Contextual Leadership Initiative
of the
Western Mission Cluster
A Collaboration of
PLTS
and
Luther Seminary
Although all education is contextual, underlying the Contextual
Leadership Initiative is a conviction that social and ecclesiastical context
is essential to the
preparation of Christian leaders. The CLI represents a commitment to ensure
that the contexts in which Christian
mission occurs is approached respectfully, seriously and
critically.
In response to God's call to prepare leaders for the Christian
church, individual congregations, organizations and neighborhoods
become communities of learning and service for seminary students.
Internship
A full year of
internship, usually in a parish, is an integral part of the course
of study and a requirement for graduation. The purpose of the
internship program is to provide ministerial experience under the
supervision of a pastor who becomes an adjunct faculty member.
Cross Cultural Education
God's mission invites and sends us into the cultures
of all nations and all peoples for the sake of the gospel.
Cross-cultural education provides the opportunity
for students to encounter a very pluralistic and diverse world as
the context for ministry so that they might better learn essential
interpretive skills for confessing the Christian faith and engaging
in Christian mission.
Teaching Parish
PLTS and Luther Seminary offer parallel programs as an essential part of
confessional, missional, and contextual theological education.
Leadership requires thinking, reflecting, and acting theologically
within the contexts of classroom and Christian community.
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
CPE is
an educational experience available to all students by applying to
and being accepted by an accredited CPE program. CPE or an
equivalent is an ordination requirement for students seeking to be
ordained in the ELCA.
Diaconal Ministry
Diaconal Ministry is a form of rostered leadership ministry
designed to enable the ELCA to fulfill its mission more effectively.
Diaconal Ministers are called by this church to positions that
exemplify the servant life and seek to equip and motivate others to
live it. Diaconal ministers shall seek in a variety of ways to
empower, equip, and support the baptized people of God in the
ministry of Jesus Christ and the mission of God in the world.
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