History
Concordia Theological Seminary is a seminary of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. It was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1846 by Wilhelm Sihler, to meet the need for pastors to German Lutheran immigrants to the United States. To protect its students from the draft during the American Civil War, the seminary moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where it functioned alongside its sister Concordia Seminary until 1875. In that year, due to increased enrolments in both institutions, the seminary moved to Springfield, Illinois. It remained there until the Missouri Synod merged the program of Concordia Senior College of Fort Wayne with Concordia University, Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1976, the seminary returned home to Fort Wayne, where it inherited the Senior College's award-winning campus, designed by Eero Saarinen.
Concordia Theological Seminary was at one time considered the practical seminary of the LCMS, while Concordia Seminary in St. Louis was considered the academic seminary.
Concordia Theological Seminary is theologically conservative, emphasizing study of the Bible and the Book of Concord. The seminary is a liturgical community following the practice of praying the divine offices each day, including Matins, Vespers and Compline, as well as celebrating the Lord's Supper each week.
The campus suffered some damage, mostly to trees, from an F2 tornado that struck Fort Wayne in May 2001.
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