The Pacific Southwest District is one of 35 districts of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). It includes Southern California (eight southernmost regions in California, including the Los Angeles metropolitan area), Arizona and the southern tip of Nevada, and covers about 291 congregations divided into 32 circuits, as well as 72 preschools, 65 elementary schools and nine high schools. Members who were baptized from the Southwest Pacific sessions were approximately 91,682.
California and Nevada reminders included in California-Nevada-Hawaii District; an Arizona trial in the Rocky Mountain District. In addition, 28 hearings in the Southwest District of the Southwest District are in non-geographic English Districts - 16 in Arizona, six in the San Diego area and five in the Los Angeles area.
The Pacific Southwest District was formed on July 2, 1930 as Southern California District , separating it from California and the Nevada District. District offices are located in Irvine, California. Delegates from each session meet at a convention every three years to elect the district president, vice president, circuit counselor, board of directors, and other officers. Reverend Dr. Larry Stoterau has been president of the district since September 2000, and was re-elected for a fourth term in 2009. The 42nd Regular Convention was held on 28-30 June 2009 in Irvine with the theme "Inviting Conversation - Empowering Words", from John 17 : 20. The 43rd Regular Convention is held 27-29 June 2012 in Irvine with the theme "Proclaims the Mystery of God".
Concordia University, Irvine, part of the Concordia LCMS University System, is located within the district.
Video Pacific Southwest District (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)
President
- Rev. Gotthold H. F. Smukal, 1930-42
- Rev. Walter F. Troeger, 1942-48
- Rev. Armand E. T. Mueller, 1948-55
- Rev. Victor L. Behnken, 1955-69
- Rev. Arnold G. Kuntz, 1969-85
- Rev. Loren T. Kramer, 1985-2000
- Rev. Larry A. Stoterau, 2000-now
Maps Pacific Southwest District (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)
The oldest congregation
- 1882 - Lutheran Church of Saint John, Orange, California
- 1882 - Trinity Central Lutheran Church, Wilshire Park, Los Angeles, California
- 1892 - Pasadena's First Lutheran Church, Pasadena, California
- 1895 - Church of Trinity Lutheran, Encanto, San Diego, California
- 1897 - Church of Saint John Lutheran, Oxnard, California
- 1903 - Church of Zion Lutheran, Anaheim, California
- 1905 - Christ Lutheran Church, Vermont Square, Los Angeles, California
- 1905 - First Lutheran Church, Long Beach, California
- 1906 - Grace Lutheran Church, Vermont Square, Los Angeles, California
- 1906 - Lutheran Church St. John, Montebello, California
- 1906 - Lutheran Trinity Church, San Bernardino, California
- 1907 - Lutheran Church of Saint Paul, Orange, California
- 1908 - Lutheran Trinity Church, Whittier, California
- 1909 - Immanuel Lutheran Church, Orange, California
- 1909 - Trinity Church Cristo Rey Lutheran, Santa Ana, California
- 1911 - Church of Saint John Lutheran, Covina, California
- 1912 - Grace Lutheran Church, Hillcrest, San Diego, California
- 1913 - Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, California
- 1915 - Church of Emanuel Lutheran, Santa Barbara, California
- 1919 - Grace Lutheran Church, Escondido, California
The oldest in Arizona: Calvary Lutheran Church, Yuma, Arizona, 1931
The oldest in Nevada: The First Shepherd Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1940
The largest congregation
- Total membership is c. 2012.
- 5434 - Lutheran Church St. John, Orange, California
- 2965 - Christ Church-Lutheran, Phoenix, Arizona
- 2680 - Breaking the Church of the Lutheran Savior, Lake Forest, California
- 1999 - Christfield Greenfield Lutheran Church, Gilbert, Arizona
- 1871 - Bethany Lutheran Church, Long Beach, California
- 1721 - Lutheran Church of Saint Paul, Orange, California
- 1646 - Rise up the Church of the Lutheran Savior, Chandler, Arizona
- 1626 - Church of Saint John Lutheran, Oxnard, California
- 1600 - Church of the Lutheran Savior, Arcadia, California
- 1426 - Desert Shepherd of the Lutheran Church, Scottsdale, Arizona
- 1387 - Grace Lutheran Church, Escondido, California
- 1380 - Faith Lutheran Church, Vista, California
- 1261 - Christ Lutheran Church, La Mesa, California
- 1232 - Lutheran Church Community of Faith, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1203 - Christ Lutheran Church, Brea, California
- 1125 - Lutheran Church Community, Escondido, California
- 1046 - Church of Zion Lutheran, Anaheim, California
References
External links
- Official website
- LCMS: Pacific Southwest Region
- Congregation Directory LCMS
- "History of the Southwest Pacific Region" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-03. Ã, Ã, (31,4Ã, KiB)
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