It maintained extension sites in Normal, Illinois, metropolitan Indianapolis, Indiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

LCU's president, Silas McCormick, primarily attributed the end of its tenure as a university to a long period of declining enrollment.

[8] LCU's most recent construction projects were new athletics facilities in 2006 and new housing in 2007 with ongoing renovation of office and classroom buildings.

In May 2009, officials from then-LCCS announced that the institution would change its name to Lincoln Christian University, effective September 2009.

They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the North Central Region of the Division I level.