# Other Programs

- Link: https://www.ctsfw.edu/academics/programs/other-programs/
- Published: 2025-09-05T10:39:10-04:00
- Author: Stephen Bornheimer

#  Other Programs

#### **General Pastor Certification**

Pastors who have completed the SMP program and would like to attain General Pastor
Certification and roster status in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod can have their
SMP course credits applied toward an Alternate Route certificate program or a Master
of Divinity degree program.

#### **Missionary Formation Certificate Program**

Missionaries serving in the field can bolster their knowledge of missions in the
online Missionary Formation Certificate program. The program consists of five eight-
week modules that focus on various topics in missions such as the _Missio Dei_ and
the role of missiology in theological formation. No academic prerequisites are required.