Concordia Seminary
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The Concordia Seminar ( engl. Concordia Seminary ) is located in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb lying west of St. Louis, Missouri. The primary task of the institution is to train pastors, deaconesses, missionaries, chaplains and the training of personnel for the church leadership of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod ( LCMS ). The current president of the seminar is Dale Meyer.
History
The seminar is the second oldest Lutheran Seminary and one of the largest seminar in the United States. It was founded in 1839. Initially, it was still in Perry County, Missouri. In 1849 it was moved to St. Louis in 1926, the current campus was built. The task to design the clergy for the LCMS, the Concordia seminar tells the Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The institution in St. Louis was supported by the LCMS once called " theoretical " (or academic ) Seminar and the Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne was a " practical " seminar. Today, however, this distinction is hardly usable. The Concordia seminar awards currently a Master of Divinity degree, which leads to ordination, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Sacred Theology, Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Philosophy -grade. The seminar is geared theologically conservative. So it does not form a women for ordination and it is the historical- grammatical interpretation of the Bible taught. The seminar is an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
The radio station KFUO -AM 850 has its studios and its transmission tower on campus. For many years this was in LCMS radio station, the nationally broadcast program Lutheran Hour.
The Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus
The Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus ( Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus ) was consecrated on November 15, 1992 and has since then served the Concordia seminar as a prayer room. Apart from the actual prayer room of the chapel are still a choir practice room, one classroom, the church office of the Dean, the House Fellow - quarters and a smaller chapel for small services and for prayer exercises.
Concordia seminar library
The Concordia seminar library ( Concordia Seminary Library) has space for 250,000 books and over 300 seats for readers. It provides jobs and study rooms for theology students, graduate students and scholars. The book collection consists of more than 245,000 volumes. This includes the personal book collection of the founding fathers of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and its theologians such as Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther.
Luther Statue
Right next to the Founders Hall ( Founder Hall ) is the Luther statue that stood since 1903 at the previous site of Concordia Seminary in the Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis. In 1926, was inaugurated as the new campus in Clayton, she got her new location. The statue is an exact replica of the Luther statue that stands in Worms.
Luther Tower
The Luther Tower ( Luther Tower ) was designed by architect Charles Klauder. The tower was completed in 1966. The base of the tower is the small chapel of the Holy Apostles ( Chapel of the Holy Apostles ). In the top of the tower is a carillon, so a carillon with 49 bells located. The bells are the memory of all the pastors of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod ordained. The largest weighs 2.5 tons and the smallest weighs 17 pounds.
Concordia Historical Institute
The Concordia Historical Institute ( Concordia Historical Institute ) is the department responsible for the archive and the history of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. The institute located on the campus has a reading room for users, a conference room, two levels as a museum exhibition space and two magazines. The magazines are, with their constant temperature and constant humidity of their receipt of the portfolio. The Institute includes two historical places in Perry County ( Missouri). It publishes the quarterly journal of the Concordia Historical Institute ( Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly ) and supports districts and congregations of the Synod in the preservation of their historical documents.
The Seminex Controversy
The Concordia seminar came in 1974 in the focus of the national U.S. media, 45, moved out of the 50 faculty members, along with the vast majority of students and a rival institution called Seminex or Concordia Seminary in Exile ( Concordia Seminary in Exile ) established. The extract was followed by maintaining the suspension of John Tietjen, president of Concordia Seminary. He was accused that he would disregard by the use of the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation, the sola scriptura. The remaining students and professors remaining five continued the teaching at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis continued with support from the Concordia Theological Seminary. But the conflict in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod was not finished. There were split about 250 congregations of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1977 and formed the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America - ( AELC ). In 1988, the AELC merged with the American Lutheran Church ( ALC ) and the Lutheran Church in America ( LCA) to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ).