Old Latin School

Old Latin School Follow the ILSW's presence in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, in the historical "Alte Lateinschule" directly next to Dr. Martin Luther's church.

Wittenberg, Germany, is the very place God chose for restoring the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Church and to the world. This is the place where He raised up reformers, most notably Dr. Martin Luther, who would boldly proclaim the truth of His Word even in the face of powerful opponents and the threat of death. (The city today is called Lutherstadt Wittenberg in honor of the great reformer.)

Our mission will be accomplished through a Christian education and outreach center in Wittenberg located in the town’s Old Latin School (Alte Lateinschule), an historic building built in 1564 and located just steps from the Town Church, St. Mary’s (die Stadt- und Pfarrkirche St. Marien), which has been called the “Mother Church of the Reformation.” The Old Latin School was renovated between 2013 and 2015 and then dedicated for this purpose in May 2015. The Old Latin School provides a platform also for the International Lutheran Council, whose mission is to support church bodies that “proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God.” This also is the confessional subscription of the ILSW partnership.

03/06/2026

WORLD – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) rejects public accusations by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) that it has directed members to leave the LWF. “The International Lutheran Council was not involved in any way with the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya to leave...

03/06/2026

TODAY IN HISTORY: On June 3, 1931, Francis August Otto Pieper, theologian and president of Concordia Seminary St. Louis and fourth president of the Missouri Synod, died.

Franz Pieper was born in Pomerania, Germany on 27 June 1852 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Upon completing his studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, he was ordained on July 1875 in Centerville, Wisconsin. Pieper served as pastor in Centerville for one year before accepting a call to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he served for two years. He then became a professor at his alma mater in 1878, and in 1887 became its president. From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the Synodical Conference. He served as President of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod from 1899 until 1911.

Pieper is perhaps better known that other seminary and synod presidents of yesteryear because of his three-volume Christian Dogmatics (1950–1953), translated from the German Christliche Dogmatik (1917–1924). The work still serves as an important theological work within the LCMS, and was also the basis of the condensed, single-volume Dogmatics by John Theodore Mueller.

Pieper married Minnie Koehn in 1877, and the couple had thirteen children in all. By our research, three of his sons (Francis, Theodore, and Erich) became pastors, and his daughter, Irene Therese Pieper Koenig (1895–1967), was a medical doctor and married to Rev. George Karl August Koenig, who was briefly the president of the Atlantic District. Small Lutheran world!

01/06/2026

We invite you to memorize Galatians 3:26 with us this week.

Memorizing Scripture is a valuable practice for Christians, even in a digital age. Join us each week as we hide God's Word in our hearts.

Learn more at lcms.org/memoryverse.

31/05/2026

+SERVICE OF THE WORD+
The Holy Trinity
May 31, 2026

SECOND READING
Acts 2:14a, 22–36

Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, ...

“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him,

“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.’

Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

GOSPEL
Matthew 28:16–20

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

31/05/2026

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
The Holy Trinity
May 31, 2026

In peace, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For the Church of God, called out of darkness into His marvelous light and purchased with the precious blood of Christ, that she would be kept in the true faith, without error, schism or compromise, until He welcomes her home as His spotless bride, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For the floor committees who prepare the work of our Synod’s convention, that they would walk in a manner worthy of Christ and be guided by God’s Word throughout their labors, so that the Lord’s good and gracious will may be done among us, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For creation and the good gift of man and woman with whom God has crowned it, let us give thanks to the Lord; and for His continued blessing of marriage with its callings and promises, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For nations, governments, leaders and civil servants, that peace and justice may abide here in our land and throughout the world, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For those afflicted in body or mind, soul or spirit, that the Lord would give them grace to entrust themselves to their Savior’s loving hands and to await relief according to His good and gracious will, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For all who receive the blessed Sacrament, that they may show forth the fruits of the Spirit in lives of faith, repentance and goodness, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For wisdom, that as faithful stewards we may govern His creation well and use the earth’s resources in a God-pleasing manner, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

Lord God, heavenly Father, You have called Your Church from every tribe and nation. Grant that Your people throughout the world would rejoice in the death and resurrection of Christ and live as those who have died and risen with Him in Holy Baptism; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Adresse

Jüdenstraße 38
Wittenberg
06886

Öffnungszeiten

Montag 07:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 17:00
Dienstag 07:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 17:00
Mittwoch 07:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 17:00
Donnerstag 07:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 17:00
Freitag 07:00 - 13:00
15:00 - 17:00
Sonntag 07:00 - 11:00

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