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The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod • Mission Advancement
Global Seminary Initiative
Thanks be to God, the GSI Challenge has been met!
September 10, 2024 — Thanks to the generosity and Christ-like love of so many, the challenge to raise $175,000 for the Global Seminary Initiative (GSI) has been met! The friends who pledged another $175,000 for GSI efforts in response to people like you donating will add their gift this year, blessing dozens of GSI-eligible international students attending our two world-class seminaries as well as students attending Lutheran seminaries in other countries around the world.
GSI continues to bring qualified international Lutheran pastors to our LCMS seminaries for advanced study. These are individuals who will serve one day as partner church presidents and seminary faculty in their own country or region. GSI also sends world-class LCMS seminary faculty to teach in other Lutheran seminaries around the world.
Praise God for those, both in the pews and on the mission field, who keep this initiative marching forward! If you have not yet joined the effort, please consider doing so for the sake of those future seminary teachers and church body leaders who depend on GSI support.
You can further bolster what has been given thus far and show your support by making your check payable to “The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.” On the memo line, or in an included note, write: “Global Seminary Initiative” or “Account D11045-46045.” Mail to: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, P.O. Box 66861, St. Louis, MO 63166-6861
You can also contribute online at any time.
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