# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S54
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OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS

Seminary Curriculum by Four Disciplines
Seminaries

Exegetical

Historical

Pastoral Ministry and
Mission

Systematics

Concordia
Theological
Seminary
Fort Wayne

Hebrew I
Hebrew II
Pentateuch I
Pentateuch II
Major Prophets
The Psalms
Elementary Greek
Gospels I (Hermeneutics,
Text Crit, Matthew)
Gospels II (Luke and
Mark)
Gospels III (John and
1 John)
Pauline Epistles
Greek Readings

Church History I (1st–8th
Centuries)
Church History II (9th–
16th Centuries)
Church History III (Reformation–Present)
Church History IV
(Lutheran Churches
in America from 17th
Century)
Seminar: Historical Text
Seminar: Luther Text
History Area Elective

Lutheran Confessions I
(AC, Apology)
Lutheran Confessions II
(SC, LC, SA, Treatise)
Lutheran Confessions III
(FC)
Dogmatics I
Dogmatics II
Dogmatics III
Theologia I: Baptism
Theologia II: Preaching
Theologica III: Lord’s
Supper

35 Credits

21 Credits

Homiletics I
Homiletics II
Homiletics III
Pastoral Theology I
Pastoral Theology II
Pastoral Counseling
Liturgics I
Liturgics II
Bibliography and Technology (no credit)
Field Education (no credit)
Confessing Christ in Today’s World
Ministry in Pluralistic
Context
Vicarage

Concordia
Seminary
St. Louis

Elementary Hebrew
Interpreting/Communicatin the Word
The Torah
The Prophets
The Psalms
Reading and Preaching
the Word
Elementary Greek
Synoptic Gospels
Pauline Epistles
Gospel of John
Electives: Violence, God,
Bible; Biblical Theology,
Parables, NT Text

Into to Historical Theology
Reformation of the Lutheran Church
Students must take at
least 3 of the following:
The History of Doctrine
Athanasius of Alexandria
The Idea of the Crusades
Augustine and His Times
Luther on Church and
Sacraments
Religion and Society in
America
Global Lutheranism
Today
The Roman Catholic
Reformation
The Calvinistic Reformation

10.5 Credits

30 Credits

2019 Convention Workbook

37 Credits
Intro to Practical Ministry
Intro to Pastoral Ministry
Homiletics
Worship and the Word
Teaching the Faith
Pastoral Care the Word
Reaching and Preaching
the Word
Introduction to Pastoral
Leadership
Pastoral Leadership and
Theology
Field Ed and Vicarage
One of the Following Electives:
Preaching in a Postmodern
Context
Creative Homiletics
Sermon Structures
Preaching the Visual Arts
Electives from which to
choose:
Worship and Culture
Conflict Resolution
Growing in the Faith
Classics of the Devotional
Life
Spiritual Autobiography
Communicating Gospel to
Contemp. Culture
Christianity and Literature
Special Issues in Pastoral
Counseling
50 Credits

27 Credits
Intro Systemic Theology
Creeds and Confessions
Systematics I
Systematics II
Church and World
Law and Gospel
Civic Affairs
Christian Apologetics
Byzantine Theology
The Sacraments: Baptism

21 Credits