Rocky Mountain District (LCMS)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

The Rocky Mountain District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). It encompasses the states of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, as well as El Paso County, Texas; the rest of Texas constitutes the Texas District, and one Colorado congregation is in the Wyoming District. The district also includes one congregation each from the states of Arizona and Nebraska. One Utah congregation is in the non-geographic English District. The Rocky Mountain District includes approximately 180 congregations and missions, subdivided into 17 circuits, as well as 36 preschools, 33 elementary schools and 5 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 58,000.

The Rocky Mountain District was formed in 1921 as the Colorado District, separating from the Kansas District; it originally consisted of Colorado and Utah, and expanded as congregations were started elsewhere. New Mexico was added to the district from portions of the Kansas and Texas Districts in 1941-42. District offices are located in Aurora, Colorado; the Rev. Randy Golter has been the district president since September 2003, and was reelected 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 June 15-17, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

Contents

[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Otto Luessenhop, 1921–30
  • Rev. Otto K. Hensel, 1930–34
  • Rev. Frederick William Obermeier, 1934–42
  • Rev. E. Julius Friedrich, 1942–50
  • Rev. Henry G. Hartner, 1950–54
  • Rev. Herbert H. Hellbusch, 1954–60
  • Rev. Walter A. Enge, 1960–66
  • Rev. Waldemar E. Meyer, 1966-76
  • Rev. Ralph Phipps, 1976-85
  • Rev. John Peterson, 1985-93
  • Rev. Roger L. Krause, 1993-2003
  • Rev. Randall L. 'Randy' Golter, 2003-present

[edit] Oldest congregations

Oldest in New Mexico: Immanuel Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1914
Only congregation in Arizona: Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church, Page, Arizona, 1957

[edit] Largest congregations

Membership totals are c. 2006.

Largest in New Mexico: Immanuel Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 602
Largest in Texas: Ascension Lutheran Church and Zion Lutheran Church, both in El Paso, Texas, 367
Only congregation in Arizona: Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church, Page, Arizona, 79
Only congregation in Nebraska: Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Venango, Nebraska, 73

[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 (Pecos)

Circuit 2 (Denver, Northwest)

Circuit 3 (Denver, Southwest)

Circuit 4 (Long Peak)

Circuit 5 (Sandia North)

Circuit 6 (Sangre de Cristo)

Circuit 7 (Northeastern)

Circuit 8 (Utah)

Circuit 9 (Western)

Circuit 10 (Rio Grande)

Circuit 11 (Eastern High Plains)

Circuit 12 (Four Corners)

Circuit 13 (Pikes Peak)

Circuit 14 (Denver, Southeast)

Circuit 15 (Denver, Northeast)

Circuit 16 (Rocky Flats)

Circuit 17 (Sandia South)

[edit] External links


Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Atlantic • California-Nevada-Hawaii • Central Illinois • Eastern • English • Florida-Georgia • Indiana • Iowa East • Iowa West • Kansas • Michigan • Mid-South • Minnesota North • Minnesota South • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • New England • New Jersey • North Dakota • North Wisconsin • Northern Illinois • Northwest • Ohio • Oklahoma • Pacific Southwest • Rocky Mountain • SELC • South Dakota • South Wisconsin • Southeastern • Southern • Southern Illinois • Texas • Wyoming
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../r/o/c/Rocky_Mountain_District_%28LCMS%29_6071.html"