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John N. Kildahl (1857-1920) - Lutheran church minister, author and educator, President of St. Olaf College O. P. Kretzmann (1901-1975) - President of Valparaiso University , Lutheran pastor, author, and professor
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 .
Each Missouri Synod district chooses its own president from among the pastors in the district at its triennial convention. In some districts the district president occupies a full-time position, while in others he continues to serve as pastor in a local congregation or specialized ministry (hospitals, military chaplains, colleges / universities ...
The Rev. Timothy J. Scharr became the district president August 29, 2010, upon the election of the Rev. Herbert C. Mueller, Jr. as the First Vice President of the LCMS [7] and was elected to a full three year term in 2012.
No. Bishop Image Took office Left office Mission District Length of term 1: Paull Spring [1]: August 27, 2010: August 11, 2011: Atlantic Mission District 349 days
The LCMS president, C. F. W. Walther, urged the Tennessee Synod members to organize themselves as a conference of the Tennessee Synod, the English (Evangelical) Lutheran Conference of Missouri. [ 2 ] The conference applied for admission to the LCMS as a district in 1887, but was advised to instead form a separate synod because the LCMS was ...
The Minnesota North District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the northern two-thirds of the state of Minnesota; it also includes two congregations in Wisconsin and one in South Dakota.
The Texas District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Texas with the exception of El Paso County, which is in the Rocky Mountain District.