The ELCA Wittenberg Center

The ELCA Wittenberg Center was founded in 1999 as a learning center of the ELCA. The Center invites individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and other ministry groups to come to Wittenberg, Germany to explore their Lutheran faith, roots, and identity.

Educational Programs

The Center holds annual seminars in Wittenberg and webinars that connect Reformation topics and events with today’s church and society, following the Center’s call to be historically rooted and radically relevant. Webinars are free for anyone interested, and are targeted for an ELCA audience, including ELCA laypeople, rostered ministers, and ELCA global partners.

To watch past webinars, please visit the following link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7758240

Here is a list of past ELCA Wittenberg Center webinars:

• “Resilience & Revolution: The Role of Protest and Rebellion in Creating Social Change” with the Rev. Dr. Anthony Bateza and the Rev. Danielle Dokman
• “The Magnificat: Turning the World Upside Down” Three-Part Series with the Rev. Dr. Wanda Deifelt, the Rev. Heidi Neumark, the Rev. Dr. Mary Lowe, the Rev. Angela Trejo Haager, the Rev. Dr. Guy Erwin, and the Rev. Dr. Mercedes Garcia Bachmann
• “A Conscious Captive to God’s Word: Luther at the Diet or Worms 500th Anniversary” with the Rev. Dr. Martin Lohrmann and the Rev. Dr. Kirsi Stjerna
• “The Freedom of a Christian: A 1520 Treatise by Martin Luther” Three-Part Series with the Rev. Dr. Carmelo Santos, the Rev. Dr. Moses Penumaka, and the Rev. Nicolette Marie Peñaranda

Group Travel to Wittenberg

The ELCA Wittenberg Center is not a travel agency, but we do work very closely with and can recommended “Christian Tours Europe,” whose office is conveniently located across the street from the ELCA Wittenberg Center at Jüdenstr. 8. For more information, go to https://christiantourseurope.com/ and/or email contact@christiantourseurope.com.

To plan opportunities for study abroad programs, retreats, conferences and meetings, we highly recommend the “Colleg Wittenberg.” The Colleg Wittenberg can provide housing for up to 48 participants with classrooms for seminars and lectures. For more information go https://www.collegwittenberg.com/ and/or email info@collegwittenberg.de.

Worship Opportunities in English

The ELCA Wittenberg Center and the LWF Center Wittenberg lead a Reformation worship service together in English each year on October 30th at 5:00pm in the Castle Church.

The ELCA Wittenberg Center is also able to organize a worship service for your group when you visit.

Every year between May 1st and October 31st, an independent, pan-Lutheran organization called Wittenberg English Ministry (WEM) offers the following worship services in English:

• Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:00-2:20pm in the Fronleichnamkapelle (Corpus Christi Chapel), located directly next to the Stadtkirche (Town Church)
• Fridays from 12:00-12:20pm in the Schlosskirche (Castle Church)
• Saturdays from 5:00-5:45pm in either the Castle or Town church

For more information and for an updated worship schedule, please go to https://www.wittenbergenglishministry.com/. WEM is always looking for more ELCA pastors to come to Wittenberg and volunteer to lead worship for 2 weeks. Contact WEM Director Rev. Robert Flohrs at info@wittenbergenglishministry.com to apply. We highly recommend this opportunity!

Worship Opportunities in German

Midday Prayer is held Monday through Friday from 12:00-12:15pm at the Stadtkirche (Town Church). Worship services occur each Sunday at 10:00am at the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) and 11:00am at the Stadtkirche (Town Church).

Visit the ELCA Wittenberg Center

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