The Center for Missional & Pastoral
Leadership Formation
Serve God’s Mission
Biblical. Reformational. Missional. Affordable. Global.
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A rigorous degree program applied directly to your ministry context
About the Center for Missional and Pastoral Leadership Formation
The Center was created in response to requests from congregations and church leaders for a quality, affordable, effective online degree program that would equip potential pastors and church workers for missional ministry in areas that are not currently being served. The focus is on contextual learning, where students can apply what they learn directly to their ministry training setting. The desire is for a program that enables students to study while continuing their work and careers.
The Institute for Lutheran Theology is the perfect home for this program, with a highly-respected and affordable M.Div. program, excellent faculty, an emphasis on speaking the Gospel into a post-Christian context, and almost 20 years of successful online education.