ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has announced that Rev. Dr. Thomas Korcok has accepted the call to serve as Associate Professor of Theology.

Dr. Korcok has been serving as a visiting professor at CLTS this fall semester, and so will transition seamlessly into his new role in January 2021. Dr. Korcok is a 1987 graduate of

CLTS, and pastored congregations in Ontario for twenty years. He previously taught Catechetics as a guest instructor at CLTS from 2004-2008. He earned his M.Phil. at the University of Glasgow and his Ph.D. at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. He has been a reserve chaplain in the Canadian Forces since 2009.

Dr. Korcok is the author of Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future. He has been a Professor of Theology at Concordia University Chicago since 2014. He recently established their Center for the Advancement of Lutheran Liberal Arts. He previously taught religion at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, New York.