MarketSouth Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
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South Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

The South Dakota District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of South Dakota; one congregation in the state is in the North Dakota District. The South Dakota District includes approximately 108 congregations and missions, subdivided into 8 circuits, as well as 16 preschools, 4 elementary schools and 1 high school. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 23,000.

Presidents
• Rev. August Frederick Breihan, 1906–1912 • Rev. Johann Dietrich Ehlen, 1912–1918 • Rev. Ernst Gottlieb Jehn, 1918–1921 • Rev. Friedrich W. Leyhe, 1921–1936 • Rev. Walter Nitschke, 1936–1951 • Rev. Philip H. Mueller, 1951–1960 • Rev. Elmer O. Luessenhop, 1960–1968 • Rev. Leonard Eberhard, 1968–1970 • Rev. Arthur J. Crosmer, 1970–1978 • Rev. Paul G. Wendling, 1978–1988 • Rev. Raymond L. Hartwig, 1988–1998 • Rev. Vernon L. Schindler, 1998–2006 • Rev. Dale L. Sattgast, 2006–2015 • Rev. Scott Sailer, 2015–present ==References==
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