In July 2013 The Theological College of Lanka celebrated her Golden Jubilee. The theme of the Golden Jubilee became "God of Life Reconcile us" -calling all people of God to be messengers of God's peace and justice in the world, in the context of given need for peace and reconciliation resulting from the prolonged ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka . Reverend Dr. Dietrich Werner was the Chief Guest and came as the official representative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at this solemn and significant moment. WCC's theological education fund offered one of the first grants for the foundation of the college in earnest view of formation of a new generation of ministers and laity, theologians and students for the unity of the church, nation building and peacemaking in a new nation.