| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
| 2026-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Pre-Deaconess Studies program prepares you to serve as a deaconess in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Beginning the program at CSP, the pre-deaconess student may transfer at the beginning of the junior year for continued preparation in the Concordia University-Chicago Deaconess program, or she may graduate from CSP with a major in theology and may continue preparation at Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, Mo., or Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., earning a Master of Arts degree and the Deaconess certification.
A deaconess serves in a congregation, hospital, or other institution in local communities or foreign mission fields to bring mercy and human care to others. Pre-deaconess students at Concordia University, St. Paul continue their studies for deaconess certification at one of the seminaries.