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Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary - Definition and Overview

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary is located in Mequon, Wisconsin and trains clergy for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).

The campus consists of twenty two buildings, including a library with over 55,000 volumes.

History

The origins of the school date to 1863, when the Theological School of the Wisconsin Synod began in Watertown, Wisconsin. In 1870, the school merged with Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod's Concordia Seminary. In 1878, the WELS reopened a seminary of their own in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1893 it moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

External links

Official site (http://www.wls.wels.net)

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