Mission Statement: Concordia University, Irvine, a comprehensive Lutheran Christian university guided by Christ’s Great Commission, develops wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens to serve society and the church.
Core Convictions & Values: Concordia University, Irvine, serves our students, colleagues, and community by being: • Gospel-Centered: The faculty and staff, guided by God’s Word and the Lutheran Confessions, welcome all students who are both willing and able to engage with its mission and proclaim God’s grace in Christ to each person.
- Faithfully Relevant: Concordia offers exceptional, rigorous, holistic, and sought-after programs in the liberal arts and professional studies, rooted in the Lutheran intellectual tradition, that prepare servant leaders who pro actively address the contemporary needs of the church and the world.
- Sustain ably Excellent: Concordia invests its finite resources of time, talent, and treasure in wise and sustainable ways by empowering each faculty, staff, and student to live out their vocations and to support the ongoing excellence and fulfillment of the university’s mission.
- Courageously Loving: At Concordia, all are called to love one another, forming a community that faithfully cultivates humility and responsibility, fosters honest and charitable conversations, and offers a path to personal growth that equips students for lives of service in a diverse world.
- Relentlessly Hopeful: Concordia is ever hopeful as it carries out its mission in the face of the world’s challenges. Our hope is rooted in the confidence that God in Christ has reconciled the world to Himself and that Christ is the Lord of all creation.
University Updates: Concordia University, Irvine, as a faithful and thriving university of the LCMS, is grateful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for innumerable blessings and are excited to report the following updates: • Concordia, as a comprehensive university offering bach-
- In the spring of 2023, with the approval of both the CUS board and the Synod Board of Directors, Concordia began the process of purchasing a furnished, 115,000-square-foot building with a parking structure and lots for 700+ vehicles on 6.6 acres of land just 3 miles from the current campus. This represents an increase in classrooms, offices, and meeting spaces of 40 percent to our current campus. This building will house our School of Health and Human Sciences. At the time of this report, the purchase negotiations are ongoing, but very favorable! We hope and pray to celebrate this news at the 2023 LCMS Convention!