Ohio District

The Ohio District encompasses the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and the eastern counties of Kentucky. The district office is located in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

The Ohio District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the states of Ohio and West Virginia, as well as north eastern Kentucky^[1] (the remainder of Kentucky is divided between the Indiana District and the Mid-South District). In addition, sixteen Ohio congregations are in the non-geographic English District,^[2] and eleven are in the SELC District.^[3] The Ohio District comprises approximately 170 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 46 preschools and 22 elementary schools. Baptized membership in Ohio District congregations is approximately 63,308.^[4]

The Ohio District was formed in 1963 when the Central District was divided, also creating the Indiana District. District offices are located in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, just west of Cleveland. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers. the Rev. Terry Cripe became the district president in September 2006^[5] and was re-elected to a second term in 2009. The 19th Regular Convention was held on June 18-10, 2009 with the theme "One Message: Many Contexts".^[6] The 20th Regular Convention will be held beginning June 14–16, 2012 in Dublin, Ohio with the convention theme "Enriched in Every Way".^[7]

Presidents

Rev. Ottomar Krueger, 1963–66
Rev. Paul G. Single, 1966–69
Rev. Edgar M. Luecke, 1969–70
Rev. Arthur H. Ziegler, 1970–82
Rev. Paul A. Weber, 1982–88
Rev. David D. Buegler, 1988–96
Rev. Ronald L. Bergen, 1996–2006
Rev. Terry L. Cripe, 2006 to present

Oldest congregations

1838 - Saint John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
1839 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Sugar Grove, Ohio
1842 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Mount Hope, Ohio
1843 - Zion Lutheran Church, Central Cleveland, Ohio
1844 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Zanesville, Ohio
1846 - Saint James Lutheran Church, Archbold, Ohio
1846 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Valley City, Ohio
1846 - Zion Lutheran Church, Edgerton, Ohio
1846 - Zion Lutheran Church, Willshire, Ohio
1847 - Emanuel Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Ohio
1847 - Saint James Lutheran Church, Hilliard, Columbus, Ohio
1847 - Saint Thomas Lutheran Church, Ohio City, Ohio
1848 - Saint John's Lutheran Church, Wapakoneta, Ohio
1849 - Concordia Lutheran Church, Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio
1851 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Defiance, Ohio
1851 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Elyria, Ohio
1851 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio
1851 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio (5 S)
1851 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Mt. Airy, Cincinnati, Ohio
1853 - Saint John Lutheran Church, South Euclid, Ohio
1853 - Saint Stephen Lutheran Church, Defiance, Ohio
1853 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Ohio City, Cleveland, Ohio
1854 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Garfield Heights, Ohio
1854 - Zion Lutheran Church, Akron, Ohio
1855 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Dublin, Ohio
1858 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church and School, Westlake, Ohio
1868 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Ohio
1889 - Christ Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio

Oldest in Kentucky: Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Ashland, Kentucky, 1866
Oldest in West Virginia: Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1887

Largest congregations

Membership totals are c. 2006.

3111 - Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, North Royalton, Ohio
2994 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio
2749 - Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Westlake, Ohio
2419 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Defiance, Ohio
2372 - Bethany Lutheran Church, Parma, Ohio
1475 - Saint John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
1328 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio
1209 - Zion Lutheran Church, Painesville, Ohio
1123 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Zanesville, Ohio
1034 - Saint Mark Lutheran Church, Brunswick, Ohio
1005 - Saint John Lutheran Church, North Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio
980 - Redeemer Lutheran Church, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
899 - Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hamilton, Ohio
887 - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Solon, Ohio
870 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Dublin, Ohio
798 - Holy Cross Lutheran Church, North Canton, Ohio
720 - Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Kettering, Ohio
719 - Saint John Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio
713 - King of Kings Lutheran Church, Landen, Ohio
710 - Messiah Lutheran Church, Greenhills, Ohio

Largest in West Virginia: Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 320
Largest in Kentucky: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Florence, Kentucky, 317

References

External links

Districts of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

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