Synod Handbook

The entire South Dakota Synod Handbook is now available online. Our hope is that this will increase its usefulness as a resource within the synod and beyond. We hope this not only will provide a more useful and timely resource for you, but also will make us better stewards of such resources as paper, money, and time. (Of course, the synod office will be happy to print a copy of the Handbook database for anyone who needs one.)

As always, we appreciate your support and encouragement, and we prize your partnership in ministry.

For convenience, the handbook has been divided into six PDF (Portable Document Format) files. These files may be viewed online or downloaded to your computer with Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader), and they are completely searchable using Adobe Reader’s “find” command (Control-F). If you need to install or update your copy of the free Adobe Reader, you may do so via Adobe’s web site.

Find A Congregation Near You

The sections of the handbook are:

• Frequently Called Numbers

• Groups
  Listings of synod staff, synod council, committees, boards, task forces, etc.

• Conference Map and Congregations
  Conference map and alphabetical listing of congregations by conference

• Congregations
  Alphabetical listing of congregations by city

• Roster
  Specialized Ministries; alphabetical listing of all clergy, TEEMs and SAMs

• Surviving Roster Spouses

We hope that you will find this web-based handbook useful to you in your ministry.