Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Colleges

Founded in Chicago, IL, in 1847, with current headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), is the eighth largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and is second only to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in terms of overall size. A moderately conservative, Confessional Lutheran denomination, LCMS originated from various communities of German Lutheran immigrants during the 1830s and 1840s. With more than two million baptized members and representation in all fifty states, roughly half of the church’s members are located in the Upper Midwest.

Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Higher Education Overview

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod operates several universities known as the Concordia University System, most of which are located in the western part of the United States and have a liberal arts curriculum. The largest of these schools is Concordia University – Wisconsin (Mequon, WI), which, along with Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, MO) and Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, IN), offers Doctoral degree programs. The other schools within the Concordia University System offer primarily Bachelor and Masters degrees.