Denominational Profile

History

American Lutheran Church (1960-1987)

split into American Association of Lutheran Churches (1987)

The American Association of Lutheran Churches was formed by conservative Lutheran ministers and lay people who did not wish to participate in the merger that created the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988.
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1988	80	78	15,150
1993	164	94	22,061
1995	109	91	17,973
1996	131	90	19,629
1997	144	90	18,704
1998	141	103	19,128
1999	141	101	18,252
2004	187	84	25,908

Source

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]