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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.
The Canadian district was split off three years later in 1878/1879, and eventually in 1988, the three Missouri Synod districts in the Dominion of Canada there were separated to join and form the new independent denomination of the Lutheran Church-Canada. The old Northern district was renamed the Michigan district in 1881. Western: 1854
New England District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; New Jersey District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; North Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; North Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; Northern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; Northwest ...
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, [2] is a confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.7 million members as of 2022 [ 4 ] it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, behind the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .
The Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod is adopted by the convention. [71] The Thiensville Theses are accepted by the faculties of Concordia Seminary and the Wisconsin Synod's Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. [58] 1934 Gamma Delta is founded in Chicago as an international association of Lutheran students. [73] 1935
Michigan District is the name of: Michigan District (Church of the Brethren) Michigan District (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) another name for Amtrak's Michigan Line
It is the third largest district of the LCMS in number of congregations (trailing the Michigan and Texas districts) and second largest in total membership (behind the Michigan District). The Missouri District was formed in 1966 when the Western District was divided, also creating the Mid-South District. District offices are located in St. Louis.
In 1890, the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri and Other States (English Synod) joined the Synodical Conference. About 20 years later, in 1911, it merged into the Missouri Synod as its non-geographical English District. [3] The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Michigan and Other States joined the Conference in 1892.