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Megadeth bassist David Ellefson becomes a seminarian

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  January 20, 2012

David Ellefson plays bass for Megadeth. He also is an online student in the Specific Ministry Program at Concordia Seminary operated by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Ellefson’s studies illustrate why distance learning programs at seminaries have a growing popularity nationwide, allowing students to attend divinity schools without uprooting their lives. Ellefson is a non-traditional student given his band has recorded albums with titles such as “Killing Is My Business . . . And Business Is Good!’’

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