# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1898_S59
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Statistics of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference. 1896 and 1897. 59
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III. Composition of the Individual Synods and Their Districts, with Official Acts.

A. Congregations.

 | Belonging to the synod | | Not belonging to the synod | | Preaching places | | Number of souls | | Communicants | | Voting members |
 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897
Missouri Synod:
California and Oregon District | 12 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 39 | 7371 | 7668 | 3485 | 3633 | 771 | 776
Canada District | 32 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9931 | 10281 | 5594 | 5933 | 1651 | 1692
Illinois District | 171 | 184 | 110 | 97 | 51 | 64 | 138782 | 143380 | 84444 | 85653 | 19666 | 20121
Iowa District | 67 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 38 | 48 | 32218 | 34434 | 17533 | 18780 | 4284 | 4485
Kansas District | 40 | 43 | 52 | 58 | 82 | 75 | 18228 | 18845 | 9573 | 9907 | 2491 | 2512
Michigan District | 85 | 90 | 46 | 50 | 28 | 25 | 56905 | 57903 | 33629 | 34054 | 7826 | 7956
Minnesota and Dakota District | 90 | 100 | 190 | 188 | 109 | 127 | 58161 | 61524 | 30979 | 32828 | 8559 | 8840
Central District | 126 | 134 | 42 | 41 | 36 | 35 | 79377 | 80620 | 47528 | 49121 | 10763 | 10993
Nebraska District | 62 | 67 | 82 | 85 | 67 | 68 | 30037 | 31463 | 15716 | 16382 | 4002 | 4140
Eastern District | 110 | 120 | 59 | 63 | 31 | 42 | 80547 | 82049 | 44546 | 45456 | 10243 | 10185
Southern District | 24 | 26 | 57 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 16747 | 17339 | 8889 | 9135 | 1962 | 1960
Western District | 106 | 114 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 45 | 49183 | 51869 | 28338 | 30029 | 7205 | 7525
Wisconsin District | 85 | 85 | 128 | 134 | 57 | 61 | 84561 | 87959 | 49752 | 51740 | 13911 | 14219
 | 1010 | 1081 | 905 | 905 | 634 | 693 | 662048 | 685334 | 380006 | 392651 | 93334 | 95404
Synod of Wisconsin, etc.:
Wisconsin Synod | 315 | 309 | — | — | 56 | 49 | — | — | *23554 | — | 18039 | 18581
Minnesota Synod | 52 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 19 | 18 | *8960 | *9275 | — | — | 4155 | 4230
District Synod of Michigan | 13 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | *1306 | — | *750 | — | 815 | —
 | 380 | 364 | 54 | 52 | 77 | 67 | 10260 | 9275 | 24304 | — | 23009 | 22811
English Synod | 32 | — | — | — | 21 | — | 4894 | — | 3076 | — | 896 | —
Total | 1422 | 1345 | 959 | 957 | 732 | 760 | 667202 | 694609 | 407386 | 392651 | 117239 | 118215

* Very incomplete.