Concordia College is a liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Moorhead, Minnesota, founded in 1891 by Norwegian settlers who valued education alongside their religious heritage. It offers more than 120 areas of study on a campus it describes as rooted in a tradition of free inquiry and dialogue. Concordia is one of the colleges and universities affiliated with the ELCA, distinct from the several Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod schools that also carry the Concordia name.