Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. A product of Lutheran schools, K-12, he attended Concordia College Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1987-1991. There he met his wife, Julie, who is now an accomplished children’s book author. They have one child, a son, Jacob. Rev. Stiegemeyer served as pastor to Concordia Lutheran [...]
Also tagged counselor, StiegemeyerRev. Jason Braaten grew up in New Lenox, Illinois. He attended Concordia University Chicago, where he received his BA degree in theological languages and philosophy in 2000. During that time, he met his wife Lauren (neé Dorr) who was enrolled in the deaconess program. They were married in 2001 just before Jason matriculated to Concordia Theological [...]
Also tagged Braaten, counselorsMrs. Marsha Zimmerman joined the Admission staff in August of 2005. She graduated from Concordia University Chicago with a BA degree in elementary education. She has been a seminary wife, the mother of a recent seminarian, and has served as a pastor’s wife in several parishes. She is married to Rev. Thomas Zimmerman, one of the seminary’s Advancement [...]
Also tagged relocation, zimmermanUp and down and all around…for the summer schedule of conferences and meetings, the Admission staff at CTS has been traveling the country. We’ve been in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and St. Louis, Missouri…we’re on our way to Irvine, California, and Seward, Nebraska. Currently the National Lutheran Youth Workers’ Conference is our stop, but soon we might be [...]
Also tagged CTS, Jesus, TravelThis is my first year working in the Admission Department. In fact, it’s the first time I’ve seen prospective students become actual students. It’s the first occasion I’ve had to meet men interested in the pastoral ministry program when they visited the campus for the first time, only to see them a few months later [...]
Also tagged graduation, GreekThe last two weeks of June, roughly thirty high school-aged men participated in Christ Academy High School, a two-week program for young men interested in the pastoral ministry. In between classes and choir practice and chapel, they took time out to have some fun at Cedar Point Amusement Park last Friday, enjoying a full day [...]
Also tagged Christ Academy, pastoral officeThis is the question that begins the process a man will undergo to decide whether he will attend the seminary to study for the pastoral ministry or not. This question tends to point a man inward–to his feelings, to his thoughts.
The Admission Department has developed two tools to aid in this discernment. It brings together [...]
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