CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

A wise scholar and theologian once wrote: “You cannot prepare a more dependable treasure for your children than an education in the liberal arts.” These were the words of Martin Luther, spoken 500 years ago. Concordia University is committed to delivering a liberal arts education in the Lutheran tradition. We hope to prepare students to live as men and women whose Christian freedom inspires and enables service to others.

Concordia’s theme verse for the 2009 – 2010 academic year reflects our desire to serve others: “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10). Using one’s gifts is a reflection of God’s grace in the lives of His thankful people. At Concordia University, our goal is not only to educate our students, but also to help them understand how to use that “dependable treasure” to serve others.

At Concordia, we asked ourselves: what can we give to the world that will be really valuable? Our answer once again comes from the words of Luther: people who are wise, more than in their major area of study; people who are honorable, with honesty and integrity that is becoming ever more rare in today’s world; and people who are cultivated, citizens well-connected with the cultures of the world. Our focus is not merely on programs, but on the outcome of graduates who are well-formed and well informed, assuming their position in society as wise, honorable and cultivated citizens.

The Concordia Campus Church is a Bible-based, Christian congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod. We believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, and we subscribe to the 3 Ecumenical Creeds (Apostle's, Nicene, and Athanasian), as well as the Lutheran Confessions as accurate statements regarding the truth of God's Word.

We believe in the one true God, who has revealed Himself as Father, Son, and Spirit. We believe that humankind, created perfectly, went against God's will and brought sin into the world. Since then, all people have inherited that sin and are born sinful. We believe that people cannot save themselves by their good works.