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Prospective Students

Welcome to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Centered in the gospel and open to the world, LSTC is located in a vibrant urban setting and in an ecumenical consortium of Christian seminaries, with a diverse faculty and student body.

Whether you are interested in pursuing a degree leading to occupations as a pastor, theological educator, lay professional leader, diaconal minister, and other positions of church leadership, or you are looking at continuing your religious education as part of your professional career, LSTC has something to offer you. To find out more, begin by choosing the program that is right for you.

What is LSTC all about?

LSTC is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that seeks to train leaders who are centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and committed to the Christian faith.

As a seminary of the ELCA, LSTC preserves, explores, and interprets the Lutheran Heritage as a confessing movement calling the whole church to renewal. Out of this calling for renewal through confession, LSTC has developed centers committed to bringing voice to its Lutheran Heritage to numerous topics and environments in society, including Christian-Muslim dialogs, environmental concerns, multicultural issues, social work, gender issues, youth, and religion and science dialogs.

LSTC is a seminary community intentionally located in the heart of Chicago, an urban environment and one of the greatest centers for theological study in the world.

Learn more about LSTC, its vision, mission, and marks. Read the welcome statement and the president's message.