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The Mission of LBS

Lutheran Brethren Seminary serves the church and the world by preparing servants of Christ for a life of ministry in God’s mission and for equipping His people to serve in His mission.

Our Institutional Calling

Go and make disciples.

Enter the World

LBS prepares people to enter the diverse cultural contexts of the world through particular ministries as Christ’s servants shaped by His words and wounds, speaking his gospel in word and deed. The Seminary approaches its ministry in dependence on the Triune God who speaks truth through his inspired scriptures.

Serve the Church

Called by the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, the Seminary serves the church and world by living in and preparing others to live in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his call to participate in his mission of grace to bless all nations.

Our Institutional Objectives

Graduates of Lutheran Brethren Seminary will:

  1. Embrace a Christ-centered understanding of Scripture
  2. Demonstrate skills that correspond to the doing of ministry
  3. Exhibit attitudes that characterize God’s servants
  4. Model godly character in life and in ministry

Our prayer is that students will be shaped by the words and wounds of Christ to live as servants of Christ in God’s church and world.

In response to God’s person and grace, we worship Him with everything we are in Christ, serve one another in Christian love and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with all people.

– Mission of Church of the Lutheran Brethren

Our Core Values

  • The Bible is central in our congregations and in our households.
  • The Gospel is our treasure and our joy.
  • We revere God’s Law.
  • The Word and the Sacraments are God’s precious means of grace.
  • We cherish the love and fellowship of God’s people.
  • We long for people to trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, to come to know Him in a personal way.
  • We seek to be people of prayer.