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Geographic Distribution of Minnesota Churches

After drawing a line around the large metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the many suburbs what remains is "out state" Minnesota. 

Draw a line across the state of Minnesota just above St. Cloud.  Above the line is the Northern Area with major cities of Duluth (4th largest in the state), Brainerd, Bemidji, Moorhead, Alexandria, Detroit Lakes.  Below the line is the Southern Area with its major cities of Rochester (3rd largest in the state), Mankato, Owatonna, Faribault, Winona, Worthington.

Twin Cities Area Congregations

Andover (Coon Rapids), Apple Valley, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Cannon Falls, Forest Lake, Fridley, University of Minnesota area Christian Student Fellowship, Minneapolis-SE, New Brighton, Oak Park Heights, St. Louis Park, St. Paul Park

Northern Minnesota Congregations

Alexandria, Brainerd/Baxter, Bemidji, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Moorhead, Nevis, Park Rapids (Pine Haven camp), Staples, Tamarack, Warroad

Southern Minnesota Congregations

Albert Lea, Austin, Canby, Cleveland, Dassel, Eagle Lake, Fairmont, Faribault, Foley, Howard Lake, Kasson, Kimball, Lamberton, LeRoy (a new congregation in Jan 2006), Litchfield, Madelia, Marion, New Ulm, North Mankato, Owatonna, Plainview, Pleasant Grove, Redwood Falls, Rochester-Meadow Park, South Haven, St. Cloud, Stewartville, Tracy, Truman, West Concord, Worthington.

MN State Convention

Every Spring there is a gathering of entire families from these churches for fellowship and inspiration. But this is not a delegate convention and there are no resolutions.  You can visit its site to see what happened in past years and soon there will be announcements about the 2007 meeting.

Links to Related Sites

• Crossroads College     Rochester, MN
      Christian Higher Education for nearly a century in a variety of professions
• Pine Haven Camp   Park Rapids, MN
      Mentoring the youth of today toward leadership tomorrow.
• Christian Churches & Church Planting in Other States
     Christian Church Today 
           A listing of churches across the US.
  Wisconsin & UP Michigan
           A sister organization in our neighboring state
  Chicago District Evangelizing Association (CDEA)
           This is one of the premier church planting associations.
• Publishers
  Standard Publishing   For over 100 years the leading publisher of all kinds of literature that is widely used by Christian Churches.
     Directory of the Ministry  A listing of the people who are serving churches as all forms of ministry.

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