Institute of Lutheran Theology


The Institute of Lutheran Theology is a private Lutheran seminary in Brookings, South Dakota. It provides distance education online and at its campus in Brookings.

History

The Institute of Lutheran Theology was started in 2009 by conservatives in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America affiliated with the WordAlone Network in order to train Lutheran clergy and other church workers.
The Institute of Lutheran Theology is not supported by a single synod or religious association, but several. These include the North American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, the Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations, and the Augsburg Lutheran Churches. Instead, it hires and serves people from several different Lutheran church bodies in the United States, some of which recently formed after separating from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and lack seminaries of their own.

Operations

Library

The library has 30,000 physical volumes and more through ebrary as well as access to several other academic databases.

Notable faculty

The school is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. It is also a member of the American Council on Education.

Ordination

ILT operates as a school which grants certificates and degrees to students who complete their studies with the school. It does not ordain graduates; that is left to the synods and associations which accept their graduates.