LTS Adopt-A-Student Scholarship

• Adopting one student from another African country costs about R65,000 (USD 4,000) per year.
• This is made up of flights and visa costs of R25,000 (USD 1,570), medical insurance of R10,000 (USD 600), and a combined tuition fee and stipend of R30,000 (USD 1,830).
• Part-donations towards a student's costs are accepted.
• Students spend three years in total at LTS, so a full sponsorship runs for three years.
• A once-off donation of USD 50,000 can fund students on an ongoing basis from its interest, with a scholarship named after the donor if they wish.

No application deadline or intake date is given; LTS states only that there is currently a shortage of sponsors (as of 2026) and that students are waiting to be matched with a sponsor.

1. Prospective students complete the LTS admission packet: the Application Form for Admission, Endorsement by Bishop or Church Leader, Addendum 1 (additional documentation), Addendum 2 (financial disclosures and banking details), a Financial Guarantee for Seminary Costs, and the Revised Pledge of Service.
2. Send the completed packet to the Registrar at [email protected].
3. Sponsors who want to adopt a student, or who have questions about sponsorship, contact [email protected]; general enquiries go to [email protected].

See LTS's Adopt-A-Student page and Become a Student page.

• Application Form for admission.
• Endorsement by Bishop or Church Leader.
• Addendum 1 - additional documentation required.
• Addendum 2 - financial disclosures and banking details.
• Financial guarantee for seminary costs.
• Revised Pledge of Service.

Students are admitted through the standard LTS application packet, with an endorsement from a bishop or church leader confirming the student's church body cannot fund their training. Sponsorship itself is matched between individual donors and waiting students rather than through a competitive selection process.