California-Nevada-Hawaii District (LCMS)

The California-Nevada-Hawaii District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and encompasses the state of Hawaii, California with the exception of its eight southernmost counties, and Nevada with the exception of the Clark County at its southern end. Southern California and the Las Vegas area form part of the Pacific Southwest District; in addition, three congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area are in the non-geographic English District. The California-Nevada-Hawaii District includes approximately 188 congregations and missions, subdivided into 19 circuits, as well as 36 preschools, 32 elementary schools and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 44,000.

The California-Nevada-Hawaii District was formed in 1899 as the California and Nevada District when the California and Oregon District was divided, also creating the Oregon and Washington District (renamed the Northwest District in 1948); the Southern California District (later renamed the Pacific Southwest District) was separated from the district's area in 1930. The district was renamed the California-Nevada Hawaii District in 1985. District offices are located in Livermore, California. 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 Rev. Dr. Robert Newton has been the district president since 2003, and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2012. The 68th convention was held on May 15-17, 2009 in Fremont, CA. The 69th convention was held in April 27-29, 2012 in Burlingame, CA under the theme "Following the Heart of our Shepherd" based on John 10.

Presidents

Rev. J. M. Bühler, 1899–1901
Rev. George P. Runkel, 1901–05
Rev. George A. Bernthal, 1905–20
Rev. J. W. Theiss, 1920–24
Rev. Arthur Clemens Henry Brohm, 1924–45
Rev. C. Fickenscher, 1945–54
Rev. Arthur C. Nitz, 1954–59
Rev. Paul E. Jacobs, 1959–77
Rev. Orval M. Oswald, 1977-91
Rev. Walter C. Tietjen, 1991-2003
Rev. Robert D. Newton, 2003-present

Jacobs resigned in protest in January 1977 following widespread criticism for his having ordained graduates of Seminex, and became bishop of the Pacific Regional Synod of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) before his death in September of that year .

Oldest congregations

1882 - First Immanuel Lutheran Church, San Jose, California
1882 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Stockton, California
1882 - Zion Lutheran Church, Piedmont, California
1887 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Artois, California
1888 - Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Santa Rosa, California
1890 - Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Clovis, California
1892 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Tracy, California
1893 - Saint James Lutheran Church, Newman, California
1895 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Gardnerville, Nevada
1898 - St. Peter Lutheran Church, Lodi, California
1899 - Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Berkeley, California
1902 - Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Reno, Nevada
1903 - First Trinity Lutheran Church, Oakland, California
1904 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Bakersfield, California
1904 - Saint John's Lutheran Church, Napa, California
1904 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Susanville, California
1905 - Saint Mark Lutheran Church, Ferndale, California
1905 - Zion Lutheran Church, Inner Richmond District, San Francisco, California
1906 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Valley Home, California
1907 - First Lutheran Church, Dinuba, California
1907 - Grace Lutheran Church, Visalia, California
1907 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Selma, California

Oldest in Hawaii: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1945

Largest congregations

Membership totals include all baptized members and are according to the LCMS website.

1836 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Bakersfield, California
1489 - Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Reno, Nevada
1162 - Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Fremont, California
959- Saint Mark Lutheran Church, Santa Rosa, California
959- Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Tracy, California
939- Trinity Lutheran Church, Paso Robles, California
853- Grace Lutheran Church, Visalia, California
747- Our Savior Lutheran Church, Livermore, California
697- Saint John's Lutheran Church, Napa, California
694- Lutheran Church Of Our Savior, Cupertino, California
685- Bethany Lutheran Church, Vacaville, California
680- Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Merced, California
583- Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Rocklin, California
561- Saint Andrew Lutheran Church, Stockton, California
554- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Turlock, California

Largest in Hawaii: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, 315

External links

Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

Christianity in Hawaii

Christian Groups in Hawaii	Church of Hawaiʻi Eastern Catholic Episcopal Latter-day Saints Lutheran New Hope Orthodox Roman Catholic Southern Baptist True Jesus

Historic Chapels	Imiola Hōlualoa Church of the Crossroads Haili Kaʻahumanu Lāʻie Makawao Maria Lanakila Mokuʻaikaua Kawaiahaʻo Star of the Sea St. Andrew St. Benedict St. Joseph St. Michael the Archangel Waiola Waiʻoli Wānanalua

Missionaries	W. P. Alexander Lorrin Andrews Richard Armstrong Alexis Bachelot Dwight Baldwin Hiram Bingham I Hiram Bingham II Elias Bond Libert H. Boeynaems Titus Coan A. S. Cooke Marianne Cope Peter Coudrin Samuel C. Damon St. Damien Sheldon Dibble Daniel Dole William Ellis J. S. Green P. J. Gulick Merriman Harris H. R. Hitchcock Charles McEwen Hyde Gerrit P. Judd David Lyman Lorenzo Lyons Louis Maigret John D. Paris W. H. Rice William Richards Thomas Staley Betsey Stockton John M. Systermans Asa Thurston Abner Wilcox

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