Southeastern District (LCMS)

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The Southeastern District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). It encompasses Washington, D.C. and the states of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as York and Lancaster Counties in Pennsylvania, and Maryland with the exception of Garrett County at its western end. Garrett County and the rest of Pennsylvania are part of the Eastern District; also, one Virginia congregation is in the non-geographic English District, and two of the state's congregations are in the SELC District. The Southeastern District includes approximately 205 congregations and missions, subdivided into 19 circuits, as well as 59 preschools, 29 elementary schools and 2 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 70,000.

The Southeastern District was formed in 1939 out of the Eastern District, and also incorporated a number of congregations which had previously been in the English District – including those in the Carolinas and part of Georgia; the Georgia areas were separated into the Florida-Georgia District in 1948. District offices are located in Alexandria, Virginia; the Rev. Dr. Jon Diefenthaler 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. George Spilman, 1939–45
  • Rev. Oscar Adelbert Saner, 1945–48
  • Rev. Rudolph Stang Ressmeyer, 1948–54
  • Rev. William H. Kohn, 1954–59
  • Rev. Leslie F. Frerking, 1959–63
  • Rev. William H. Kohn, 1963–67
  • Rev. Martin C. Poch, 1967–70
  • Rev. Charles S. Mueller, 1970–78
  • Rev. Richard T. Hinz, 1978-94
  • Rev. Roy A. Maack, 1994-97
  • Rev. Arthur W. Scherer, 1997-2003
  • Rev. Jon T. Diefenthaler, 2003-present

[edit] Oldest congregations

Oldest in Delaware: Saint John Lutheran Church, Dover, Delaware, 1923
Oldest in South Carolina: Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Columbia, South Carolina, 1930
Oldest in Washington, D.C.: Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Logan Circle, Washington, D.C., 1933

[edit] Largest congregations

Membership totals are c. 2006.

Largest in Washington, D.C.: Peace Lutheran Church, Marshall Heights, Washington, D.C., 678
Largest in Delaware: Saint John Lutheran Church, Dover, Delaware, 659
Largest in South Carolina: Calvary Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina, 575

[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 (Delmarva)

Circuit 2 (Baltimore, North)

Circuit 3 (Baltimore, East)

Circuit 4 (Baltimore, South)

Circuit 5 (Baltimore, West)

Circuit 6 (Washington, North)

Circuit 7 (Washington, East)

Circuit 8 (Washington, South)

Circuit 9A (Northern Virginia East)

Circuit 9B (Northern Virginia West)

Circuit 10 (Richmond)

Circuit 11 (Blue Ridge)

Circuit 12 (Tidewater)

Circuit 13E

Circuit 13W

Circuit 14 (Piedmont)

Circuit 15 (Mecklenburg)

Circuit 16 (Catawba)

Circuit 17 (North Carolina, Western)

Circuit 18 (South Carolina)

Circuit 19 (Carolina Mountain)

[edit] External links


Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
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