Practical Experience
Training for pastoral ministry and preaching is essentially vocational. Practical experience is therefore an important and integral component of the course at LTS.
All students are placed with a mentoring church during their time at LTS – for day students, this will usually be their home church, with which the Seminary seeks to maintain strong links with regular contact throughout the student’s time here. The mentoring church will provide a local church home for the student and any family that he has. It will also provide opportunities for service and the exercise of pastoral and preaching gifts during the course.
Students also benefit from a 3-4 week church placement during the winter months and the option of a longer placement during the summer vacation. Placements are arranged with partner churches in full consultation with the student and his home church.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to preach and lead meetings at a variety of churches over their time at LTS.