# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S35
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OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS

Additional Colloquy Statistics

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Table 3: LCMS Districts from Which General Colloquy
Applications Came

During this triennium, the Office of the First Vice-President
compiled a spreadsheet of all general colloquy applications since
2006, when electronic records started to be maintained. As of this
writing, there are 528 entries in the spreadsheet. [4] Though there
are gaps in the information and much refining of data still to be
done, the following are a few gleanings from those statistics.
Table 1: Church Body of Origin (U.S. only) for Successful
General Colloquies Since 2006

#

District

#

District

67

Pacific Southwest

11

Southern

43

Northwest

8

SELC

36

Minnesota South

7

Kansas

35

Texas

7

North Wisconsin

35

Southeastern

6

Iowa East

#

CHURCH BODY

28

Florida-Georgia

5

Minnesota North

64

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

28

English

5

Rocky Mountain

21

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

24

Atlantic

5

Oklahoma

15

Baptist

22

Indiana

4

New Jersey

18

Nondenominational

19

Michigan

3

Iowa West

14

Presbyterian

19

Ohio

2

Central Illinois

7

Independent Lutheran

19

South Wisconsin

2

Montana

7

North American Lutheran Church

15

Eastern

2

Nebraska

6

Roman Catholic

14

Northern Illinois

2

North Dakota

5

Assemblies of God

14

2

South Dakota

4

Episcopal

California-NevadaHawaii

4

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ

12

Missouri

2

Southern Illinois

4

Pentecostal

12

New England

0

Wyoming

3

Conservative Lutheran Association

11

Mid-South

3

Association of Free Lutheran Congregations

3

Evangelical Lutheran Synod

2

Anglican, Church of the Lutheran Brethren; Church
of God

1

Conservative Conference Bible Church; Lutheran
Orthodox Church; National Association of
Congregational Christian Churches; United Church of
Christ; Methodist; Wesleyan

Table 2: Country of Origin for Successful General Colloquies
Since 2006 (foreign only) Whose First Language Was Not English

Number of General Pastor Colloquy
Applications
2007–2010 Triennium: 98
2010–2013 Triennium: 96
2013–2016 Triennium: 102
2016–2019 Triennium: 93
2019–2023 Triennium: 66 (through February 2023) [5]

Number of Certifications for General Pastor Colloquy [6]

#

Country

43

Korea

42

Ethiopia

6

Guyana

5

China

5

India

4

Liberia

Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats

3

Cuba

Strengths

2

Australia, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Taiwan, Vietnam

1

Argentina, Columbia, Congo, Denmark, Egypt,
El Salvador, Eritrea, Gambia, Germany, Ghana,
Guatemala, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Norway,
Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela

2007–2010 Triennium: 72
2010–2013 Triennium: 58
2013–2016 Triennium: 70
2016–2019 Triennium: 65
2019–2023 Triennium: 53 (through February 2023) [7]

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Dedicated, faithful, and experienced committee members
who regularly attend, invest much time in preparation, and
have a consistent and long-term history of colloquy work
against which to evaluate each applicant.

•

A very good working relationship between the district presidents who guide applicants through the process and the
chairman of the CCPM, who often consults with the district
presidents.

•

A very good working relationship with our seminaries,
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