CTS was founded in1855 by the Congregational churches of seven Midwestern States to train pastors for ministry on the new frontier. While today’s frontiers have changed – we now live in a highly networked and globalized world and the challenges of ministry are greater than ever – CTS continues to prepare women and men to preach, teach and lead today’s congregations to do God’s greater justice and mercy in the real world. They are "Making New History".