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Northwest District Of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
The Northwest District is one of the Districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and encompasses the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (U.S. state), Washington; one Idaho congregation is in the Montana District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, Montana District. The Northwest District includes approximately 267 congregations and missions, subdivided into 25 circuit (LCMS), circuits, as well as 93 Lutheran school, preschools, 31 Lutheran school, elementary schools and 4 Lutheran school, high schools . Baptism, Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 65,461. The Northwest District was formed as the Oregon and Washington District in 1899 when the California and Oregon District was divided, also creating the California–Nevada–Hawaii District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, California and Nevada District; the name was changed to the Northwest District in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., it borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory to the east; it also shares a maritime border with the Russian Federation's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west, just across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean, while the Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the next three largest states (Texas, California, and Montana) combined. It represents the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and the most sparsely populated state, but by far the continent's most populous territory located mostly north of the 60th parallel, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
