Northwest District (LCMS)

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The Northwest District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and encompasses the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington; one Idaho congregation is in the Montana District. The Northwest District includes approximately 263 congregations and missions, subdivided into 25 circuits, as well as 94 preschools, 35 elementary schools and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 75,000.

The Northwest District was formed as the Oregon and Washington District in 1899 when the California and Oregon District was divided, also creating the California and Nevada District; the name was changed to the Northwest District in 1948. District offices are located in Portland, Oregon; the Rev. Dr. Warren Schumacher 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 June 22-24, 2006, and the next will be held in 2009.

Concordia University in Portland, part of the LCMS' Concordia University System, is located within the district.

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[edit] Presidents

  • Rev. Henry August Carl Paul, 1899–1903
  • Rev. W. Lüssenhop, 1903–06
  • Rev. W. H. Behrens, 1906–09
  • Rev. Ludwig Frederick Emil Stuebe, 1909–18
  • Rev. Johann Adam Rimbach, 1918–21
  • Rev. Weert J. Janssen, 1921–36
  • Rev. Frederick Max Leopold Nitz, 1936–48
  • Rev. Carl H. Bensene, 1948–70
  • Rev. Emil G. Jaech, 1970–82
  • Rev. Erhart L. Bauer, 1982-94
  • Rev. Warren W. Schumacher, 1994-present

[edit] Oldest congregations

Oldest in Alaska: Saint John Lutheran Church, Palmer, Alaska, 1935

[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 (Southern Oregon)

Circuit 2 (Myrtlewood)

Circuit 3 (Upper Willamette)

Circuit 4 (Willamette South)

Circuit 5 (Capitol)

Circuit 6 (Mount Hood)

Circuit 7 (West Hills)

Circuit 8 (Interstate)

Circuit 9 (Pacific)

Circuit 10 (Boise Valley)

Circuit 11 (Magic Valley)

Circuit 12 (Yellowstone)

Circuit 13 (Intervalley)

Circuit 14 (Blue Mountain)

Circuit 15 (Inland Empire, West)

Circuit 16 (Panhandle)

Circuit 17 (Columbia Basin)

Circuit 18 (Mount Baker)

Circuit 19 (Peninsula)

Circuit 20 (North Seattle)

Circuit 21 (Lake Washington)

Circuit 22 (Duwamish)

Circuit 23 (Nisqually)

Circuit 24 (Rainier)

Circuit 25 (Alaska)

[edit] External links

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