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God's Blessing to You!
The Pastoral Leadership Institute (PLI) is a virtual campus and offers itself as a dedicated training arm for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) The legacy of great endeavors, begun in faith by the founders of the LCMS, provides the great heritage from which the inspiration for PLI springs.
The mission of PLI is to provide advanced leadership training for pastors whose hearts burn with passion for the gospel and who have exhibited potential for leadership excellence. It is an initiative conceived with the express purpose of supporting a strong, viable church for the next millennium.
As executive leader of this unprecedented God-blessed ministry, I extend to you a warm welcome and hope you will visit us again soon. Be inspired and enjoy!
Stephen Wagner, Executive Leader
Vision
The vision of PLI is a fully funded and endowed organization that forms pastoral leaders around the world that are committed to lead God’s people to dynamically and internationally connect people to Jesus Christ.
Mission
The Pastoral Leadership Institute nurtures pastoral leaders to lead congregations in connecting people to Jesus.
Purpose Statement
The purpose of the Pastoral Leadership Institute is to operate an in-service, leadership formation program for pastors and others who desire to develop their leadership abilities helpful in pastoring churches in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and beyond.
Core Values
The special contribution the Pastoral Leadership Institute makes to the continuing education of those pastors who enroll is the assurance that their learning takes place in the context of the theological framework of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. This is reflected in a document entitled: “An Overarching Rationale for PLI, Including Its Theological Foundation.” PLI will continue to embrace and teach from its stance.