Category: Education News

March 4, 2024

PMC and boards of LCC seminaries meet, evaluate progress

EDMONTON – The President’s Ministry Council (PMC) and the Boards of  Regents (BOR) of our two Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) seminaries met on January 30 in Edmonton to continue the work that began at their initial meeting in February of 2023 and to evaluate progress made…

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February 26, 2024

Praying for Seminary Education in LCC

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) two seminaries are providing congregations with new prayers focused on seminary education. The Boards of Regents of Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) held joint meetings in January 2024, during…

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January 31, 2024

Quest Course on C.S. Lewis

ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) will hold its Spring 2024 Quest course in February, and the theme will be “C.S. Lewis: Life and Relationships.” Rev. Dr. Joel Heck, Interim President of CLS and a noted scholar on C.S. Lewis, will teach the…

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January 19, 2024

CLTS seeking independent degree-granting status

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has announced that it is seeking independent degree-granting status, with hope to obtain government consent by the summer of 2024. “For four decades, the seminary has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Brock University, whereby the university…

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November 21, 2023

CLTS prof contributes to theological encyclopedia

ONLINE – Rev. Dr. John Stephenson has recently authored a new article for the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology (SAET). Dr. Stephenson is Professor Emeritus with Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario. The article—“Sacrifice and the Eucharist”—provides an overview of how different…

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October 20, 2023

Call for nominations for seminaries’ honorary awards

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Each May at the annual Call Service, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada. The recipient of the Friend of the Seminary award is nominated by…

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