In the previous comment I said that between the two LCMS seminaries, they
had 120 M. Div students, but would eventually go down to 60 for both due to the
sky-high tuition. Evidently I was making a vaticinium ex eventu (prophecy after
the fact) since the seminaries are already there!
Looking at the pictures of the 2010 matriculating class, St. Louis had 65
men in the pastor track, and one could guess about half of those are in the M.
Div. track, the rest going for alternative tracks and master of arts. Ft. Wayne
only had 38 men in the pastor track, so maybe half of those are M. Div. That's
103 in the pastor track altogether, so are we ALREADY down to 52 M. Div.
students between the two seminaries?
I'm sending a screen shot to Dr. Jackson in case he wants to post it. The
picture was here:
Pastoral Education, LCMS, Jan 2011, p. 3:
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GJ - I was discussing this with a Lutheran student today - about the inevitable closing of WELS schools. The insane, anti-Lutheran pursuit of "youth" has been a dismal failure in all synods.
