Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...

(ELCA) has seven seminaries: * Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois) *

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS) is a theological seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and located in Columbia, South Carolina. It offers theological degrees. In 2012, it merged with Lenoir-Rhyne University, ...

(Columbia, South Carolina): merged with

Lenoir–Rhyne University Lenoir–Rhyne University is a private Lutheran university in Hickory, North Carolina. Founded in 1891, the university is affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Academics The university i ...

Luther Seminary Luther Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the largest seminary of the ELCA. It also accepts and educates students of 41 other denominations and traditions. It is accredited ...

(St. Paul, Minnesota) * Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (Berkley, California): affiliated with

California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 ...

* Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio): merged with

Capital University Capital University (Capital, Cap, or CU) is a private university in Bexley, Ohio. Capital was founded as the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio in 1830, and later was associated with that synod's successor, the Ame ...

United Lutheran Seminary United Lutheran Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Gettysburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the seven seminaries of the church. It was created in 2017 when the Lutheran Theological Seminary a ...

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): Merger of Lutheran Theological Seminaries at Gettysburg and

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

* Wartburg Theological Seminary (Dubuque, Iowa) In addition, the ELCA sponsors the following seminary education programs, which are not on the campus of an ELCA seminary: *Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (Austin, Texas) *Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta (Georgia)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

The

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; french: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 95,000 baptized members in 519 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–C ...

(ELCIC) has two seminaries: *

Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon is a degree-granting theological school affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. The seminary was originally created to prepare candidates for Lutheran ministry in Western Canada. It is supported by ...

(Saskatchewan) *

Martin Luther University College Martin Luther University College, formerly Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada federated with the nondenominational Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Waterloo, Ontario. History In 1911, ...

(Waterloo, Ontario): federated with

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The newer Brantford and Milton campuses are not considered satellite campuses ...

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ

Instead of having its own seminaries,

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. It began in 2001 ...

(LCMC) hosts Lutheran Studies programs at other Christian institutions, some of which are affiliated with and/or serve other Lutheran Denominations: *Cross-Cultural Ministry Center hosted at Concordia University Irvine (California): affiliated with

LCMS LCMS may refer to: Science and technology * Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, a chemical analysis technique * Learning content management system * LittleCMS, an open-source color management system Organizations * Lindero Canyon Middle S ...

Sioux Falls Seminary Sioux Falls Seminary is a private Baptist seminary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is part of Kairos University. It is also affiliated to the North American Baptist Conference. History The seminary was founded in in Rochester, New York, and ...

(Sioux Falls, South Dakota): affiliated with the

North American Baptist Conference North American Baptists (NAB) is an association of Baptists in the United States and Canada, generally of German ethnic heritage with roots in Pietism. History The roots of the NAB go back to 1839, when Konrad Anton Fleischmann began work in New J ...

Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) is an evangelical seminary with its main campus in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and three other campuses in Boston, Massachusetts; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Jacksonville, Florida. According to the Ass ...

(Hamilton, Massachusetts):

non-denominational A non-denominational person or organization is one that does not follow (or is not restricted to) any particular or specific religious denomination. Overview The term has been used in the context of various faiths including Jainism, Baháʼí Fait ...

* Faith Evangelical Seminary (Tacoma, Washington): non-denominational; also serves the Conservative Lutheran Association (CLA) *

Institute of Lutheran Theology The Institute of Lutheran Theology is a private Lutheran seminary in Brookings, South Dakota. It provides distance education online and at its campus in Brookings. History The Institute of Lutheran Theology was started in 2009 by conservative ...

(Brookings, South Dakota): pan-Lutheran

Lutheran Church–Canada

The Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has two seminaries: *

Concordia Lutheran Seminary Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) is a Lutheran seminary situated on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta, Canada. The seminary is located near the campus of Concordia University of Edmonto ...

(Edmonton, Alberta) *

Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, founded in 1976, is a seminary of the Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) affiliated with Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Its primary purpose is to educate students seeking ordination in LCC, but ...

(St. Catharines, Ontario): affiliated with Brock University

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

The

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...

(LCMS) has two seminaries: * Concordia Seminary (Clayton Missouri) * Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Other Lutheran bodies

American Association of Lutheran Churches The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC, also known as The AALC) is an American Lutheran church body. It was formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church denomination, the majority of which merged with t ...

(AALC):

American Lutheran Theological Seminary American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

(Fort Wayne, Indiana) * Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC): Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary (Plymouth, Minnesota) * Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA): Lutheran Brethren Seminary (Fergus Falls, Minnesota) * Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC): Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) * Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS): Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Mankato, Minnesota) *

North American Lutheran Church The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) is a Lutheran denomination with over 420 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, counting more than 142,000 baptized members. The NALC believes all doctrines should and must be judged by th ...

(NALC): **

North American Lutheran Seminary The North American Lutheran Seminary (NALS) is the seminary system of the North American Lutheran Church. The proposal resulted from the work of NALC's Task Force for Theological Education and recommended two components for the seminary system. T ...

(Ambridge, Pennsylvania): housed at

Trinity School for Ministry Trinity School for Ministry (TSM), formerly known as Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, is an Anglican seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is generally associated with low church, evangelical Anglicanism. History In the mid 1970s, several p ...

( Evangelical Anglican) **

(Brookings, South Dakota): pan-Lutheran *

United Lutheran Mission Association The United Lutheran Mission Association (ULMA) is a Lutheran church organization in the United States. History The United Lutheran Mission Association was established at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on July 16, 2005. There, representatives of ...

(ULMA):

Walther Theological Seminary Walther Theological Seminary is an institution of theological higher education located in Decatur, Illinois, USA, that provides preparation of pastors for the congregations and missions of the United Lutheran Mission Association (ULMA) and Confess ...

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee ...

(WELS): Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary The Augsburg Lutheran Churches and

Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations The Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations (CALC) is a small Lutheran denomination in Canada. Along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Lutheran Church–Canada, it is one of only three all-Canadian Lutheran denominations ...

(CALC) do not have their own seminaries but along with the LCMC and NALC are served by the pan-Lutheran

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