Master of Arts
in Theology
Cross-cultural Ministry Center
(Pastoral Certification)
COVER LETTER
Please send all forms and requested items to:
Attn: Graduate Studies in Theology
Concordia University
1530 Concordia West
Irvine, CA 92612-3203
Phone and Fax: (949) 214-3389
To be completed by the applicant after consulting with his congregation and district.
In no more than 300 words, give a description of how you – while progressing through the CMC curriculum – expect to lead and serve as a churchplanter and/or mission-starter in your congregation. Be sure to include how you and your congregation are expecting to work together to find new ways
of reaching the homes and families surrounding your church with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is then your responsibility to sign this form and obtain the signatures of your Pastor, a lay leader of your congregation (Congregational President or
head-Elder), and a District official (District President or appropriate Mission Executive).
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Those who sign below are affirming their support for the applicant’s entrance into the CMC and their support for the kind of outreach
ministry described above.
Applicant _____________________________________________________________________________ Date ___________________
Congregation lay leader ___________________________________________________________________ Date ___________________
Congregation Pastor _____________________________________________________________________ Date ____________________
District representative ____________________________________________________________________ Date ____________________