Collection of Augustana College Office of Campus Ministries records

The Augustana College Office of Campus Ministries is an administrative office that offers ecumenical programming and activities on the campus of Augustana College. Formed in 1983, the Office was named Campus Ministry and employed a campus pastor, Rev. Phil Schroeder, and a chaplain to Catholic students, Rev. Albert J. Bischoff. Campus Ministry was created to replace the Augustana Campus Church, which was originally organized as an Illinois Synod of the Lutheran Church in America congregation with 102 charter members. The members of the Lutheran Church in America voted to disband the Campus Church in 1982, and the church closed in 1983.

The Campus Ministry was renamed Office of Campus Ministries in 1987, and was under the responsibility of the Office of President of Augustana. At this time, Richard A. Swanson was appointed Dean of Ministries. In this position, Swanson directed the Office of College Ministries, including Campus Ministry programs, personnel, and all relations between Augustana College and the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (ELCA) and other churches.

According to a description of the group written in 1994, the Office of Campus Ministries is "responsible, under the Office of President and with advice of the college's Campus Ministry Committee, for religious ministry to the college community in a manner consistent with the life and mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Campus ministry consists of worship, study, service, fellowship, and pastoral care." Activities of the Office of Campus Ministries have included worship services, bible study, staffing a local food kitchen, and spiritual retreats.