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

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(ELCA) affiliated with the

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Network in order to train Lutheran clergy and other church workers. The Institute of Lutheran Theology is not supported by a single

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or religious association, but several. These include the

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, 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

and lack seminaries of their own.

Academics

The institution is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). 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.

Library

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

Notable faculty

*Robert Benne *Dennis Bielfeldt * John Eidsmoe *Paul Hinlicky *Jack Kilcrease *George Tsakiridis *Lucas V. Woodford (emeritus)

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