{"id":8434,"date":"2021-10-15T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/news\/?p=8434"},"modified":"2021-10-29T21:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:16:48","slug":"luther-seminary-receives-3-8-million-to-accompany-and-equip-mdivx-graduates-during-their-first-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/15\/luther-seminary-receives-3-8-million-to-accompany-and-equip-mdivx-graduates-during-their-first-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther Seminary Receives $3.8 Million to Accompany and Equip MDivX Graduates During Their First Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A $3.8 million gift from Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock will allow Luther Seminary to provide graduates of the school\u2019s accelerated master of divinity program, known as MDivX, with the support and skills necessary to launch their ministry vocations effectively. These new pastors will receive professional assessment and coaching and will have access to learning communities and digital courses that will help them develop the skills required to lead their communities into a hopeful future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Buntrocks invested $21.4 million in Luther Seminary in 2018 to pilot its accelerated MDiv program. Through this new initiative supported by the $3.8 million gift, the seminary will not only provide about 80 graduates of the program with the resources they need to thrive in ministry, it also will allow the seminary to develop an online assessment tool and 10 digital course modules that will benefit ordained ministers and other church leaders outside of our MDivX cohorts. In addition, $1.6 million of the Buntrock\u2019s recent investment provides a matching gift for student scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For several years, Luther Seminary has developed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faithlead.luthersem.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faith+Lead platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a robust digital resource that provides innovative programs to support clergy in a world that requires organizations and leaders to adapt rapidly. Especially in light of the pandemic, seminary graduates may struggle in isolation as they face the tough challenges that characterize today\u2019s ministry environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Luther Seminary<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luther Seminary educates leaders for Christian communities across the country and around the world. An innovator in theological education, the seminary is committed to exploring leading-edge approaches for Christian ministry, proclamation, and faith formation in a rapidly changing world. As one of the seven seminaries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Luther Seminary has educated more than one-third of ELCA pastors, lay professionals, and leaders of many global Lutheran and ecumenical churches. Learn more at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">luthersem.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $3.8 million gift from Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock will allow Luther Seminary to provide graduates of the school\u2019s accelerated master of divinity program, known as MDivX, with the support and skills necessary to launch their ministry vocations effectively. 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