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The Texas District was formed in 1906 out of the Southern District, and at one time included congregations in southern New Mexico, but these were transferred to the Colorado District (since renamed the Rocky Mountain District) in 1941-1942. District offices are located in Round Rock, Texas. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention ...
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. [4] It began in 2001 in response to some liberal views of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
The Texas district was split out in 1905/1906, and the Florida-Georgia district in 1947/1948. It now consists of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and the western Florida Panhandle. Wisconsin: 1881/1882: Northwestern: The district was divided into the North Wisconsin and South Wisconsin districts in 1916. Kansas: 1887: Western
The encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (3 vol 1965) vol 1 and 3 online free; Brauer, James Leonard and Fred L. Precht, eds. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (1993) Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3. Granquist, Mark.
Instead of having its own seminaries, Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) hosts Lutheran Studies programs at other Christian institutions, some of which are affiliated with and/or serve other Lutheran Denominations: Cross-Cultural Ministry Center hosted at Concordia University Irvine (California): affiliated with LCMS [3]
Most Lutheran schools in the United States are associated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), though there are several which are associated with other Lutheran denominations such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ ...
[2] [3] The AFLC logo consists of an open Bible, ascending dove, and green vine. The open Bible is symbolic of God's word as the foundation of faith and life; the ascending dove is symbolic of the freedom of congregation and the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit; and the green vine is symbolic of the living congregation bearing fruit for God.
Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 152,000. It is by far the largest of the synod's districts, exceeding the size of the next largest district by 40,000 members ([Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod|Northern Illinois District]]) [2] and by 9 congregations (Texas District). [3]