The Hispanic Institute of Theology is part of Concordia Seminary, one of the two seminaries of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Concordia Seminary has been providing educational supervision, institutional and fiscal support to the Institute's programs since 1987, as it has endeavored to form Hispanic pastors for the Synod. The Hispanic Institute conducts its programs for pastoral and deaconess certification at two levels: the Entrance (Diaconal) Level and the Seminary (Certification) Level. These functions have fit perfectly within the Seminary's mission which is to serve the Church and the world by providing theological education and leadership centered in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ with the purpose of forming pastors, missionaries and leaders in the name of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Since 1987 the Hispanic Institute has been based in the Chicago area, most recently in Melrose Park, Illinois, in order to take advantage of video production facilities at Concordia University, River Forest, and because of travel accessibility to regional teaching centers around the United States. In the near future as more extensive facilities become available on the Seminary campus in St. Louis, the Institute looks forward to its physical integration with the entire Seminary community. Currently, the address of the central office is:

Hispanic Institute of Theology
501 W. North Ave. Suite 407
Melrose Park, IL 60160
Telephone: (708)343-1395 & (800)677-9833

The Institute utilizes its site on the World Wide Web to post its newsletter, course descriptions and learning resources in English and Spanish for pastors, teachers, and congregational leaders.