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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 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian into the eastern hemisphere) state in the United States. It borders the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border, in the Bering Strait, with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south. Technically, it is a semi-exclave of the U.S., and is the largest exclave in the world. Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the following three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
