Connecting and supporting creators of Christ-centered media.
Our Mission
Evangelize
The Christ in Media Institute promotes research and education with the goal of evangelization: to communicate the gospel, the forgiveness of sins through the atoning death of Christ, and draw people into a beautifully creative life nourished by Word and Sacrament.
Inspire
The Institute seeks to be a continuation of the work of artists, evangelists, poets, hymnwriters, philosophers, mathematicians, scientists, writers, rhetoricians, theologians, and pastors from the great tradition of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the church catholic from the beginning and on. We are inspired by the masters of the arts, from Lucas Cranch & J.S. Bach to Johannes Kepler & Hans Christian Andersen to Bezalel & King David, all who sought to explore and receive God’s creation and gifts, and communicate truth, goodness, and beauty through vastly different media. We aim to inspire future generations to do the same.
Create
We aspire to animate a new renaissance of confessional Lutheran creators and artists. We encourage the creation of media that is both spiritually vital and well grounded in Confessional Lutheran theology, that has both integrity and relevance, and is executed masterfully. While dealing with every aspect of human experience, our main concern is the presentation of the Gospel for vast audiences around the world.
OUR STORY & VISION
The idea for the Christ in Media Institute grew directly out of the purpose of Bethany Lutheran College, propelled by the establishment of Communication as her first four-year-college major. Nothing is more central to Bethany than the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the “one thing needful” of the school’s motto. And nothing is more central to the Holy Spirit’s purpose for the Gospel than that it be proclaimed (communicated) for the salvation of souls.
In 2007, Dr. Thomas Kuster proposed a possible new institute which would provide the various programs at the college, and especially the Communion Major, a “special flavor” of evangelization. The institute became a reality in the spring of 2009 and a “Creativity and Lutheran Theology in Media” conference was held. The conference focused on writing, or storytelling, the fundamental skill which would make communicating The One True Story with media work.
It is on this foundation we continue to grow. Our inspiration is the creative
arose from my conviction that writing, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, was the fundamental skill that would make Gospel outreach with media work.
The 2009 Creativity Conference (full name “"Creativity and Lutheran Theology in Media”) arose from my conviction that writing, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, was the fundamental skill that would make Gospel outreach with media work.
Supporting
Vocations
