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Augsburg & LSTC Partner for 5 Year Ministry Pathway

The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minn., are partnering on a five-year BA/MDiv degree called the Public Church Scholars. Students in this program will complete two degrees in five years: a bachelor of arts in Theology and Public Leadership from Augsburg and a master of divinity from LSTC. This pilot program is supported by a grant focused on increasing the opportunities for students to study pastoral leadership in the church.

Amber Kalina, an Augsburg 2016 Youth & Family Ministry graduate, is now an MDiv student at LSTC in her pastoral internship year. She says that “both Augsburg and LSTC form leaders who make a difference inside and outside the walls of the church by being deeply rooted in their communities. From attending Augsburg as an undergrad and LSTC as a graduate student, I feel that I have been equipped for ministry that is deeply relational, grounded in the gospel, and geared toward making a difference in the lives of people and the world God made.”

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