Sustaining Rural
Ministry in Northwestern Minnesota
(Seminary debt relief for
newly graduated pastors called
to serve in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod)
The NWMN Synod is seeking funding to establish a program to help relieve
the seminary debt for newly graduated pastors called to serve in the
NWMN Synod.
Seminary costs
are currently $20,000 to $30,000 per year at ELCA seminaries.
The average debt accumulation for current
seminary students is more than $40,000.
This program will make a difference by
encouraging pastors to serve in the smaller congregations in our
synod. It will help pastors who are beginning their ministry with
an unmanageable educational debt load and may lengthen the time a pastor
spends in a first call.
For further information contact the Synod
office at 800-452-3692 or 218-299-3019 and ask for a brochure. You
may mail your
donation to the Northwestern Minnesota Synod, Concordia College,
Moorhead MN 56562. Checks should be made out to the NWMN Synod and
marked for the Sustaining Rural Ministry Program.
Thank you for considering this very
necessary program.