South Dakota District (LCMS)

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The South Dakota District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of South Dakota; one congregation in the state is in the North Dakota District. The South Dakota District includes approximately 114 congregations and missions, subdivided into 11 circuits, as well as 14 preschools and 3 elementary schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 30,000.

The South Dakota District was formed in 1906 out of the Minnesota and Dakota District, with the rest of the district continuing to use that name until 1910. District offices are located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; the Rev. Dale Sattgast became the district president in September 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 18-21, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. August Frederick Breihan, 1906–12
  • Rev. Johann Dietrich Ehlen, 1912–18
  • Rev. Ernst Gottlieb Jehn, 1918–21
  • Rev. Friedrich W. Leyhe, 1921–36
  • Rev. Walter Nitschke, 1936–51
  • Rev. Philip H. Mueller, 1951–60
  • Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop, 1960–68
  • Rev. Leonard Eberhard, 1968–70
  • Rev. Arthur J. Crosmer, 1970–78
  • Rev. Paul G. Wendling, 1978-88
  • Rev. Raymond L. Hartwig, 1988-98
  • Rev. Vernon L. Schindler, 1998-2006
  • Rev. Dale L. Sattgast, 2006-present

[edit] Oldest congregations

[edit] Largest congregations

Membership totals are c. 2006.

[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 (Aberdeen)

Circuit 2 (Milbank)

Circuit 3 (Pierre)

Circuit 4 (Huron)

Circuit 5 (Brookings)

Circuit 6 (Black Hills)

Circuit 7 (Chamberlain)

Circuit 8 (Mitchell)

Circuit 9 (Yankton)

Circuit 10 (Sioux Falls)

Circuit 11 (Freeman)

[edit] External links


Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
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