Admissions

Professional Degrees and Certificates

Non-Discriminatory Admission Policy

Concordia does not discriminate in its academic programmes on the basis of gender, race, colour, religious affiliation, national or ethnic origin.

Admission Requirements - M.Div./M.T.S.

Applications for admission to the M.Div. and M.T.S. programmes, on either a full-time or a part-time basis, will be accepted from students holding a B.A. or B.Sc. degree or its equivalent from a recognized college or university, with not less than 70 per cent or second-class honours standing.

All applicants to the M.Div. degree are required to have a working knowledge of biblical Hebrew and Greek (demonstrated by successful completion of one full year of undergraduate-level study in each language, or by passing a competency examination to be administered by the seminary). M.T.S. applicants desiring to major in exegetical theology are required to have the same competency in the biblical language relevant to the testament of their choice (Greek for NT, Hebrew for OT).

Entering M. Div. Students who have not successfully taken undergraduate-level theology courses will be required to undergo testing of their familiarity with the content of the Bible, basic Christian doctrine, and church history. Performance in these tests, along with scrutiny of undergraduate transcripts, will determine whether, prior to full immersion in the Master of Divinity programme, students will be required to achieve a satisfactory performance in pre-seminary courses on the English Bible, basic Christian doctrine, and rudiments of church history.

Students lacking these pre-seminary requirements will find it necessary to add one year to their course of studies, and will be considered probationary during their first year.

The deadline for applications is the 1st of June, by which point all necessary paperwork must be submitted for a student to be considered for admission the following September.  Application forms and instructions are found here.

Procedures for Entrance into the Pastoral Ministry of Lutheran Church–Canada

Students desiring to be certified for the ministerium of Lutheran Church–Canada must meet the admission requirements for the M.Div. degree. During the first year of studies for the M.Div. degree, a student is required to complete successfully two interviews with a committee comprised of a District President, two faculty members, and a lay representative from the student's  field work congregation. On the basis of these interviews the candidate is accepted formally into the pastoral ministry programme of Lutheran Church–Canada. All students must be further certified for vicarage and placement into the ministerium of LCC.

Director of Admissions and Recruitment

RKeller and DaughterEVEREND JAMES EARL KELLER is a son of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, Ontario. He was raised in Goderich, Ontario, where he met his wife, Heather. After attending the University of Toronto he became a licensed pharmacist and practised throughout Ontario for eleven years. In 1995 he began his study at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines, and completed his vicarage at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Ontario, under the supervision of Reverend Eric Vourinen in 1998. During his years of seminary study he was field worker at Faith, London; Pilgrim, Hamilton; and Prince of Peace, Burlington. He was ordained in 1999 at Zion, Dashwood, by Revd Dr John Stephenson, and then served as Pastor of St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church, New Hamburg, Ontario, until July 2006. He served as Director of Christ Academy North from 2006-08, and is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. programme at McMaster University, Hamilton. The Kellers have one daughter, Eden, and live in Guelph.

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