Deepening Faith.
Challenging Minds.
Expanding Hearts.
Energizing Mission.
Where the wisdom of tradition is applied in the innovative context of the West Coast
Associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary is the only Lutheran seminary in the western half of the United States. PLTS is a founding member of the Graduate Theological Union, a consortium of 19 seminaries and research centers in partnership with the UC Berkeley.
The resulting context in which we work and study is an interfaith and cross-cultural experience.
Announcing the next Rector of PLTS: Rev. Dr. Colleen Windham-Hughes
Upcoming Events
In a digital age that is always reforming, AI has become part and parcel of living in modernity. Given its impact, it becomes necessary to ask: how do we best live in the world with the AI reality, and how do we respond to it faithfully and theologically? To explore this, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary will host an AI Disputatio following the Aquinian questio model in collaboration with powerful voices in medicine, ecology, and higher education. The events of the day include the main disputatio, worship, lunch, and a variety of themed generative conversations hosted by theology and AI experts. Join us online or in Berkeley on Wednesday, February 25 from 8:30 am - 3 pm for a dynamic day of inquiry!
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Join us in Berkeley for our Signs Along the Way discernment event, March 13-15, 2026
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Check out this video tour to get a feel for our campus, student housing, and surrounding neighborhood.
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Intersectional Lens
The PLTS curriculum is taught through the lens of intersectionality, particularly focusing on the nexus of RACE, CLASS, GENDER, and EARTH justice. Inside the classroom, in our worship, and in our community life, we seek to resist white supremacy, heterosexism, patriarchy, and all other systems that are antithetical to God’s love.
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