Ministerial Education
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matthew 9:38).
The continuing scriptural purpose of Ministerial Education is the preparation of candidates for the public ministry of the gospel to proclaim Christ’s love in the congregations, schools, and mission fields of our fellowship. A special emphasis of the last biennium has been to identify and meet the continuing and changing needs of our church body at this point in the history of the holy Christian Church.
MISSION STATEMENT
WELS Ministerial Education works to provide workers for the more than 1,200 churches and 750 schools in the synod. WELS provides this education through a system of four schools: two high-school-level preparatory schools, a college, and a seminary.
What We Do
WELS offers ministerial education through four schools in three tiers: Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., and Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Mich., on the high school level; Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., on the college level; and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, Wis., on the graduate school, seminary level.
The purpose of WELS’ ministerial education program is the preparation of candidates for the public ministry of the gospel. Pastors, teachers, and staff ministers are prepared to proclaim the good news of Christ’s love at Martin Luther College. Learn more about the academic programs offered there.
Martin Luther College also offers alternative pathways for adult learners.
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