In addition, 26 congregations in the Chicago area (20 of them in the city itself) are in the non-geographic English District, and five congregations in northern Illinois (including one in Chicago) are in the SELC District.

District offices are located in River Forest, Illinois, on the campus of Concordia University Chicago.

Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, four vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers.

Dan Gilbert became the district president in September 2006[2] was re-elected to a third term in 2012.

Dan Gilbert reached his term limits in 2018, Rev.