Category: Education News

September 4, 2019

Seminaries Sunday 2019

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada no longer designates a specific day “Seminaries Sunday”, but encourages her congregations to remember the two seminaries with prayers and offerings. You may wish to observe it in conjunction with an Education Sunday in the autumn, remembering the opening of our…

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August 26, 2019

LCC seminaries prepare for new school year

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries are gearing up for the new school year, and are inviting you to attend their opening services. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) will hold its Opening Service for the 2019-2020 school year in the seminary chapel at 7:00…

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August 23, 2019

K-W Lutheran School Society becomes K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education

KITCHENER, Ontario – The K-W Lutheran School Society has now become the K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education. Following the closure of Christ Lutheran School in Kitchener, the society’s Letters Patent became out of date. Members later applied for revised Supplementary Letters Patent. That application has…

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August 16, 2019

CLS Professor Stephen Chambers to return to parish ministry

EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) has announced that Rev. Dr. Stephen Chambers, Professor of Exegetical Theology, will be stepping down at the end of the Fall Semester in order to return to parish ministry. Dr. Chambers has accepted a call to serve Grace Lutheran…

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July 31, 2019

When You Fast: New book from CLTS professor

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau, Associate Professor of Theology at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS), has authored a new book, When You Fast: The Sacramental Character of Fasting. The new book is published by Wipf and Stock Publishers, and features a foreword…

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July 31, 2019

Learn Hebrew online

NOTE: This class has been cancelled. ONLINE – Starting Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton is offering a nine-month evening course in Biblical Hebrew (BL-090/091) by distance education. Potential students can access it on the internet from anywhere. Biblical Hebrew can…

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