Megadeth bassist studying for Lutheran ordination at Concordia

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David Ellefson of the U.S. thrash metal band Megadeth performs in concert in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday Nov. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

BY TIM TOWNSEND • [e-mail] > 314-340-8221 STLtoday.com | Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:10 am

In early September, as new students wandered onto the campus of Concordia Seminary in Clayton, they were joined by another group of theological rookies — mostly midcareer types — joining the school's program that allows students to train for the ministry online.

As the consultants, electricians, farmers and entrepreneurs in the Specific Ministry Program got to know one another in person, before reconnecting online from hundreds or thousands of miles away in the weeks that followed, one student had an orientation story that truly rocked.

David Ellefson was an honest-to-God founding member of the legendary thrash metal band Megadeth.

And Ellefson's studies at Concordia illustrate why distance learning seminary programs are increasingly popular nationwide as the convenience of Internet education brings new candidates to divinity schools who don't have to uproot their lives to attend.

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/seminarians-they-are-even-megadeth-bassist/article_c71bc9b3-dd0d-5126-b2c1-0513931559bb.html

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[Jim__]

1. Wow. Hard to grasp that he's still playing bass for megadeath while studying for the ministry.

I have to think about that.

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2. I'd like to know more about the path he's taken.

[EvilAL]

3. Mustaine was born-again

years ago while going trough AA meetings. Maybe he's been preaching to his band on tour.. hahah