Diploma in Lutheran Studies

The Diploma in Lutheran Studies is designed to provide preparation for Word and Sacrament Ministry for seminarians who have attended non-Lutheran seminaries and who are now preparing for ordination in the NALC. The DLS can be completed in one year through a combination of online and residential components. The DLS program is 30 credits in the following disciplines:

Systematic Theology (12 credits):

• ST540 Creeds & Catechisms: An Introduction to Theological Thinking
• ST550 Lutheran Confessions
• ST660 Introduction to Theology I
• ST670 Introduction to Theology II

Ethics (3 credits):

• ST755 Christian Ethics in the Lutheran Tradition

Church History (6 credits):

• CH670 Modern Church
  
• CH680 The Theology and Writings of Martin Luther

Liturgy & Homiletics (6 credits):

• PT670 Introduction to Lutheran Liturgy
• PT550 Homiletics

Discipleship (3 credits):

• PT700 Spiritual Formation: Catechesis & Discipleship (Offered through Trinity School for Ministry)