Fund for Leaders Scholarships Open December 1, 2025 Make your calling more affordable — and your ministry journey possible. The ELCA Fund for Leaders is more than a scholarship program. It’s a community of future leaders, congregations, and faithful supporters investing in the next generation of the church. Each year, Fund for Leaders awards millions […]
LSTC 2024-2025 Fund for Leaders Scholarship Applications Now Open! The 2023-2024 ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholarship is now open! If you’ve been discerning your call to ministry and would like to apply to LSTC but still have concerns about the financial realities of attending seminary, the Fund for Leaders could be for you. From Dec. […]
The Power of Support ELCA scholarships fuel success of LSTC Fund for Leaders recipients Financial support plays a crucial role in prospective students’ ability to follow through on their call and pursue a career in ministry and service. This is especially true for the inspiring scholars who are embarking on the first year of their […]
Lyndsay’s next great adventure: Monsen comes home to Chicago to explore ministerial calling Lyndsay Monsen’s decision to attend LSTC seems obvious: the seminary is an hour’s drive from her hometown of Highland Park, a northern suburb of Chicago. However, the first-year LSTC student took the long route to seminary, doing her undergraduate studies in Boston, […]
Worldwide experience, personal connections lead Megan Mong to LSTC Megan Mong’s call to ministry came in high school, increased through college, and peaked after her return from Jerusalem and the West Bank. Mong, a first-year MDiv student, said she first felt stirred to ministry during high school in Salina, Kan., when she attended a Youth […]
