Purpose

The Institute for Lutheran Apologetics (ILA) is a group of Confessional Lutherans who have brought together their training and experience in utilizing apologetics for both evangelism and discipleship purposes. Members of the ILA hope to assist and encourage pastors and lay members to use apologetics in their lives and ministries in appropriate ways.

People

The Institute for Lutheran Apologetics is composed of pastors, teachers, and laypeople from a variety of backgrounds, each of whom has demonstrated an interest and aptitude in the field of Christian apologetics. The Institute is organized into several working groups as well as a Steering Committee.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee plans annual meetings, organizes working groups, and generally oversees the total work of the Institute for Lutheran Apologetics.

  • Rev. Justin Cloute
    Moderator
  • Rev. Sam Jeske
    Co-Moderator
  • Rev. Caleb Bassett
  • Rev. Jonathan Hein
  • Prof. Luke Thompson

General Members

General members of the Institute for Lutheran Apologetics may attend annual meetings and serve on one or more working groups of the Institute.

  • Prof. Michael Berg
  • Mr. Mark Bergemann
  • Rev. Jon Buchholz
  • Rev. Caleb Davisson
  • Prof. Samuel Degner
  • Rev. Donn Dobberstein
  • Rev. Brian Doebler
  • Dr. Arthur Eggert
  • Mrs. Katie Gruba
  • Rev. James Hein
  • Rev. Geoffrey Kieta
  • Dr. Kerry Kuehn
  • Mrs. Valerie Locklair–Thur
  • Prof. Steven Pagels
  • Mr. Paul Patterson
  • Prof. Mark Paustian
  • Rev. Eric Roecker
  • Rev. Peter Schlicht