The Evangelical Lutheran Church "considers Christian education of children very important" (Amamkpa et al 1986; 83) being one of her cardinal objectives in pursuance of her guiding philosophy of "The Soul of Education is the Education of the Soul”. After the intention of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission to establish schools was made known to the then Ministry of Education at Enugu, as presented by the resident missionary, Rev. Henry Nau, who came back to Nigeria with a cream of white scholars and missionaries such as Rev. John Louis Konz, Mr. P. Dharmapalam, Mrs. N. H. Reim among others, approval was given to the church in December 27, 1949 to establish the prestigious Lutheran High School, Obot Idim and others. Entrance examination was immediately conducted and about five hundred (500) candidates sat for it out of which twenty eight (28) were successful.

These successful twenty eight pioneer students along with seasoned members of staff started what Ofonime Inyang described as "a well rounded qualitative and result oriented secondary education at the premises of Boechler Memorial Primary School" on January 28, 1950.

Rev. J. P Kretzmann who led in this historical devotion on that occasion took his lesson from Deut. Chapter 6 and verses 6 - 9.

"And these words, which I commend thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when. thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shall bind then for a sign upon thine hand and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shall write them upon the post of thy house, and on thy gates" (KJV).