Mission Statement

Mission Statement At Concordia University we take our mission seriously. We strive to insure a quality, faith-based education every day, in every classroom and every activity, while aggressively exploring new ways we can equip and challenge students in the future. To help you understand who we are and our commitment to an innovative, quality education, we've provided our mission statement below with a brief description of each phrase.

The Concordia University Mission

As a distinctive, comprehensive university of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and based in the liberal arts, Concordia University equips men and women to serve and lead with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion in a diverse, interconnected and increasingly urbanized church and world.

What does that mean?
Concordia University, as a distinctive . . .

Concordia is a leader, an innovator; it stands out among its peers; it holds itself to the highest standards of academic excellence; it has outstanding programs, faculty, staff and students within a supportive and nurturing community.

Comprehensive university . . .

Concordia is a university with multiple undergraduate colleges together with a school of graduate studies; it provides learning, scholarship, and service in a variety of academic disciplines and professional programs.

of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, . . .

Concordia is a member of the Concordia University System; it provides a Christ-centered spiritual and value-oriented environment to educate men and women for service in church and secular vocations, including its tradition of the recruitment and education of professional church workers; it serves the church at the local, district, national and international levels.

centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . .

Concordia proclaims Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of the world; it promotes the Lutheran tradition of Word and wisdom as it seeks to bring the saving message of the Gospel to a world in need of salvation.

and based in the liberal arts, . . .

Concordia's undergraduate curricula are built upon a strong base of learning in the arts and sciences for the free and responsible pursuit of knowledge and understanding; its graduate programs build upon and supplement this foundation in preparation for church and community service.

equips men and women to serve and lead . . .

Concordia guides its students to develop and maintain healthy and productive lifestyles; it provides opportunity for a diverse population of people to be servants to others, to the church and to God; it develops the expertise and dedication necessary for leadership in church and society.

with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion . . .

Concordia places a major emphasis on sound moral character built upon Christian principles; its emphasis on the arts and sciences builds a foundation for the use of the imagination and resourcefulness of the human mind; it expects proficiency and reliability in the work accomplished by its graduates; it approaches its students holistically and engenders in them the ability to recognize and respond to the needs of others.

in a diverse, . . .

Concordia graduates recognize that the church and world are diverse in terms of age, gender, race, culture, religion and socioeconomic status; they model Christian love in response to this diversity while also recognizing the unchanging nature of God and his love.

interconnected, . . .

Concordia recognizes that the interdependence of people and communities in the church and world is enhanced by the connectedness available through changes in the technologies of transportation and communication.

and increasingly urbanized church and world.

Concordia recognizes that the metropolitan areas of the world continue to expand and bring more people together and that the church and society must learn to serve these growth areas while maintaining a connection to rural and small-town communities; it intentionally uses the communities of the Chicago metropolitan area as a learning laboratory for its students.

Adopted by the Concordia University Faculty on April 30, 1998 Adopted by the Concordia University Board of Regents on May 7, 1998