California-Nevada-Hawaii District (LCMS)

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The California-Nevada-Hawaii District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and encompasses the state of Hawaii, California with the exception of its eight southernmost counties, and Nevada with the exception of the Las Vegas area at its southern end. Southern California and the Las Vegas area form part of the Pacific Southwest District; in addition, three congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area are in the non-geographic English District. The California-Nevada-Hawaii District includes approximately 182 congregations and missions, subdivided into 19 circuits, as well as 37 preschools, 33 elementary schools and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 50,000.

The California-Nevada-Hawaii District was formed in 1899 as the California and Nevada District when the California and Oregon District was divided, also creating the Oregon and Washington District (renamed the Northwest District in 1948); the Southern California District (later renamed the Pacific Southwest District) was separated from the district's area in 1930. The district was renamed the California-Nevada Hawaii District in 1985. District offices are located in Livermore, California; the Rev. Dr. Robert Newton has been the district president since 2003, and was reelected to a second term in 2006 [1]. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers; the last convention was held on May 5-7, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. J. M. Bühler, 1899–1901
  • Rev. George P. Runkel, 1901–05
  • Rev. George A. Bernthal, 1905–20
  • Rev. J. W. Theiss, 1920–24
  • Rev. Arthur Clemens Henry Brohm, 1924–45
  • Rev. C. Fickenscher, 1945–54
  • Rev. Arthur C. Nitz, 1954–59
  • Rev. Paul E. Jacobs, 1959–77
  • Rev. Orval M. Oswald, 1977-91
  • Rev. Walter C. Tietjen, 1991-2003
  • Rev. Robert D. Newton, 2003-present

Jacobs resigned in protest in January 1977 following widespread criticism for his having ordained graduates of Seminex, and became bishop of the Pacific Regional Synod of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) before his death in September of that year [2].

[edit] Oldest congregations

Oldest in Hawaii: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1945

[edit] Largest congregations

Membership totals are c. 2006.

Largest in Hawaii: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, 342

[edit] Congregations and missions

Congregations established prior to 1930, or having 600 or more members, are noted (membership figures are c. 2006); in the absence of one or both of these within a circuit, the oldest and/or largest congregation is noted.

Circuit 1 (San Francisco)

Circuit 2 (Concordia)

Circuit 3 (North San Joaquin)

Circuit 4 (South Sacramento)

Circuit 5 (South San Joaquin)

Circuit 6 (North Bay)

Circuit 7 (Mount Diablo)

Circuit 8 (Peninsula)

Circuit 9 (Central Coast)

Circuit 10 (NE Sierra Nevada)

Circuit 11 (Hawaii)

Circuit 12 (North Sacramento)

Circuit 13 (North Redwood)

Circuit 14 (Redwood Empire)

Circuit 15 (Central San Joaquin)

Circuit 16 (Monterey Bay)

Circuit 17 (East Shore)

Circuit 18 (Santa Clara)

Circuit 19 (East Sacramento)

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