Southern Illinois District (LCMS)

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The Southern Illinois District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the southern third of the state of Illinois; the rest of the state is divided between the Northern Illinois District and the Central Illinois District. In addition, one congregation in Granite City is in the non-geographic SELC District. The Southern Illinois District includes approximately 97 congregations and missions, subdivided into 11 circuits, as well as 14 preschools, 23 elementary schools and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 40,000.

The Southern Illinois District was formed in 1907 when the Illinois District was divided. District offices are located in Belleville, Illinois; the Rev. Herbert Mueller, Jr. has been the district president since 1994, and was reelected to a fifth 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 February 23-25, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Fred William Brockmann, 1907–09
  • Rev. Ulfert Iben, 1909–12
  • Rev. Johannes Gottlieb Frederick Kleinhans, 1912–33
  • Rev. C. Thomas Spitz, Sr., 1933–45
  • Rev. Erhard H. Bohrer, 1945–46
  • Rev. Paul Juergensen, 1946–47
  • Rev. Harry C. Welp, 1947–57
  • Rev. Walter William Adolf Raedeke, 1957–58
  • Rev. W. Theophil Janzow, 1958–59
  • Rev. Alfred Buls, 1959–67
  • Rev. Herman F. Neunaber, 1967–76
  • Rev. Alvin V. Kollmann, 1976-94
  • Rev. Herbert C. Mueller, Jr., 1994-present

Neunaber was one of several district presidents who were warned of removal from office in 1975 by Synod President J. A. O. Preus for non-compliance with synodical directives on the ordination and placement of improperly endorsed ministerial candidates from Seminex, although Preus opted to only admonish Neunaber [2]. He later became bishop of the Great Rivers Synod of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) from 1976-79.

[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

Circuit 2

Circuit 3

Circuit 4

Circuit 5

Circuit 6

Circuit 7

Circuit 8

Circuit 9

Circuit 10

Circuit 11

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Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
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