Category: Education News

December 15, 2022

CLS President Gimbel to retire, call for nominations for Interim President

EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton has announced that President James Gimbel will retire at the completion of the 2023-24 academic year, and is issuing a call for nominations for the role of Interim President during the transition. In a release, CLS expressed…

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November 10, 2022

In Review: Through the Valley

by Mathew Block Rev. Kurt Reinhardt’s latest book of poetry, Through the Valley, brings a word of comfort to those facing sorrow and suffering, as well as those accompanying others travelling through the valley of the shadow of death. As with his earlier collections of…

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October 25, 2022

New Quest Course: “Paradoxically Lutheran”

ONLINE – The Scriptures are our source and norm for doctrine and belief. There is a clear teaching about the Trinity, the needs of humanity, and God’s plan of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.  Our finite minds love to have a clear answer to…

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October 20, 2022

New academic year begins for LCC seminaries

CANADA – Special services marked the opening of the 2022-23 academic year for Lutheran Church–Canada’s seminaries in early September. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton, Alberta, held its Opening Service on September 6 at the Concordia Lutheran Seminary Chapel. CLS President Rev. Dr. Jim Gimbel…

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August 16, 2022

LCC Seminaries: Call for nominations for honorary awards

CLTS (St. Catharines) CANADA – Each May at its annual Call Service, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). The recipient of the Friend of the Seminary award is…

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June 6, 2022

LCC Seminaries present honorary awards

CANADA – LCC’s two seminaries presented the following honourary awards at their respective call services this year: Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines)’s Call Service honoured Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Torgerson, Assistant Pastor at First Lutheran Church (Windsor, ON). The faculty and the Board…

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