The Missouri District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Missouri. Five Missouri congregations are in the non-geographic English District, and one congregation in St. Louis is in the SELC District. The Missouri District is home to the Synod's headquarters as well as Concordia Seminary, both of which are located in or just outside St. Louis. The district includes approximately 301 congregations and missions, subdivided into 28 circuits, as well as 52 preschools, 56 elementary schools and 9 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 138,000. It is the third largest district of the LCMS in number of congregations (trailing the Michigan and Texas Districts) and second largest in total membership