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1. to teach students how the church ministers in different cultures
   
2. to help students make successful transitions into unfamiliar cultures
   
3. to challenge students to consider how cultural transitions will affect their practice of ministry

In addition, new racial-ethnic scholarships have been established to recruit students who might otherwise be unable to attend seminary. Two recent additions to the faculty have moved the Seminary toward the goal of diversifying the faculty. International leadership programs bring more students from other countries as well as allow for the exchange of American students for year-long programs in other cultures.

International Students

Students from international settings are welcome in the Seminary community. Students from other countries add much to the life of the Seminary. Members of the Seminary community recognize their responsibility to nurture these students who are preparing to serve their own national churches. See Application Procedures

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Local Consortia-Educational Resources

• Metroversity
  
• TEAM-A
  
• The Overseas Ministries Study Center
  
• Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center (AMERC)
• Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE)
  
• Seminaries in Other Countries

Kentuckiana Metroversity

Seven local institutions - Bellarmine College, Indiana University Southeast, Jefferson Community College, Louisville Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Spalding University, and the University of Louisville - form the Kentuckiana Metroversity. Metroversity develops cooperative programs to enrich regional higher education programs. Louisville Seminary students may take courses at the other institutions with no extra charges or undue redtape. The libraries of the seven schools are available to all students from participating institutions. Shared library catalogs are available by accessing Library Online Catalog or visiting Library on the Navigator menu.

TEAM-A
The Theological Education Association of Mid-America (TEAM-A) is composed of five theological seminaries in the area: Asbury (Methodist), Lexington (Disciples of Christ), Louisville (Presbyterian), Saint Meinrad (Catholic), and Southern Baptist (Baptist). These schools have adopted a 4-1-4 academic year to foster student and faculty exchanges during the month of January. Professors in kindred fields from these seminaries gather periodically for professional development. Occasionally, TEAM-A invites a distinguished lecturer who speaks at all of the seminaries
(www.eteama.org).

In brief, the two consortia offer both students and faculty valuable resources that would otherwise be unavailable and beyond the ability of any one school to achieve. The consortia are steadily expanding their benefits to member institutions.

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The Overseas Ministries Study Center
Louisville Seminary is one of more than a score of theological institutions related to the excellent program of the Overseas Ministries Study Center located in New Haven, Connecticut. The center should be particularly attractive to students for the January term for which both residential and overseas study programs are provided. The Seminary has a designated endowment to provide financial aid each year for one student to study during the January term in New Haven.

Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center (AMERC)
Louisville Seminary is a charter member of the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center (AMERC), which is a consortia of 46 seminaries, the Council on Religion in Appalachia, and Berea College. Berea is the location of most of AMERC’s educational events. AMERC provides training for ministers in Appalachia and for ministers who intend to serve in that region. Seminars are funded by AMERC, Berea, Kentucky, and conducted by member schools of the consortium. Courses focus on religious history and social issues of Appalachia, with attention given to models and strategies for small church ministry in the rural setting.

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Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE)
Louisville Seminary is a member of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education based in Chicago. Through this consortium, students and faculty have the opportunity to participate in conferences and courses on ministry in urban contexts.

Seminaries in Other Countries
Louisville Seminary has especially close relationships with the Reformed Seminary in Montpellier, France, the Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary in Seoul, Korea, the Sarospatak Reformed Theological Seminary in Hungary, the Tahan Theological College and Myanmar Institute of Theology in Myanmar, the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, and the Evangelical Seminary in Morija, Lesotho. Students from those schools, and faculty as well, are invited to study at Louisville Seminary. Seminary students and faculty, in turn, may study at these colleague institutions when appropriate.