Concordia Lutheran Seminary is situated on the towering north bank of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta. The seminary is located on the same campus as Concordia University College of Alberta, the Lutheran Historical Institute, and the Alberta-British Columbia District Office of Lutheran Church - Canada. Concordia Lutheran Seminary is legally chartered under the laws of the Province of Alberta having received royal assent to its incorporation petition on May 31, 1984. The seminary began its first classes on September 10, 1984, in the historic president's residence of Concordia College. In May 1991, the present seminary facility was occupied and on September 2 of the same year it was dedicated. Concordia Lutheran Seminary: History The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod at its 1981 convention, authorized The Lutheran Church–Canada, at that time a federation of LCMS districts, to determine how it desired to handle its seminary education. The Board of Directors of The LCC determined that there was a need for two seminaries, and appointed a Board of Regents for a seminary to be located in Edmonton.