Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center

Trinity is a member of this ecumenical consortium of theological schools and church organizations dedicated to preparing church leaders for effective ministry in Appalachia and other rural areas. AMERC funds educational seminars that share this objective. Grant money is available to consortium members only, although participation of individual students from other theological schools is encouraged.

Bexley Hall

Trinity Lutheran Seminary and Bexley Hall (Episcopal) Seminary of Rochester, New York, work together at Trinity's campus in Columbus to provide theological education to Lutherans, Episcopalians, and other denominations. Bexley Hall Columbus is now an accredited extension site of the Rochester seminary. Anglican ordinands can receive a M.Div. from Bexley Hall while remaining permanently stationed at Trinity in a consortium-like arrangement. In this way, Anglican ordinands will find at Trinity those courses and formation to fully prepare them for priesthood in the Episcopal Church (see Bexley Hall in the State of Ohio)

Council for Ethics in Economics

Trinity is an institutional member of the Council for Ethics in Economics, a Columbus-based organization of representatives from the religious and business communities that is dedicated to promoting dialogue between those communities about ethical issues in economic life and developing programs that contribute to greater ethical sensitivity and practice in the economic sector.

Covenant Cluster Relationship

In response to the church's call for more kinds of theological education and more kinds of ministry in more contexts, Trinity Lutheran Seminary is a partner with the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, in a covenant cluster relationship. This relationship allows these three ELCA seminaries to cooperate in strategic planning for carrying out the church's mission of theological education. As part of regular course scheduling, certain electives are offered on interactive video, both to and from the cluster partners.

Institute for Mission in the U.S.A.

The Institute for Mission closed as of December 31, 2002

Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus

The seminary maintains a cooperative arrangement with two nearby theological schools, the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and the Pontifical College Josephinum, forming the Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus. The Consortium manages an online joint catalog for all three schools, providing one of the largest theological collections in one catalog in North America.

University Affiliations

The seminary has long-standing associations with two nearby schools, Wittenberg University and Capital University. Wittenberg University houses many artifacts of Lutheranism in America. These are available to the church and the seminary. At Capital University, seminary students are eligible to use the university facilities and programs of the adjoining campus. Students enrolled in the Capital University School of Nursing's Master of Science in Nursing degree program with a theological concentration take some seminary courses as part of their study or may concurrently earn Trinity's Master of Arts in Lay Ministry degree.