Talk:Martin Luther College

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• I hope to add information to this page as time allows. - Unsigned User
• Added a bit of info. I've been working on adding info on items related to the WELS. May come back and expand historical background when I have more time, unless someone beats me to it. --Lendorien 10:26, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Hello, thanks for your work. I was surprised to return and find the page I created still existed. All I changed right now was a simple spelling mistake.
• I see others haven't done any work. I added the graduates portion of the page, and encourage anyone else, especially those with a vested interest in the WELS or MLC to expand and edit this article. (April 9, 2006)

[edit] Seminary or College

Is this institution primairly for the training clergy (like a seminary) or providing a basic undergraduate education without specific focus on preparation for ordination (college)? Somone with specific knowledge of MLC should clarify this. jackturner3 14:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Note: What follows was posted to my talk page on 20 Decemeber. It is being re-produced here for interested parties. -- jackturner3 (talk) 15:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your Question about Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota

My name is the Rev. David G. Peters. I'm a WELS pastor in Union Grove, Wisconsin (Trinity Luth. Church), having been graduated from Martin Luther Academy (1976), Northwestern College (B.A., 1982), and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (M.Div., 1987; S.T.M., 1999). I'm also a Ph.D.(a.b.d.) in Patristics & Reformation Studies at Marquette University.

Martin Luther Academy was the preparatory department of Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. Although the college only trained Lutheran school teachers (awarding only the B.S.Ed. degree), the prep department had three programs from which all students had to choose: teacher's course, pastor's course, or general education course. MLA was moved off of the DMLC campus after the 1978-79 school year when it was relocated to the former Jesuit high school (Campion) in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where it was renamed Martin Luther Preparatory School. In 1995 MLPS was amalgamated with Northwestern Preparatory School on the campus it shared for 130 years with Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisc. The name of the merged prep schools is Luther Preparatory School. Simultaneously, NWC was moved up to New Ulm and amalgamated with DMLC.

The sole purposes of all these schools has for many, many decades been to train pastors, teachers, missionaries and staff ministers for the congregations and schools of the WELS. The selective liberal arts curriculum at Northwestern College (awarding only the B.A. degree) provided a well rounded pre-theological training focused on the study of foreign languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, German were all required; Spanish was a recently added elective). The balance of NWC's curriculum emphasized American and world history, English literature and composition, philosophy, psychology, music, lab sciences, and religious studies. Over 95% of NWC graduates matriculated at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for theological and pastoral training.

Any WELS pastor can verify the accuracy of what I've written. The best book on the history of NWC is Holding the Course by Carlton Toppe (Milwaukee: Northwestern Publ. House).

You may contact me at [deleted for privacy]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.135.53.125 (talk) 04:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)