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The ELCA has schools which are part of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities while the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has the Concordia University System. Other denominations such as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod , Evangelical Lutheran Synod , Church of the Lutheran Brethren , also have their own colleges and universities.
The Northwest District includes approximately 267 congregations and missions, subdivided into 25 circuits, as well as 93 preschools, 31 elementary schools and 4 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 65,461.
LCMS Concordia Senior College: Fort Wayne, Indiana: 1957–1977 LCMS Prepared men for study in the LCMS seminaries Concordia University: Portland, Oregon: 1905–2020 LCMS Dana College: Blair, Nebraska: 1884–2010 ELCA Founded by the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church: Elizabeth College: Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia ...
The Central Illinois District includes approximately 159 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 30 preschools, 23 elementary schools, and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 64,000.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has seven seminaries: . Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois); Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, South Carolina): merged with Lenoir–Rhyne University
The New England District includes approximately 70 congregations and missions, subdivided into 9 circuits, as well as 24 preschools and 5 elementary schools. Baptized membership is over 22,000; with New England's total population standing at 14,240,000 as of 2005 , the District's membership represents only 0.16% of the local population – the ...
The LCMS also calls these organizations "partner churches". [8] The American Association of Lutheran Churches says their altar and pulpit fellowship with the Missouri Synod means the two church bodies are "separate but interdependent", [9] and that pastors of each organization may be called to permanent pastoral positions in the other. [10]
Saint Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth, Michigan; the largest congregation in the Michigan District. 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.