In the first chapel service of 2025, Lenoir-Rhyne celebrated the long-awaited arrival of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary to the Hickory Campus.
LTSS faculty, staff, alumni, students and friends shared memories and looked ahead as they gathered at the decommissioning service for the Columbia campus.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary will officially begin its new chapter in Hickory with an opening service on January 15, 2025 in Grace Chapel.
Updates from the Rev. Dr. Chad Rimmer on the LTSS move to the LR Hickory campus. Information on transition tables, accreditation reports, date for the Decommissioning Service and the new location for the seminary in Russell House.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary will host a special decommissioning service on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. to commemorate the move of the seminary from Columbia, South Carolina, to Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Hickory campus.
Keeping the lines of communication open, the Rev Dr. Chad Rimmer took questions from LTSS alumni to provide updates and clarity about the seminary's upcoming relocation.
An update for LTSS alumni on Alumni Day success, dates for the next LTSS alumni forums, Hickory campus visit and Columbia commencement.
Update on the Lenoir-Rhyne University Board of Trustees action approving the LTSS move to the Hickory campus and the format of Alumni Day.
The LR Board of Trustees voted on March 22 to approve the move off LTSS from Columbia, S.C., to the campus in Hickory, N.C. The vote was unanimous.
Today, every seminary of nearly every denomination is contending with strong headwinds across the landscape of theological education.
LTSS, one of the ELCA’s seven seminaries, will move from Columbia, South Carolina, to the main campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina.
After prayerful, careful discernment of the headwinds we face across the broader landscape of theological education, the Lenoir-Rhyne board of trustees has made the decision to move LTSS to the university’s main campus in Hickory in January.
