveled to Africa with Pastor Peter Bur, coordinator for South Sudanese ministry, to serve refugees. While there, they taught Luther's Small Catechism to pastors, using this simplified version, which Pastor Bur ...
From Oct. 7-8, pastors originally from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Korea, and other countries in Southeast Asia—accompanied by their Anglo ministry partners—attended an Asian Conference held at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Pastor Bounkeo Lor, who serves at ...