Set Apart to Serve

Learn more about the LCMS church work recruitment initiative

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God gives His church pastors and church workers for the sake of the Gospel. Pastors proclaim Christ and administer the Sacraments, means through which people receive Christ’s saving work. Church workers assist the pastoral office in service to the Word, witnessing to Christ daily in various roles. Christ’s church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need workers.

Parents/grandparents, pastors, professional church workers, Sunday school teachers and others in your congregation help influence children to consider serving the church in these sacred and joyful vocations. Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Since church work is rooted in Baptism and a lifetime of hearing the Word, SAS encourages young people to consider church work vocations primarily through their continued and faithful involvement with their congregation.

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Find out more about church work vocations

Lutherans Engage Stories

Collection of stories on church work vocations and recruitment.

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Reporter Articles

Collection of articles on church work vocations and recruitment.

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KFUO Radio Interviews

Listen to this series of interviews on church work vocations and recruitment on KFUO's The Coffee Hour.

View all the interviews

 

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Articles & White Papers

• White Paper: CTSFW Deaconess Formation: Knowledge, Skills & Virtues— James G. Bushur, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

• A Timely Word from Luther on Recruiting Young Men for Pastoral Ministry — David Peter, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

• Renewing Our Commitment to Lutheran Education — Dave Bruns, LCMS Kansas District Board of Directors

• White Paper: Pastoral Formation Prior to Seminary — Rev. Dr. James Baneck

• White Paper: Current Context of Pastoral Formation — Rev. Dr. James Baneck

• White Paper: Building a Culture of Church Work Formation and Recruitment — Rev. Dr. James Baneck

• Passing on the Mantle — Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan, LCMS Missouri District President

 

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Ready to learn more?

• Explore the educational programs available through:
  Concordia University Ann Arbor; 
  Concordia University Chicago; 
  Concordia University Irvine; 
  Concordia University Nebraska; 
  Concordia University St. Paul; 
  Concordia University Wisconsin.
  
  
• Discover what it means to be an LCMS Deaconess.
  
  
• Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne offer many programs, including a Master of Divinity and Deaconess Studies.