God’s Mission is in the DNA of the Church - 2/2019

In this inaugural episode, Rev. Dr. Detlev Schulz, Associate
Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary
in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director
of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of
Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore
how our doctrinal understanding of the church (ecclesiology)
informs the very purpose and practical strategies for mission in
our world today. Based on biblical promise, hear how God has sent
His church on its mission with power and authority and why church
planting remains a central activity of the church today. About Rev.
Dr. Detlev Schulz: Dr. Schulz joined the Concordia Theological
Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, faculty in the fall of 1998. He
serves as professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions, dean of
Graduate Studies and director of the Ph.D. in Missiology Program.
In 1984, Schulz earned his B.A. degree at the University of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In 1988, he successfully completed
his M.Div. studies at the Lutherische Theologische Hochschule in
Oberursel, Germany. In 1990, he earned his S.T.M. degree at CTSFW.
He then served in the Independent Evangelical–Lutheran Church in
Germany (SELK) as vicar in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1990–1992. In
1994, he concluded his studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, by
earning a Th.D. in Systematics. From 1994–1998, Dr. Schulz was a
missionary in Serowe, Botswana, for the Lutheran Church Mission of
the SELK.