Seminary Certification

Objectives

1. To accept into the Seminary Certification Program qualified men who have expressed a desire to serve in the WELS pastoral ministry.
2. To provide these men with the academic skills needed to meet the course requirements at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS).

Policies

1. All men who are interested in preparing for the pastoral ministry and who are married or older than 21 should contact the Pastoral Studies Institute at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (address on page 14 of the MLC Catalog).
2. Men whom the Pastoral Studies Institute recommends to apply for the MLC Seminary Certification program must meet with the Non-traditional Student Committee of Studies in Pastoral Ministry before they are accepted into the program.
3. The Seminary Certification program is designed for men who have demonstrated spiritual maturity and leadership skills in their local congregations.
4. Men older than traditional college students have the option of a degree program or a Seminary Certification program.
5. Under ordinary circumstances, men discontinuing their studies at MLC and later returning resume the program they were carrying when they discontinued.
6. The Records Office tailors a Seminary Certification program to correspond with the academic background of each student.
7. The Records Office arranges a program that allows each student to acquire the needed academic skills in the fewest possible semesters.
8. MLC awards a certificate to men who successfully complete their prescribed program.

Goal

The goal of the Seminary Certification program is to recommend to WLS a continuing number of mature men who have demonstrated appropriate spiritual, academic, and personal attributes to continue preparation for the pastoral office.

For more information, contact the SPaM Academic Dean.