Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS)

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1925 3,062 3,849 628,695 1929 3,271 3,942 696,967 1935 3,605 4,224 1,230,705 1939 - 4,205 1,277,097 1941 - 4,326 1,320,510 1944 0 4,073 1,356,655 1946 0 4,064 1,469,213 1950 4,621 4,430 1,674,901 1951 4,661 4,478 1,728,989 1953 4,817 4,592 1,850,100 1954 4,916 4,701 1,932,000 1955 5,020 4,805 2,004,110 1956 5,037 4,989 2,076,550 1957 5,178 4,979 2,150,230 1958 5,299 5,028 2,234,844 1959 5,398 5,109 2,304,962 1960 5,506 5,215 2,391,195 1961 5,658 5,276 2,464,436 1962 5,756 5,432 2,522,095 1963 6,091 5,519 2,591,762 1964 6,257 5,556 2,650,857 1965 6,395 5,639 2,692,889 1966 6,469 5,647 2,729,897 1967 6,572 5,707 2,759,308 1968 6,719 5,733 2,781,892 1969 6,758 5,745 2,786,102 1970 6,866 5,690 2,788,536 1971 7,041 5,724 2,788,110 1972 7,174 5,741 2,781,297 1973 7,316 5,777 2,776,104 1974 7,331 5,813 2,769,594 1975 7,425 5,797 2,763,545 1976 7,414 5,832 2,757,271 1977 7,163 5,687 2,673,321 1978 7,161 5,669 2,631,374 1979 7,211 5,689 2,623,181 1980 7,296 5,694 2,625,650 1981 7,376 5,710 2,636,715 1982 7,559 5,752 2,630,823 1983 7,682 5,829 2,630,947 1984 7,823 5,812 2,628,133 1985 7,954 5,876 2,638,164 1986 8,044 5,897 2,630,588 1987 8,139 5,912 2,614,375 1988 8,193 5,939 2,604,278 1989 8,271 5,990 2,609,025 1990 8,301 5,296 2,602,849 1991 8,389 5,364 2,607,309 1992 8,799 5,369 2,609,905 1993 8,844 6,134 2,598,935 1994 8,879 6,148 2,596,927 1995 8,140 6,154 2,594,555 1996 8,215 6,099 2,601,144 1997 8,672 6,215 2,603,036 1998 8,316 6,218 2,594,404 1999 8,365 6,220 2,582,440 2000 8,257 6,150 2,554,088 2001 8,497 6,187 2,540,045 2002 8,505 6,142 2,512,714 2003 8,515 6,160 2,488,936 2004 8,515 6,151 2,463,747

Notes

" Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on data sources]