Pastoral Training

FOR SEMINARY GRADUATES - Upon application and interview we will determine if we feel there is a need for additional study in some particular area. Normally this requirement will be met through assigned readings under tutorage of one of our Seminary staff or one of our pastors with strengths in that particular area of concern.

FOR A PROSPECTIVE PASTOR WITH SOME OR WITH NO SEMINARY TRAINING, BUT WHO WISHES TRAINING IN AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION - The LMS leadership will work with this individual in selecting a school, and in the incorporation into that seminary program a mentoring program with an LMS pastor, to see that the study and the practical work experience fits our understanding of doctrine and practice of ministry.

FOR THE OLDER, OR FOR THE SECOND OR THIRD CAREER INDIVIDUAL - We will work with this individual through our Seminary to see that life experience, an assigned course of study, and a one-on-one mentoring with one of our experienced parish pastors, will equip such a one for effective parish ministry.

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Educational Resources

We have recently made a number of additions to our Subscriptional Documents -- including many classic Lutheran texts:

• The Statement on the Word

• The Unaltered Augsburg Confession

• The Constitution of the LMS-USA

• The Small Catechism of Martin Luther

• The Apostle's Creed

• The Nicene Creed

• The Athanasian Creed

• The Lutheran Understanding of Chosen: The Election Controversy in Midwestern Lutheranism and its Lasting Ramifications, by Rev. Jeffrey Iverson
• The Charismatic Movement in the Lutheran Church, by Rev. Julius V. Kimpel
• Two Kinds of Authority, One Abiding Purpose
• The Confessions: How They Have Grown Out of Scripture
• Creeds As Confessions in Liturgy
• The Divinely Inspired, Inerrant, and Infallible Original Autographs - But Can We Say More?
• Understanding the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Service of Holy Communion
• Principles of Biblical Interpretation
• The Holy Spirit and His Gifts

Plus, we've got some Hotlinks from the Web.