Did you know that the LMWL Indiana District gives $750 scholarships to help with expenses to
upcoming pastors and professional church workers who are members of an LCMS Indiana
District congregation?
The Indiana District LWML recognizes the need to actively inspire more young people to pursue
church related professions and also the need to make monies available in all phases of the
Lord’s work in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Eligibility Requirements for the Scholarship
Applicant must be a communicant member of a congregation of the LCMS in the Indiana
District for at least 18 months prior to filing of application and is preparing to be a servant of
the church, on a fulltime basis. (Ministry, teaching, Parish worker, DCE, Deaconess, etc). They
must attend an LCMS synodical school, present a demonstrable need for such aid, and show a
good scholastic aptitude in previous schooling.
Each student desiring a scholarship must make an annual application, which is issued for a
period of one year only. Applications are available on lwmlindiana.org under resources, church
worker scholarships and can be mailed by March 10 of each year or emailed to the scholarship
chair by March 15 of each year. Her name can be found at lwmlindiana.org, resources, church
workers scholarship or on the last page of the Indiana LWML Good News.
Regulations Regarding Scholarships:
1. By Indiana District LWML Resolution, each scholarship to be allotted shall be in the amount
of $750.
2. Monies shall be made payable to the student according to the number of terms per
traditional school year.
3. The Indiana District Scholarship Committee is responsible for screening all applications and
designating the recipient(s) of a scholarship.
4. Students who discontinue their studies are expected to inform the committee of their action
as early as possible.
5. No application shall be considered unless the school of the prospective student shall have
first approved of the enrollment.
Please click HERE for the 2026 application.