# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S431
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Combined Ratio of Total General
Pastor Ordination Track (All
Programs) Students to Total SMP
Students

Total General Pastor Ordination
Track (All Programs) for LCMS
service (combined seminaries)

Total SMP (combined seminaries)

Students to Total SMP Students

14.9:1

817

55

19.1:1

9.3:1

754

81

10.1:1

5.0:1

640

127

4.8:1

3.7:1

583

157

3.6:1

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28
32
43
26

2008
2009
2010
2011

70

59

70

67

Oldest

Fort Wayne

51

52

56

48

Average

27

33

23

27

Youngest

60

72

64

68

Oldest

St. Louis

60

By way of comparison, the average age of incoming residential Master of Divinity program students at the
LCMS seminaries for the fall quarter of 2011 is: St. Louis – 26.2 years, with 92% being 35 years old or younger;
Fort Wayne – 30.5 years, with 78% being 35 years old or under.
61

44

48

48

46

Average

Concordia Seminary,

The graph below depicts the data contained in the table above for the fall quarter of 2011.

Youngest

Fall of Year

Age in Years

Concordia Theological
Seminary,

Each year, the seminaries provided data for their cohorts of new SMP students to the LCMS Office of Pastoral
Education. These data were utilized to form a more complete picture of the types of students enrolling in the
SMP program. The following characteristics are some of those that were reported.

Enrollment History: Types of Students

Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Task Force
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