The Old Latin School - International Lutheran Center

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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.