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Title: Hein-Fry Lectures Via Satellite ELCA NEWS SERVICE March 11, 1996 HEIN-FRY LECTURES VIA SATELLITE Interactive lectures via satellite will be added to the annual lecture series of all eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Rev. Philip J. Hefner, professor of systematic theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and the Rev. Timothy Lull, academic dean and professor of systematic theology, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., will present the 1996 Hein-Fry Lecture Series. In addition to the traditional campus visits -- each speaker visiting four campuses -- both presenters will take part in a video conference on April 29 from Austin, Texas, with 15 downlink sites across the United States. The presenters explore the role and shape of the church for mission in the present individualistic and spiritually hungry age by addressing the question: "How is the Church Necessary for Salvation?" Hefner began the series Feb. 1-2 at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbus, S.C.; Feb. 15-16 at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.; and Feb. 29 at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. Lull continues the series April 16 at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; April 17-18 at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.; April 24 at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; and April 26 at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. Hefner closes the series May 2-3 at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2058; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956