Seminary Economics 101: Where do professional church leaders come from?

a. where flowers grow and people are buried

b. where pastors and teachers are trained for ministry

c. a type of wheat flour used to make pasta

2. How many seminaries are there in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America?

a. 4

b. 6

c. 8

d. 10

3. Which two seminaries does your synod support?

a. Luther Seminary and Wartburg Theological Seminary

b. Wartburg Theological Seminary and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

c. Luther Seminary and Trinity Lutheran Seminary

d. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Trinity Lutheran Seminary

4. Which two ELCA seminaries grew the most in the last five years?

a. Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

b. Luther Seminary and Trinity Lutheran Seminary

c. Wartburg Theological Seminary and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

d. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and Trinity Lutheran Seminary

5. In 1950, what was annual tuition for the typical Lutheran seminary student?

a. less than $500

b. $500 - $1,000

c. $1,000 +

6. Today, the annual cost for a single ELCA student living in shared housing (including tuition, books, and living expenses) is:

a. $10,000

b. $15,000

c. $20,000

d. $25,000

7. What percent of a seminary’s annual operating income comes from the ELCA and supporting synods?

a. 100%

b. 75%

c. 50%

d. 20%

8. What percent of a seminary’s annual income comes from tuition?

a. 75%

b. 60%

c. 40%

d. less than 20%

9. Who else supports seminaries with contributions to annual operating expenses and endowment?

a. individuals

b. congregations

c. foundations

d. all of these

10. How many graduates for LSTC, WartburgTheological Seminary and Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest are serving as professional leaders (pastors, bishops, administrators, teachers and/or retired) in Texas and Louisiana synods?

a. 201

b. 350

c. 400

d. 500 +

11. According to the ELCA Yearbook, how many baptized members are there in the congregations of ELCA Regions 4 and 5?

a. 537,281

b. 749,349

c. 1,014,032

d. 1,363,890

12. How many individuals in ELCA Regions 4 & 5 made a gift to either Wartburg Theological Seminary, the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, or the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in the last year?

a. fewer than 5,000

b. 7,283

c. 10, 872

The above "Quiz" has been brought to you by Wartburg Theological Seminary, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and Lutheran Seminary Program of the Southwest.

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