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As a Columbia student you live on campus or drive to campus. You benefit from the special in-person experience of learning and worshiping as part of a gathered community on our beautiful, 历史悠久的学校. You also benefit from having immediate access to faculty, peers and library resources. 

LTSS提供优质服务, affordable apartments for residential students and families and comfortable overnight accommodations for long-distance commuters. 有关住宅的更多信息, 联系凯莉·麦德利, 住宿生活主任, at 凯莉.medley@wholesalegaslogs.com or 828.328.7249. 

学生 who attend online or hybrid participate online by livestreaming into classes or completing asynchronous work. You benefit from the flexibility of online learning while still having quick access to faculty, 员工和某些图书馆资源. 所有的住宅, online and hybrid students are required to attend the First Week Gathering on campus at the beginning of every semester, attending classes and special formation events with their student peers. 

The online or hybrid option accommodates students facing irresolvable obstacles to in-person learning. 如果你是跟随呼召成为专业的事工, be sure to consult the appropriate representatives of your denomination before committing to attending as an online or hybrid student. 

LTSS is one of seven seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the only ELCA seminary in the southeastern United States. The seminary’s majority Lutheran faculty provide world-class instruction in Lutheran theology, 历史与政治. Lutheran students and alumni benefit from the seminary’s regional, national and global networks within the ELCA and Lutheran World Federation. 

LTSS是自豪的房子 第九区档案, a ministry of the ELCA dedicated to preserving Lutheran history in the Southeast. 

Located just a mile away from the South Carolina Conference offices of the United Methodist Church, LTSS is proud to be the only seminary in South Carolina approved for training United Methodist clergy. 

Our Methodist faculty provide world-class instruction in Methodist theology, 历史与政治. Our Methodist students benefit from a supportive community of peers and a curriculum that accommodates their special requirements. 

Our Methodist alumni serve in various ministries across the state and continue to support the seminary in various ways.

LTSS boasts a diverse mix of Baptist students and alumni from across the Southeast. Many of our Baptist students are already established professional ministers, while others are just beginning to follow their call to ministry. 

Our Baptist students benefit from world-class instruction in Baptist history, theology and polity. We hold a special relationship with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 哪个机构为符合条件的学生提供奖学金. 

Our students and faculty enjoy volunteering their time and talents at Koinonia of Columbia, a Baptist-sponsored non-profit ministry next to the seminary campus.