Upon certification by the faculty of Concordia Seminary as qualified for a first call as a deaconess, the deaconess candidate indicates her dedication to deaconess ministry and readiness to accept an assignment in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The Committee for the Placement of Commissioned Ministers and the Director of Placement of Concordia Seminary will cooperate to identify a position into which the candidate shall be placed in her first call by the Council of Presidents of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
- Concordia Seminary serves church and world by providing theological education and leadership centered in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ for the formation of pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars, and leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.