Central Illinois District (LCMS)

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The Central Illinois District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the middle third of the state of Illinois; the rest of the state is divided between the Northern Illinois District and the Southern Illinois District. The Central Illinois District includes approximately 155 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 31 preschools, 23 elementary schools and 2 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 70,000.

The Central Illinois District was formed in 1907 when the Illinois District was divided. District offices are located in the state capital, Springfield, Illinois; the Rev. David Bueltmann has been the district president since 1995, and was reelected to a fourth full 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 July 9-11, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Frederick Brand, 1907–17
  • Rev. Fred William Brockmann, 1917–18
  • Rev. August Friedrich Wilhelm Heyne, 1918–27
  • Rev. P. Schulz, 1927–32
  • Rev. Philip Wilhelm, 1932–33
  • Rev. Walter Ernest Hohenstein, 1933–35
  • Rev. John Carl Schuelke, 1935–42
  • Rev. Albert Otto Carl Bernthal, 1942–48
  • Rev. Emil Frederick Tonn, 1948–54
  • Rev. Alvin W. Mueller, 1954–63
  • Rev. Lewis C. Niemoeller, 1963–70
  • Rev. Rudolph A. Haak, 1970–74
  • Rev. Arthur T. Kuehnert, 1974–85
  • Rev. Robert T. Kuhn, 1985-95
  • Rev. David J. Bueltmann, 1995-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 (Altamont)

Circuit 2 (Bloomington North)

Circuit 3 (Bloomington South)

Circuit 4 (Champaign)

Circuit 5 (Danville)

Circuit 6 (Decatur)

Circuit 7 (Effingham)

Circuit 8 (Jacksonville)

Circuit 9 (Lincoln)

Circuit 10 (Peoria)

Circuit 11 (Quincy)

Circuit 12 (Rock Island)

Circuit 13 (Shelby)

Circuit 14 (Springfield East)

Circuit 15 (Springfield West)

Circuit 16 (Tazewell)

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