LuMin: ELCA Campus Ministry

The ELCA Campus Ministry Network builds vibrant faith communities on campus where students find their place, encounter Christ, wrestle with big questions, and explore their callings.

We serve students, faculty, and staff at over 175 state and private colleges and universities through ELCA and Ecumenical Campus Ministry Organizations. In addition, we partner with hundreds of congregations located near campuses to help them serve students in their communities.

Why Campus Ministry?

What is Campus Ministry?
LuMin is a network of ELCA Campus Ministries connected by our focus on four central practices:

Building Community

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.

Deepening Faith

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.

Expanding Minds

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.

Inspiring Service

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.