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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.
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 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 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.
The ALC had been formed in 1960 by the merger of several ethnic Lutheran denominations. The AFLC was originally called the Lutheran Free Church-not merged, but the ALC filed suit against the group for using the name Lutheran Free Church. The name Association of Free Lutheran Congregations was chosen by 1964. In 2006, the AFLC had 43,360 ...
The district now includes approximately 52 congregations and missions (the fewest of any LCMS district), subdivided into 4 circuits, as well as 13 preschools and 4 elementary schools. As of 2021, baptized membership in district congregations was 13,876, and communicant membership was 11,239.
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 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.