Category: Education News

January 6, 2014

LCC’s seminaries undergo ATS accreditation review

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries are undergoing accreditation reviews this year with the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada. An evaluation committee from the ATS will be visiting Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) March 10-13. Concordia Lutheran…

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December 13, 2013

Lachish Expedition 2014

ISRAEL – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) extends an open invitation to all Lutheran Church–Canada pastors, deacons, and church-members to take part in its 2014 expedition to Israel under the direction of Rev. Dr. Stephen Chambers. This year’s group will be based at Lachish, about 40…

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November 27, 2013

FaithLife Lecture to address Opera and the Christian faith

EDMONTON – The Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF), with the sponsorship of FaithLife Financial, will hold its annual FaithLife Lecture at Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tegler Centre. The lecture…

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November 12, 2013

Dr. Gimbel accepts call to serve as CLS President

EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary has announced that Rev. Dr. James Gimbel has accepted the call to serve as the seminary’s President, with plans to begin in January 2014. “I have completed deliberating on the Call,” Dr. Gimbel wrote in an email to staff and…

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November 7, 2013

Annual Pastor’s Desk Diary now available for order

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary has announced its annual pastor’s desk diary is now available for order. It contains readings from the three-year and one-year lectionaries, including variants for the major Lutheran churches in Canada (LCC, ELCIC, WELS). The original work of…

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October 28, 2013

Edmonton seminary calls new president

EDMONTON – The Board of Regents of Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) has extended a call to Rev. Dr. James R. Gimbel to become its next president. The action was taken after the seminary’s electors conducted interviews and cast their votes on Friday, October 25. Dr. Gimbel has…

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