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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 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.
The district was renamed the California–Nevada–Hawaii District in 1985. District offices are located in Livermore, California. Delegates from each congregation meet in a convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers.
The North Wisconsin District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the northern two-thirds of Wisconsin as well as the western half of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In addition, one congregation in the district's area is in the non-geographic SELC District.
The South Wisconsin District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the southern third of the state of Wisconsin. The northern two-thirds are in the North Wisconsin District ; there are also two Wisconsin congregations in the Minnesota North District .
The position is best understood as a peer advisor, as the LCMS has traditionally been congregational, as opposed to hierarchical, in its extra-congregational structure. Nevertheless, there is a district president (sometimes called a bishop) over the circuit visitors who is ultimately responsible for the pastors and congregations (generally ...
The Pacific Southwest District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS). It covers Southern California (the eight southernmost counties in California, including the Los Angeles metropolitan area), Arizona and the southern tip of Nevada, and includes approximately 291 congregations subdivided into 32 circuits, as well as 72 preschools, 65 elementary schools ...
The Minnesota North District includes 197 congregations, subdivided into 18 circuits, as well as 19 Lutheran preschools and 7 Lutheran elementary schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 46,944. [1] The Minnesota North District was formed in 1963 when the Minnesota District was divided.