Kansas District (LCMS)

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The Kansas District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Kansas; one congregation near the state's northern border is in the Nebraska District. The Kansas District includes approximately 166 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 36 preschools and 16 elementary schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 60,000.

The Kansas District was formed in 1888 out of the Western District, and at various times included territory in Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico; portions of the district were separated into the Colorado District (later renamed the Rocky Mountain District) and the Oklahoma District in 1921 and 1924 respectively, and the New Mexico areas were later transferred to the Colorado District in 1941-42. Kansas District offices are located in Topeka, Kansas; the Rev. Keith Kohlmeier 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 June 8-10, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Friedrich Pennekamp, 1888–94
  • Rev. Carl (Karl/Charles) Hafner, 1894–1906
  • Rev. Friedrich Christoph Droegemueller, 1906–12
  • Rev. Theodore H. Juengel, 1912–19
  • Rev. Carl Frederick Lehenbauer, 1919–32 (died in office)
  • Rev. William Mahler, 1932–39
  • Rev. Walter H. Meyer, 1939–60
  • Rev. Arlen J. Bruns, 1960–78
  • Rev. George J. Bruening, 1978-85
  • Rev. Eugene E. Schmidt, 1985-94
  • Rev. Howard J. Patten, 1994-2003
  • Rev. Keith E. Kohlmeier, 2003-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 (Atchison)

Circuit 2 (Kansas City, North)

Circuit 3N (North)

Circuit 3S (South)

Circuit 4 (Emporia)

Circuit 5 (Independence)

Circuit 6 (Topeka-Lawrence)

Circuit 7 (Linn)

Circuit 8 (Manhattan)

Circuit 9 (Herington)

Circuit 10 (Wichita, North)

Circuit 11 (Wichita, South)

Circuit 12 (Hutchinson-Salina)

Circuit 13 (Lincoln-Hays)

Circuit 14 (Great Bend)

Circuit 15 (Colby)

Circuit 16 (Garden City)

[edit] External links

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