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LCMS Secondary/Post-secondary Education

The founders of the LCMS had a high regard for education. The Saxon emigrants to Missouri brought with them a large number of theological books so that they would be able to train pastors and teachers. What eventually became Concordia Seminary was founded in Perry County in 1839, less than a year after they had landed. Concordia Theological Seminary was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1846 with the support of Wilhelm Loehe in Germany. Control of both seminaries were transferred to the LCMS within a few years of the synod's founding in1847.

The original constitution of the synod required all member congregations to operate an elementary school for their children, although that provision was subsequently removed.

As the synod grew, six-year gymnasiums (equivalent to high school and junior college) for boys and young men in pre-seminary training were established in various cities, often by districts or local groups of congregations that later gave them to the synod itself: Fort Wayne, Indiana (18xx), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (18xx), Oakland, California (19xx), Portland, Oregon (18xx), Bronxville, New York (18xx), St. Paul, Minnesota (18xx), and Concordia, Missouri (18xx). Similar schools for training parochial school teachers were also established: Addison, Illinois (18xx, later relocated to River Forest, Illinois) and Seward, Nebraska (18xx).

The LCMS acquired two colleges when the English Synod merged into it in 1911: Concordia in Conover, North Carolina (founded 18xx); and St. John's in Winfield, Kansas (founded 18xx). St. John's differed from the others in that it was not specifically for training pastors and teachers.

The synod also supplied financial support and most of the faculty of the schools operated by the Synodical Conference for Black people in New Orleans (18xx), Selma Alabama (19xx), and Greensboro, North Carolina (18xx).

By the 1950s, the LCMS had adopted the American model of higher education, with high schools and colleges being separate institutions. As a result, the first four years of the synod's schools had been either spun off as independent high schools operated by the local Lutheran congregations or had been closed. the fifth and sixth years became junior colleges and were soon expanded into four-year institutions. Colleges established thereafter followed the American model: Ann Arbor, Michigan (1964) and Irvine, California (1976).

The laity in the synod wanted to be able to send their children to Lutheran colleges even if they were not going into church work. There had also been a small percentage of students enrolled in the synod's colleges who wanted just a liberal arts education. In 19xx, a group of Lutheran laymen acquired Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, and, while it was independent of the LCMS, enrolled many students from LCMS families. The demand for this type of education led to the synodical colleges adding majors in secular subjects, and eventually to becoming universities. However, the decline in the college-age population in general and among Lutherans in particular caused the closure of several schools since 1980.

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School name Location Original name(s) Start date Founded by Transferred to LCMS Closed date Level Refs Comments
Concordia Seminary St. Louis, Missouri Concordia College 1839 C. F. W. Walther and three others 1850 N/A Seminary Founded in Perry County, Missouri; relocated to St. Louis in 1849
Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana 1846 Frederick C. D. Wyneken with support from Wilhelm Loehe 1847 N/A Seminary Relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1861, to Springfield, Illinois in 1875, and back to Fort Wayne in 1976
Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary St. Catharines, Ontario 1976 LCMS Seminary Started as extension site for Concordia Theological Seminary; ownership transferred to the Lutheran Church–Canada in 1988
Concordia Lutheran Seminary Edmonton, Alberta 1984 LCMS Seminary Ownership transferred to the Lutheran Church–Canada in 1988
Seminário Concórdia Porto Alegre, Brazil 1903 LCMS Seminary [1] Founded in Born Jesus, São Lourenço do Sul; moved to Porto Alegre in 1907; ownership transferred to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil in 1980
Seminario Concordia José León Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1942 LCMS Seminary [2] Founded in Barrio de Belgrano, Capital Federal; relocated to José León Suárez in 1948; ownership transferred to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina in 1986
Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois Addison Teachers Seminary (1864–1913)

Concordia Teachers College (1913–1979)

Concordia College (1979–1980)

Concordia University River Forest (1980-2006)

 1864 LCMS N/A N/A Founded in Addison, Illinois; relocated to River Forest in 1913
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin Concordia College (1881–1989) 1881 Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota districts of the LCMS 1887 N/A Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; relocated to Mequon in 1982
Concordia University Nebraska Seward, Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran Teachers' Seminary (1894–1924)

Concordia Teachers College (1924–1974)

Concordia College (1974–1998)

 1894 LCMS N/A N/A
Concordia University, St. Paul St. Paul, Minnesota Concordia High School (1893–1921)

Concordia College (1921–1971)

 1893 LCMS N/A N/A [3] High school separated from the college in 1968
Concordia University Texas Austin, Texas Lutheran Concordia College of Texas (1926–1965)

Concordia Lutheran College (1965–1995)

Concordia University at Austin (1995–2007)

 1926 LCMS N/A N/A Opened as a high school for boys; high school program discontinued in 1969
Concordia University Irvine Irvine, California Christ College Irvine (1976–1993) 1976 LCMS N/A N/A
Concordia University (Oregon) Portland, Oregon Concordia Academy (1905–c. 1950)

Concordia College (c. 1950–1995)

 1905 LCMS N/A 2020 Originally a high school; junior college added by 1950; high school split off in 1977
Concordia College Bronxville, New York Concordia Progymnasium (1881– 1881 LCMS N/A 2021
California Concordia College Oakland, California 1906 California and Nevada District of the LCMS 1921 1973 Junior college added in 1918
Concordia College Conover, North Carolina Concordia High School (1878–1881) 1878 Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod 1911 1935 Transferred to the English Synod in 1893, which merged into the LCMS in 1911; main building burned down in 1935
Concordia College Alabama Selma, Alabama Alabama Luther College (1922–1930s)

Alabama Lutheran Academy (1930s–19??

Alabama Lutheran Academy and College 19??–1981)

 1922 Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America 1967 2018 Synodical Conference was dissolved in 1967; Historically Black College
Concordia University Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan Concordia Lutheran Junior College (1963–1976)

Concordia College (1976–2001)

 1963 LCMS N/A N/A Became a satellite campus of Concordia University Wisconsin in 2013
St. John's College Winfield, Kansas 1893 John Peter Baden

English Synod

 1911 1986 English Synod merged into the LCMS in 1911
St. Paul's College Concordia, Missouri 1883 Franz Julius Biltz, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Concordia 1896 1986 St. Paul Lutheran High School continues to operate and is owned by the LCMS
Concordia College Fort Wayne, Indiana 1839 C. F. W. Walther and three others 1859 1957 Founded in Perry County, Missouri with Concordia Seminary; relocated to St. Louis in 1847; separated from the seminary and relocated to Fort Wayne in 1861; high school department discontinued in 1951
Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne, Indiana 1957 LCMS N/A 1977 Concordia Theological Seminary moved to the campus in 1976
Immanuel Lutheran College Greensboro, North Carolina 1903 Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America N/A 1961 Founded in Concord, North Carolina to train Black pastors and teachers; relocated to Greensboro in 1905; closed before dissolution of Synodical Conference
Luther College New Orleans, Louisiana 1903 Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America N/A 1925 Founded to train Black pastors and teachers; seminary department closed in 1911; closed in 1925 before dissolution of Synodical Conference, with budgeted funds being used for Alabama Luther College
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