ELCA campus ministry is a Lutheran ministry for students, faculty, staff and others on campus, not just a ministry for Lutherans. It provides an ELCA presence at more than 180 state and private colleges and universities with cooperating congregations in campus ministry at an additional 400 campuses nationwide.
Life-giving relationships are at the heart of everything we do as we welcome, affirm, and accept all students in Christ’s name. We appreciate, respect, and honor the gifts inherent in each student as we work to create opportunities for connection and belonging.
As students encounter new ideas and doubts during the college years, we accompany students as their faith evolves. Through our dozens of ministries around the country, we provide safe places for students to grow and become rooted in the rich Christian faith tradition.
We help students grow in their understanding of God as they engage with each other with intention and honesty. Together, we intersect our faith with our lives and academia to cover issues not only from a historical, critical, and economic lens, but also a faith lens.
Our faith calls us to lives of diakonia -to go to the broken places in the world. There we find God and are invited to serve others as Christ served. We do this all as we strive to cultivate in one another the desire to share blessings with others through our service.
