PROFILES IN GIVING
Endowed Chair Honors Mark H. Steiner
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oncordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), Indiana, is blessed with an outstanding faculty. One of the ways that educational institutions have sought to assure the long-term future of talented faculty is to establish endowed faculty chairs. Income from the endowment pays the costs related to the faculty member appointed to the chair. Endowments such as these are especially important during times of economic downturn such as we are experiencing now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CTSFW recently established The Dean O. Wenthe Chair in Old Testament Theology. It is named in honor of the Rev. Dr. Dean O. Wenthe, President Emeritus of CTSFW. The endowment will support a faculty member who teaches in the discipline of Old Testament studies. 28
Dr. Wenthe served almost his entire ministry as a faculty member of CTSFW. He first taught for a few years in the 1970s when the Seminary was in Springfield, Illinois. Then he served as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic, Iowa. For Forthe theLife Lifeof ofthe theWorld World
