Give the congregational registration packet to your pastor to process with the congregational council. After completing your application and writing the essay, a member of the candidacy committee will contact you to schedule an initial interview. You will also need to arrange for the psychological evaluation after the initial interview has been completed. Someone from the synod candidacy committee can tell you how to contact the approved psychologists for this evaluation. This is only the beginning of the process.
More information is available about the whole call process.
Some years ago, people who wanted to go to seminary, often went to a church sponsored college and studied Theology and the Bible. Now, that is much less common, and some students are coming to their ministry education with less knowledge of the Bible and Theology. The seminaries have adjusted to this reality. Because our rostered leaders still need to learn those pieces of the faith, much of this learning can be done at the seminaries. If you would like to have a challenge and the opportunity to learn some more about the Bible, check out the Bible Tutor site from Luther Theological Seminary.