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Concordia Not For Sale. Really.
Abstract: LCMS leaders call for an end to seminary sale rumors.
On December 16, nine leaders of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) issued a statement denying that there are any plans to sell either of the synod's seminary campuses, Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) and Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne).
The statement reads in part:
In recent months, speculation concerning the possible sale of one or both of the LCMS seminary campuses has taken place in public and private forums. This speculation has proven detrimental to the mission of our seminaries...
[T]here is no plan or proposal being considered in any of the groups with which we are associated to sell one or both of the LCMS seminary campuses.
As the majority of the participants at the recent Pastoral Ministry Summit concluded, the two LCMS seminaries should continue to serve as the hubs for theological education in the LCMS. We desire that the speculation referenced above would end and that all in our Synod would continue to support our seminaries in Fort Wayne and St. Louis with prayer, prospective student referrals, and monetary offerings.
The statement was signed by Rev. Dr. Gerald Kieschnick (President, The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod), Rev. Donald Muchow (Chairman, Board of Directors, The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod), Rev. Dr. Larry Stoterau (President, Pacific Southwest District; Chairman, Council of Presidents), Rev. Dr. Dale Meyer(President, Concordia Seminary), Rev. Dr. Dean Wenthe (President, Concordia Theological Seminary), Mr. James Ralls (Chairman, Board of Regents, Concordia Seminary), Rev. Wayne Graumann (Chairman, Board of Regents, Concordia Theological Seminary), Mr. John Behrendt(Chairman, Board for Pastoral Education), andRev. Dr. Glen Thomas (Executive Director, Board for Pastoral Education).
Our fact checkers were unable to locate the source of the rumor being squelched.
