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The WELS maintains four schools of ministerial education: two college preparatory schools, Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Luther Preparatory School; a pre-seminary and teacher training college, Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota; and a seminary for training pastors, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, located in Mequon, Wisconsin.
Judith Hird (b. 1946) - first woman to become a Lutheran pastor. William A. Passavant - Lutheran minister noted for bringing the Lutheran Deaconess movement to the United States. Roland Weisselberg (1933-2006) - Critic of the former East Germany who later committed Self-immolation as a protest against the spread of Islam .
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS) is a post-secondary school that trains men to become pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). It is located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The campus consists of 22 buildings, including a library that has over 58,000 volumes and a collection of rare pre-18th century theological books.
(The WELS severed its fellowship relations with the LCMS in 1961, and also withdrew from the Synodical Conference in 1963.) In 1993, the ELS and WELS, working with a number of other worldwide Lutheran churches, some of which had been founded through mission work by both synods, founded the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC).
Pastors generally hold a Bachelor of Arts degree or its equivalent, as well as a four-year master of divinity degree. They are required to learn biblical Hebrew and Greek , and spend at least a summer doing clinical pastoral education—an intensive program that gives them time to reflect on their pastoral craft, usually in a hospital setting.
Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3. Granquist, Mark. Lutherans in America: A New History (2015) Meyer, Carl S. Moving Frontiers: Readings in the History of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (1986)
In its history, St. James has had five pastors: Pastor Arthur Voss 1921 to 1954; Pastor Waldemar Pless 1954 to 1979; Pastor John Braun 1977 to 1984; Pastor Peter Kassulke 1984 to 2017; Pastor Christian Marquardt 2017-present
For the training of black pastors and teachers; founded in Concord, North Carolina: Kee Mar College: Hagerstown, Maryland: 1853–1911 Ind. College for women Marion College: Marion, Virginia: 1873–1967 Ind. Junior college for women St. John's College: Winfield, Kansas: 1893–1986 LCMS Trinity Lutheran College: Everett, Washington: 1944 ...