Lutheran Heritage

Our Middle Name

At PLU we’re proud of our Lutheran heritage. It calls for a commitment to academic excellence, academic freedom and a learning atmosphere where all perspectives on faith and reason are expressed openly.

Students from all backgrounds and religious traditions attend PLU. That ensures a vibrant, intellectual spirit takes hold on campus, where students and faculty are open to ideas, new philosophies and intellectual diversity. And, as a result, it enables students to better understand and engage the world.

It’s a great formula to ensure that you are challenged to grow in your faith, no matter who you are or what you believe in. PLU provides the type of education that not only satisfies your mind, but stirs the soul. That’s the Lutheran tradition.

Our Lutheran roots compel us to search for truth. So bring your faith, your doubt, your conscience and your intellect to PLU.

The following religious groups and clubs are organized and run by PLU students.

  • Aliyah Jewish Club
  • Baptist Student Ministries
  • Campus Crusade for Christ
  • Catholic Student Ministries
  • Church of Christ Student Ministries
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
  • Jam 62
  • Latter-Day Saints Student Association
  • The Upper Room
  • Young Life
  • ASPLU Religious Relations
  • RHA Christian Activities

What choices have you made?

“I was a camp counselor a while back for 5 to 8 year-olds. One night, after lots of games and activities, we were talking before I tucked them into their beds. For some reason, I got this crazy idea to ask these little kids what they thought it meant to be successful or to have a good life. I don’t know what I was thinking to ask this of kids who could barely read and write, but I did.”

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