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Lutheran Theological Seminary

Lutheran Theological Seminary is one of the oldest institutions of academic theology in Hong Kong. Founded originally in 1913 as the Central China Union Lutheran Theological Seminary by the Hauge's Synod Mission, American Lutheran Mission, Norwegian Missionary Society and the Finnish Missionary, it was renamed as Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1923. The first campus was at Shekow, about 10 miles north of Hankow in Hubeli Province. In 1920, the Augustana Synod Mission became a supporting mission of the seminary.

From 1938 to 1940 classes were suspended due to Sino-Japanese war. In 1942, five females were admitted to the seminary for the first time.

In 1946, the American Lutheran Mission became a mission member of the Seminary.

In 1948, the Church of Sweden Mission became the sixth supporting mission of the Seminary. Because of the civil war in China, the Faculty decided to suspend classes there and to move south to Hong Kong by the invitation of the Christian Mission to Buddhists on To Fung Shan.

In 1954, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong held a founding ceremony on Tao Fung Shan.