Eastern District Archives

News

‘Walking together’: Historic Pennsylvania church joins LCMS

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Ambridge, Penn., was received into membership in the LCMS on Aug. 18.

District Conventions

Pingel elected in Eastern District

The district held its 100th convention June 17–18 in Tonawanda, N.Y.

Obituaries

Obituary: Rev. Albert W. Bahr, former president of the LCMS Eastern District

The Rev. Albert William Bahr, former president of the LCMS Eastern District, died on Nov. 20, 2021, at the age of 97.

District Conventions

Wicher re-elected president of Eastern District

The Rev. Dr. Chris Wicher of Buffalo, N.Y., was elected to his third term as president of the LCMS Eastern District at the district’s 99th convention.

Resources

KFUO Audio: Interview about Mercy Medical Team event in Philadelphia in August 2016

KFUO Radio’s Andy Bates talks with Deaconess Melissa DeGroot and Tracy Quaethem, manager, LCMS Life and Health Ministries, about the domestic Mercy Medical Team event scheduled for Aug. 25-29, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pa.

News

Arnold Kromphardt, former Eastern District president, dies

Memorial services are planned for April 30 in Lutz, Fla., and June 11 in West Seneca, N.Y.

Resources

Photo gallery: Service of Sending for new national missionaries

The Rev. Peter Burfeind and the Rev. Adam DeGroot were blessed and sent out as the first two “Mission Field: USA” national missionaries during a service on Jan. 12, 2016, at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis, Mo.