Two Seminary Legends on the Future of the LCMS

About this episode

Tim Ahlman discusses the future of the LCMS with seminary professors Dr. Andy Bartelt and Dr. James Voelz.

In this episode of Lead Time, Tim Ahlman sits down with two longtime Concordia Seminary professors, Dr. Andy Bartelt and Dr. James Voelz, for a wide-ranging conversation on time, aging, biblical literacy, seminary history, SMP, distance education, churchmanship, and the future of pastoral formation in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Dr. Bartelt and Dr. Voelz bring decades of experience teaching future pastors, shaping theological education, and wrestling with the big questions facing the ...

People in this episode

Host: Tim Ahlman

Guests: Dr. Andy Bartelt, Dr. James Voelz

Topics covered

• seminary education
• pastoral formation
• biblical literacy
• churchmanship
• theological education

Keywords

• LCMS
• Concordia Seminary
• theological education
• pastoral formation
• biblical literacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Concordia Seminary, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

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