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The Central Illinois District includes approximately 159 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 30 preschools, 23 elementary schools, and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 64,000. [1] The Central Illinois District was formed in 1907 when the Illinois District was divided.
The district merged with the Northern Nebraska district in 1970 to form a new single Nebraska district. Ontario: 1923: Canada: Renamed. The district was one of three districts that were released from the LC-MS in 1988 to join with and form the independent separate denomination of the Lutheran Church-Canada. Oklahoma: 1923/1924: Kansas ...
But the Illinois Synod was an exception because it was located in the area assigned to the multi-state Missouri Synod. To that end, in May 1880, the Illinois Synod merged with the Illinois District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, while urging its congregations in Missouri to join the Missouri Synod's Western District. At the time of ...
Rev. Dr. Daniel Hahn, vice president of the Eastern District - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, officiated at the installation service, assisted by the Rev. Christopher Antonetti of St. Paul ...
Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; E. Elling Eielsen; ... Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; W.
The Northern Illinois District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the northern third of the state of Illinois, including the Illinois portions of the Chicago metropolitan area; the rest of the state is divided between the Central Illinois District and the Southern Illinois District.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations. [1]
SELC District offices are located in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit visitors, a board of directors, and other officers. Waldemar R. Vinovskis is the current district president, elected to his first term in 2018.