Michigan District (LCMS)

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The Michigan District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the U.S. state of Michigan with the exception of the western half of the Upper Peninsula, which is in the North Wisconsin District. In addition, eighteen Michigan congregations are in the non-geographic English District. The Michigan District includes approximately 372 congregations and missions, subdivided into 44 circuits, as well as 79 preschools, 89 elementary schools and 9 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 225,000. It is by far the largest of the Synod's districts, exceeding the size of the next largest districts by over 30 congregations (Texas District) and 80,000 members (Northern Illinois District). The average congregation size of 604 members places the Michigan District second among the 35 districts, only slightly behind the Northern Illinois District (607).

The Michigan District is the renamed remnant of what was originally called the Northern District, one of the Synod's four original districts formed in 1854. The Wisconsin and Minnesota portions of the district were separated in 1875, creating the Northwestern District. From 1875 to 1879, Ontario was included in the Northern District, but it was split off to form the Canada District. The Northern District was renamed the Michigan District in 1881. District offices are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Rev. Dr. C. William Hoesman has been the district president since 1997, and was reelected to a fourth 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 25-28, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

Concordia University, Ann Arbor, part of the LCMS' Concordia University System, is located within the district.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Ottomar Fuerbringer, 1854–72
  • Rev. J. A. Hügli, 1872–75
  • Rev. Ottomar Fuerbringer, 1875–82
  • Rev. M. J. Schmidt, 1882–91
  • Rev. Gustav Ernst Spiegel, 1891–1912
  • Rev. T. E. W. Engelder, 1912–14
  • Rev. Emanuel August Mayer, 1915–24
  • Rev. John Jacob Frederick Schinnerer, 1924–42
  • Rev. Andrew Zeile, 1942–57
  • Rev. W. Harry Krieger, 1957–65
  • Rev. Edwin C. Weber, 1965–69
  • Rev. Richard L. Schlecht, 1969–85
  • Rev. John L. Heins, 1985-97
  • Rev. C. William Hoesman, 1997-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 (Mackinaw Straits)

Circuit 2 (Alpena)

Circuit 3 (Timberline)

Circuit 4 (Gladwin)

Circuit 5 (Midland)

Circuit 6 (Bay City)

Circuit 7 (Thumb East)

Circuit 8 (Thumb West)

Circuit 9 (Frankenmuth)

Circuit 10 (Saginaw)

Circuit 11 (Flint North)

Circuit 12 (Flint South)

Circuit 13 (Lapeer)

Circuit 14 (Port Huron)

Circuit 15 (Macomb North)

Circuit 16 (Macomb Northwest)

Circuit 17 (Oakland North)

Circuit 18 (Birmingham)

Circuit 19 (Macomb South)

Circuit 20 (Detroit East)

  • Bethany Lutheran Church, Morningside, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1889; 322 members
  • Charity Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan
  • East Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1873
  • Epiphany Lutheran Church, Chaldean Town, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1916
  • Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1922
  • Peace Lutheran Church, Morningside, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1927
  • Redemption Lutheran Church, Pulaski, Detroit, Michigan
  • Resurrection Lutheran Church, Regent Park, Detroit, Michigan

Circuit 21 (Detroit Central)

  • Berea Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Southwest Detroit, Michigan - est. 1887
  • Historic Trinity Lutheran Church, Lafayette Park, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1850; 1891 members
  • Nazareth Lutheran Church, Petosky-Otsego, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1913
  • Saint John Lutheran Church, Barton-McFarland, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1879
  • Saint Philip Lutheran Church, Milwaukee Junction, Detroit, Michigan - 878 members
  • Saint Stephen Lutheran Church, Springwells, Detroit, Michigan - est. 1890

Circuit 22 (Detroit West)

Circuit 23 (Down River)

Circuit 24 (Monroe)

Circuit 25 (Dearborn)

Circuit 26 (Kensington)

Circuit 27 (Livonia)

Circuit 28 (Milan)

Circuit 29 (Ann Arbor)

Circuit 30 (Jackson)

Circuit 31 (Petoskey)

Circuit 32 (Traverse City)

Circuit 33 (Manistee)

Circuit 34 (Big Rapids)

Circuit 35 (Capitol)

Circuit 36 (St. Johns)

Circuit 37 (Tri-River)

Circuit 38 (Muskegon)

Circuit 39 (Holland)

Circuit 40 (Grand Rapids North Central)

Circuit 41 (Grand Rapids SW)

Circuit 42 (Battle Creek)

Circuit 43 (St. Joseph)

Circuit 44 (South Central)

[edit] External links

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