501(c)(3): Public Charity. BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE IS A PRIVATE, RESIDENTIAL, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE COMMITTED TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE AS SET FORTH IN THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS. BETHANY PROVIDES STUDIES CULMINATING IN A BACHELOR OF ARTS & SCIENCE DEGREE & A MASTERS OF CLINCIAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. BETHANY LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EXISTS IN ORDER TO TRAIN MEN FOR THE PUBLIC MINISTRY IN THE ELS AS WELL AS TO SERVE THE SYNOD’S THEOLOGICAL NEEDS.