Denominational Profile

Notes

The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America was founded in 1900 by a group of Norwegian-American Lutherans under the leadership of the Rev. Kurt O. Lundeberg.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	23	28	1,000
1929	23	27	1,000
1935	20	27	2,010
1937	-	31	2,140
1940	-	28	2,250
1947	-	35	2,821
1950	-	45	4,089
1951	40	45	4,089
1952	58	40	3,929
1954	79	42	3,959
1955	110	39	4,150
1956	63	52	3,250
1957	51	44	4,220
1958	94	50	4,771
1959	95	51	5,889
1962	97	-	-
1963	-	63	6,947
1964	104	65	8,204
1965	80	76	7,975
1966	95	67	5,795
1967	113	71	7,768
1968	118	82	7,968
1970	111	87	8,950
1971	114	90	8,960
1972	119	97	9,010
1973	124	100	9,000
1977	126	100	9,530
1978	154	95	9,192
1979	143	103	10,267
1980	134	106	10,523
1981	116	106	10,153
1982	136	106	10,580
1983	135	109	10,997
1984	137	110	11,006
1985	148	108	11,374
1986	184	118	11,778
1987	173	104	11,360
1988	202	128	13,695
1989	195	114	12,625
1990	207	111	12,220
1992	207	110	12,182
1993	234	120	12,527
1994	233	119	25,548
1995	209	118	24,906
1996	225	117	13,442
1997	233	117	13,530
1998	238	115	13,682
1999	230	115	13,920
2000	230	115	13,920
2001	145	108	13,702
2002	229	108	13,702
2004	216	108	13,763
2005	219	107	14,223
2006	222	110	14,427
2008	219	116	14,752
2009	223	-9,999,106	13,433

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]