No you do not. The Pastor at my church was actually a Baptist Minister before he came to our church and he did not study at a Lutheran seminary.
In Australia, the answer is yea.
There are only two ways in which can become a Lutheran pastor:
1. Attend a Lutheran seminary
2. For an elder (or other established Lutheran parish member) to go through an alternative accredited programme externally via the Lutheran seminary, in order to serve in his home church.
Crozer Theological Seminary
no, he wished he had become a Lutheran minister.
The absolute best place to go is Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. You can study to become a Lutheran education teacher as well as become a Pastor. If you choose to become a pastor you could continue on to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI.
He studied at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary but he did not work in a church, he was dedicated to improving children's television.
A place where men are trained to become priests is called a "seminary". To go to the seminary, a man must be sponsored by a Diocese or a religious order.
seminary school
He must abandon the truth and accept less than the fullness of Faith - that is he must abandon the Church that Christ Jesus founded.
A person goes to a seminary to become a priest.
Seminary.
To become a minister in Massachusetts.
The steps to becoming a reverend depend much on the sect of Christianity to which one wishes to belong. Most people wanting to become reverends with attend divinity school or a seminary and study religion for a Christian perspective.
You have to attend 4 years :)