Category: Education News
Nicaragua celebrates the graduation of 29 new church workers
NICARAGUA – On January 25, the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) celebrated the graduation of 29 new church workers from the Seminario Teologico Reforma Luterana in Chinendega. In total, 17 deaconesses and 12 pastoral students received their diplomas. The deaconesses will now begin a…
Gene Veith keynote speaker for CCSCF’s third annual conference
EDMONTON – The Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith is preparing for its third annual conference. This year’s theme is “The Fine Arts and the Christian Faith.” The conference will be held March 21-22 at Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) in Edmonton….
Free online class on Bach’s Music and Theology
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) is gearing up for its Winter 2014 Quest Course: “A Man for our Times: Bach’s Music and Theology for a New Millennium.” The course, which is free to attend and will be live-streamed online, will be taught by Rev….
CLTS calls for Award Nominations
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Each May at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary’s annual Call Service, the seminary confers two major awards on worthy pastors and lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada. The recipient of the “Friend of the Seminary” award is nominated by the faculty or Board…
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…
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…