The proposal resulted from the work of NALC's Task Force for Theological Education and recommended two components for the seminary system.

This was approved by the NALC's Executive Council and was appointed with Dr. Roy Harisville III as chair.

The hub is the seminary center located at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

In 2013, the NALS began its first House of Studies in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

[8] The seminary also offers individual courses to supplement the educational requirements needed for those in the candidacy process to become ordained pastors in the North American Lutheran Church.