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1846 – 1861 in Fort Wayne; returned 1976 – present
Founded: Fort Wayne's seminary began informally in 1844, when F. C. D. Wyneken started training two men for the ministry in the city. Wilhelm Loehe of Neuendettelsau, Germany, sent eleven students and an instructor, who arrived in August 1846; classes began that October in the home of Pastor Wilhelm Sihler of St. Paul's, the seminary's first president (1846–1861). The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, organized in 1847, took ownership of the school from Loehe.
Course: The seminary bought 14 acres about a mile east of town in 1849. In 1861, with the Civil War draft falling on its students, it moved to St. Louis — swapping places with Concordia College, which came to Fort Wayne — and in 1875 it moved to Springfield, Illinois.
Fate: The seminary returned to Fort Wayne in 1976, taking over the Saarinen-designed Concordia Senior College campus at 6600 N. Clinton St. Operating.
Sources:
- David MacKenzie, Concordia Theological Seminary history (CTSFW).
- Concordia Theological Seminary (Wikipedia) — 1844–46 beginnings; the 1861, 1875 and 1976 moves.