Seminaries

Here are a few schools and seminaries we recommend for you and your family

Seminaries

LCMC pastors study and prepare for ministry at a variety of existing seminaries and ministry training schools. While there are no “LCMC seminaries”, the seminaries listed on this page have a working relationship with LCMC and are familiar with our certification requirements. Some of these schools offer an M.Div. degree consistent with those certification requirements; some offer shorter certificate programs; and some offer both. Some of these seminaries are externally accredited and some are not.

If you have questions about preparing for pastoral ministry in LCMC at these or other seminaries, please contact Perry Fruhling, the Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry, or Steve Turnbull, the LCMC Ministry Board seminary liaison.

Beyond the River Academy
(Training for Rural Ministry
)

Rev. Kent Wallace
609 1st St
Parkersburg, IA 50665
Phone: 715-296-0797 (Pr. Kent Wallace); 920-770-2106 (Melissa Laurila)
Email: heartsdesireranch@juno.com or melissa.laurila@gmail.com
Website: www.beyondtheriveracademy.org

Cross-Cultural Ministry Center
Concordia University Irvine

1530 Concordia West
Irvine, CA  92612
Phone: 949-214-3405
Email: glenn.fluegge@cui.edu
Website: www.cui.edu/cmc/lcmc

Faith Evangelical Seminary

3504 North Pearl Street
Tacoma, WA  98407
Phone: (253) 752-2020
Email: mjadams@faithseminary.edu
Website: www.faithseminary.edu

Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Charlotte)

14542 Choate Circle
Charlotte, NC  28273
Phone: (704) 527-9909
Email: charinfo@gcts.edu
Website: www.gordonconwell.edu

Institute of Lutheran Theology

910 4th Street
Brookings, SD  57006
Phone: (605) 692-9337
Fax: (605) 692-0884
Email:  businessadmin@ilt.org
Website: www.ilt.org

The Master’s Institute Seminary

4000 Linden Street
White Bear Lake, MN  55110
Phone: (651) 765-9756
Email: info@themastersinstitute.org
Website: www.themastersinstitute.org

Niagara Lutheran Theological Institute

P.O. Box 311
Wilson, NY  14172-0311
Email: niagaralutheran@gmail.com

Saint Paul Lutheran Seminary

PO Box 112
Springfield, MN  56087
Phone: (507) 591-0898
Email: jsmith@semlc.org 
Website: www.semlc.org

Sioux Falls Seminary

2100 S Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD  57105
Phone: (800) 440-6227
Email: admissions@sfseminary.edu
Website: www.sfseminary.edu