Minnesota South District (LCMS)

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The Minnesota South District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the southern third of the state of Minnesota including the Twin Cities area; it also includes two congregations in Wisconsin. The northern two thirds of Minnesota constitute the Minnesota North District, and the rest of Wisconsin is divided between the North Wisconsin and South Wisconsin Districts. In addition, two Minnesota congregations are in the non-geographic English District. The Minnesota South District includes approximately 242 congregations and missions, subdivided into 26 circuits, as well as 52 preschools, 51 elementary schools and 7 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 130,000.

The Minnesota South District was formed in 1963 when the Minnesota District was divided. District offices are located in Burnsville, Minnesota; the Rev. Dr. Lane Seitz has been the district president since 1991, and was reelected to a sixth 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.

Concordia University, Saint Paul, part of the LCMS' Concordia University System, is located within the district.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Ernest H. Stahlke, 1963–66
  • Rev. Martin W. Lieske, 1966–78
  • Rev. O. H. Cloeter, 1978-91
  • Rev. Lane R. Seitz, 1991-present

[edit] Oldest congregations

Oldest in Wisconsin: Trinity Lutheran Church, Hudson, Wisconsin, 1909

[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 (Northeast Minneapolis)

Circuit 2 (Concordia)

  • Bethel Lutheran Church, Como Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul, Minnesota - est. 1887; 621 members
  • Cristo El Redentor Lutheran Church, Thomas-Dale, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Emmaus Lutheran Church, Como Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Hmong Lutheran Church, Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Jehovah Lutheran Church, Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul, Minnesota - est. 1923
  • Prince of Peace Deaf Lutheran Church, Arden Hills, Minnesota - est. 1908
  • Saint Peter Lutheran Church, West Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota - est. 1886
  • Saint Stephanus Lutheran Church, Thomas-Dale, Saint Paul, Minnesota - est. 1890
  • Zion Lutheran Church, Thomas-Dale, Saint Paul, Minnesota - est. 1863

Circuit 3 (East St. Paul)

Circuit 4 (Lyndale East)

Circuit 5 (Hennepin North)

Circuit 6 (Minneapolis)

Circuit 7 (Hennepin South)

Circuit 8 (Lyndale West)

Circuit 9 (Suburban Lakes)

Circuit 10 (Carver County)

Circuit 11 (Glencoe)

Circuit 12 (Hutchinson)

Circuit 13 (Litchfield)

Circuit 14 (Hiawatha)

Circuit 15 (Winona)

Circuit 16 (Rochester)

Circuit 17 (Faribault)

Circuit 18 (Austin)

Circuit 19 (Waseca)

Circuit 20 (Blue Earth)

Circuit 21 (Mankato)

Circuit 22 (Truman)

Circuit 23 (Fairmont)

Circuit 24 (Pipestone)

Circuit 25 (Worthington)

Circuit 26 (Windom)

[edit] External links

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