Denominational Profile
Notes
| The Apostolic Lutheran Church of America is a Finnish-American church founded in 1872 as the Solomon Korteniemi Lutheran Society. In 1929 it was incorporated as the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church in America. It adopted its present name in 1962. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1925 |
5 |
100 |
20,000 |
| 1929 |
22 |
138 |
25,300 |
| 1935 |
40 |
130 |
37,000 |
| 1940 |
- |
64 |
14,511 |
| 1942 |
- |
65 |
14,511 |
| 1943 |
- |
65 |
14,511 |
| 1945 |
- |
66 |
14,511 |
| 1951 |
20 |
68 |
14,511 |
| 1952 |
20 |
60 |
- |
| 1953 |
22 |
57 |
6,567 |
| 1956 |
22 |
58 |
- |
| 1957 |
22 |
60 |
6,567 |
| 1961 |
28 |
58 |
6,994 |
| 1974 |
36 |
54 |
9,384 |
| 1982 |
38 |
52 |
6,500 |
| 1983 |
38 |
52 |
6,812 |
| 1985 |
32 |
49 |
4,972 |
| 1986 |
39 |
51 |
6,353 |
| 1988 |
34 |
57 |
7,707 |
| 1989 |
34 |
53 |
7,582 |
| 1990 |
34 |
53 |
7,583 |
| 1992 |
60 |
60 |
9,500 |
| 1994 |
35 |
60 |
7,700 |
| 1995 |
35 |
60 |
7,700 |
| 1997 |
62 |
60 |
- |
| 1998 |
63 |
61 |
- |
| 2000 |
73 |
58 |
- |
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]
