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2024 Student Awards Announced
FORT WAYNE, May 8, 2024—Seventeen students at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), received awards at a special convocation following the morning chapel service May 7. The awards were presented by representatives of the four academic departments, including Exegetical Theology, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Ministry and Missions, and Historical Theology; the Graduate School; the Deaconess Formation Program; and the Student Association.
“This annual awards convocation is one way that we recognize students’ outstanding academic and service achievement,” said CTSFW Provost Dr. Charles Gieschen. “On behalf of the entire faculty, I express our sincere appreciation for the many ways that the vast majority of our students pursue academic and vocational excellence in their theological studies and service.”
Support for the awards program, including gifts accompanying some of the awards, comes from organizations including Concordia Publishing House as well as private donations and the CTSFW Student Association, which assisted the Provost’s Office in organizing the convocation.
2024 Award Recipients
Department of Exegetical Theology
The St. Timothy Award: Harvey Peters (Sem II)
The Zondervan Biblical Hebrew Award: John Kastner (Sem IV)
The Zondervan Biblical Greek Award: Joseph Greenmyer (Sem IV)
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Exegetical Writing: David Krüger (Sem II)
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South Award for Outstanding Accomplishment: Joseph Goodroad (Sem IV)
Department of Systematic Theology
The Draves Family Scholarship: Matthew Kinne (Vicar)
The Zondervan Theology Award: Jonathan Anderson (Sem IV)
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Systematic Theology Writing: Shawn Barnett (Sem IV)
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Writing on the Lutheran Confessions: Andrew Hill (STM)
Department of Pastoral Ministry and Missions
The Gerhard Aho Homiletics Award: Scott Woodhouse (Sem IV)
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Pastoral Ministry and Missions Writing: Robert Doughty III (Sem IV)
The Pastoral Ministry and Missions Outstanding Bible Study Award: Luke Konkel (Sem II)
Department of Historical Theology
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Historical Theology Writing: Patrick Cox (Sem IV)
Graduate School
The Concordia Publishing House Award for Graduate School Research and Writing: Christian Mundorf (STM)
Deaconess Formation
The Elizabeth Fedde Award for Outstanding Service (residential student): Haley Randoph (Deaconess Studies, 2nd Year)
The Elizabeth Fedde Award for Outstanding Service (distance student): Beverly Walling (Deaconess Intern)
Student Association
Shepherd’s Staff Award (determined by student vote): Jordan DeBoer (Sem IV)
After the presentation of student awards, fourth-year class president John Kastner presented the gift from the Class of 2024. The class gift includes a deadlift platform for the weight room in Wambsganns Gymnasium, engraved plaques for the gym featuring strong men of the Bible, and a contribution to the Predigtamt Alumni Endowment Fund, which provides funds to graduating seminarians to purchase books.
“Our small gift of gratitude cannot compare to all the love and support shown to the Class of 2024, not only by the faculty but also by the staff and supporters of the Seminary,” said Kastner.
CTSFW President Dr. Lawrence Rast offered closing remarks, noting, “The spectrum of gifts, the variety of gifts, and the lack of any duplication among the awards this year shows just how blessed we actually are as a seminary, and what hope that grants to us as professors for the future of teaching the faith in our church body and in our partner churches throughout the world.”
You can watch the awards convocation in the recording of the May 7 chapel service by clicking here.
About Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
Founded in 1846, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, forms servants of Jesus Christ in a vibrant, Christ-centered theological community that engages and resources the church and the world, domestically and internationally, with distinctively Lutheran teaching, practice, and worship. To learn more, visit ctsfw.edu.
