# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S85
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SYNOD REPORTS
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The Concordia University System

Board for University Education
Concordia University System

• Over 25,500 students
• Over 1,500 full-time and part-time faculty
• Over 200 majors and academic programs
Degrees Awarded

• Associate Degrees
• Bachelor Degrees
• Master Degrees
• Doctoral Degrees
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Enrollment Trends

… All across the Country …
An Educational Mission of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
“A church in mission is and must be a teaching church.”
Statement of Mission and Purpose

The Concordia University System builds national identity, enables
cooperative endeavors, and enhances the strengths of the colleges and
universities of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod as they engage
students of diverse ages and cultures in quality, Christ-centered,
value-oriented, Lutheran higher education for lives of service to
church and community.
Concordia University System National Office Profile

The national office ensures that the resolutions of the Synod’s
conventions and the directives of the Synod’s Board of Directors and
Board for University Education/Concordia University System (BUE),
as they pertain to college and university education, are faithfully discharged. It works through the boards of regents of the universities
and colleges and their executive officers to ensure that the highestquality education is offered to students preparing to be professional
church workers and to those wishing to prepare for secular vocations
in a Christian academic community. It is the oversight agency for
the LCMS to authorize academic programs and to establish criteria
for initiation, continuation, and improvement of programs. Through
consultation, review of instructional materials, and campus visits, it
ensures that the curricula and campus lifestyle reflect, with utmost
fidelity, the teachings of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions
and also the teachings and practices of the Synod. It promotes good
management, successful recruiting, and cost effectiveness at the institutions, and it provides for and assists in funding beyond the collection
of tuition/fees and income from auxiliaries. It ensures that the highest
principles of stewardship are exercised in the acquisition, use, disposition of, and accounting for real properties and equipment owned
by the Synod through its institutions of higher education. It promotes
cooperation and coordination of individual institutional activities
and programs in a joint and shared effort to develop a system-wide
approach to funds development, advancement, communications,
and strategic planning. It provides system-wide news and institutional information to the Council of Members in order to promote
and enhance broader participation and involvement in higher education within the Synod.

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