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Featured Essay

The Unwavering Fortress of Faith: Why the Concordia University System Remains the Beating Heart of Lutheran Higher Education

By The Reverend Dr. Jamison J. Hardy
August 25, 2026

In this essay, Dr. Hardy discusses the CUS's commitment to biblical truth and its role in forming the soul through Lutheran higher education.

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The Concordia University System Focus on Future Lutheran Pastors and Teachers​

The Reverend Dr. Douglas H. Spittel
January 20, 2025

Dr. Spittel asserts that the Concordia University System's core mission remains the education and formation of Lutheran pastors and teachers, and that despite decades of demographic decline, campus closures, and mission drift pressures, the LCMS must recommit financial and communal resources to this founding purpose to sustain the church's future clergy and teaching corps.

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Lutheran Identity and Mission Outcome Standards for the Concordia University System

The Reverend Dr. Jamison J. Hardy
August 25, 2024

Dr. Hardy explains the necessity of Lutheran Identity at Concordia Universities and the LIMOS standards, emphasizing how the Book of Concord serves as a foundation against doctrinal erosion in an increasingly relativistic world.

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