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1966
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The
school was founded by four Lutheran missions: Evangelical
Lutheran Free Church of Norway; Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission; Lutheran Brethren China Mission, USA; and Norwegian
Lutheran Mission.
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1976
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Four
national synods related to the above mentioned four missions
joined the Board of Directors.
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1977
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Joined
ATA as an associated member.
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1978
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Conferred
the B.Th. and B.R.E. Degrees.
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1982
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Became
a member of the Association of Taiwan Theological
Institutions.
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1989
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Five
national Lutheran synods in
Taiwan
signed The Agreement for Enlarged Cooperation in China
Lutheran Seminary.
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1992
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The
Sixth Lutheran synod officially joined the cooperation in
theological education.
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1994
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Established
Grassroots Mission Training Program, and completed
Faculty/Students Residence, and New Chapel/Classrooms.
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1995
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Established
Research
Center
for Traditional Chinese Religions and New Religious
Movements.
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1997
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Established
China Lutheran Seminary Publishing House; Triumph Lutheran
Brethren Church became the cooperative congregation on
Campus.
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1998
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Renovated
old chapel and classrooms into a new and modernized
administrative center.
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1999
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Sponsored
John Stott Seminar: New Vision for the New Millennium.
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2003
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Established
Graduate
School
in Luther Studies which offers M.Th. Degree Program; began
M.A. Program in Care and Counseling; started Distance
Learning Program.
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2004
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Enrolled
Bachelor and Master students at four CLS branch schools.
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2005
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The
Construction Project for Theological Education and
Church
Resource
Center
began.
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2007
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The
Theological Education and
Church
Resource
Building
was completed.
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2008
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CLS
begins to serve as a base for theological education, para-church
ministries, a worship place for congregations, and a center
for retreats.
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2009
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The
library holdings increased rapidly due to a series of
significant donations of personal theological libraries.
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2010
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ATA
renewed the accreditation of CLS for another five years.
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2011
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School
History Room is established. CLS celebrated its 45th
anniversary and hosted the special activities for a week.
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2012
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CLS
signed the sister seminary cooperation memorandum with
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong.
The
Mission
Center
and the
Center
of
New Immigrants-Home
of Blessing start to operate to develop the ministry to new
immigrants from South-Eastern Asia.
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2013
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The
Institute
of
Luther
’s Study celebrated its 10th anniversary. The special
seminar of Dr. Hans Schwarz was held together with a sale of
coffee, second-hand books, and re-sell-it daily necessities.
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2014
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Dr.
Thomas Yu
retired and is honored with president emeritus status.
Dr.
Samuel Liu
is inaugurated to be the 13th president of CLS.
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2015
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Established
Doctor of Ministry Program; Added Biblical Study major in
M.Th. program; Updated the library system. Developed distant
education with the cooperation of the Ai Xue Net in the
grassroot program.
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