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Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg (1711 - 1786) - Founder of the Lutheran church in America. Peter Muhlenberg (1746 - 1807) - Clergy, Revolutionary War soldier, US House, US Senate Ishmael Noko (b. 1943)- General secretary of the Lutheran World Federation .
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, [2] is a confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.7 million members as of 2022 [ 4 ] it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, behind the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .
No. Bishop Image Took office Left office Mission District Length of term 1: Paull Spring [1]: August 27, 2010: August 11, 2011: Atlantic Mission District 349 days
Each Missouri Synod district chooses its own president from among the pastors in the district at its triennial convention. In some districts the district president occupies a full-time position, while in others he continues to serve as pastor in a local congregation or specialized ministry (hospitals, military chaplains, colleges / universities ...
The Texas District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Texas with the exception of El Paso County, which is in the Rocky Mountain District.
The South Wisconsin District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the southern third of the state of Wisconsin.The northern two-thirds are in the North Wisconsin District; there are also two Wisconsin congregations in the Minnesota North District.
Concordia College (New York), which was part of the LCMS's Concordia University System, ceased offering classes as of August 2021, with a final conferral of degrees in December 2021. A district congregation, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Matthew , in Washington Heights, Manhattan , was founded in 1664 and is the oldest congregation ...
The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC, also known as The AALC or TAALC) is a Lutheran church body based in the United States. It was formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church denomination, the majority of which merged with the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church ...