God is sending workers into His harvest fields through Luther Academy, an online program that provides theological education in English.

Neither you nor I could ever know anything about Christ…unless it were​ offered to us and granted to our hearts by the Holy Spirit.” Martin​ Luther, Large Catechism, II.38.

There is a shortage of local confessional Lutheran pastors to preach the Gospel in the Eurasia Region in local languages. The Luther Academy Online Program improves this situation. We have developed an online English-based​ theology curriculum at the bachelor’s level that parallels the accredited​ Latvian language theology curriculum of the Riga Luther Academy​ residential program offered by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia​ (LELB). The degree is a four-year, 40-course program that includes in-person​ practicums (intensives). The curriculum allows men seeking to​ become pastors a Bachelor of Theology Professional degree, which, after four years of study plus vicarage, is designed to lead to​ ordination to the office of the public ministry of confessional Lutheran​ churches. The curriculum is designed especially for distance learning. It​ also includes a curriculum for women who wish to serve as deaconesses.​ Students must be able to communicate in English as a second language. We​ have assembled some of the top theological educators within the LCMS​ to work on this initiative. Without financial help from supporters, such​ an endeavor is impossible. Beyond the ongoing costs of maintaining this​ online degree program, we are seeking to build up an endowment fund​ with which to offer needs-based scholarships to incoming pastoral and​ deaconess candidates, as appropriate. Your support will go toward​ educational costs, including courseware, Concordia Study Bibles,​ textbooks, and software licensing. ​

Checks should be made out to LCMS
Memo line: Luther Academy – Project ID: BA0004-63321​

Mail to:
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Mission Advancement
P.O. Box 66861
St. Louis, MO 63166-6861