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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Idaho | 13,303 | 1.32% | 43 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,553. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Illinois | 295,820 | 2.59% | 519 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 222,985. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Indiana | 109,895 | 1.98% | 219 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 82,577. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Iowa | 124,021 | 4.48% | 293 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 94,069. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Kansas | 63,145 | 2.55% | 171 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 47,526. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Kentucky | 5,637 | 0.15% | 28 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,346. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Louisiana | 19,102 | 0.45% | 64 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 14,535. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Maine | 490 | 0.04% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 298. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Maryland | 31,393 | 0.66% | 69 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 22,595. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Massachusetts | 7,053 | 0.12% | 21 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 5,175. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Michigan | 250,141 | 2.69% | 404 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 185,240. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Minnesota | 215,564 | 4.93% | 452 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 164,745. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Mississippi | 4,183 | 0.16% | 29 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,169. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Missouri | 145,741 | 2.85% | 314 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 110,383. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Montana | 16,172 | 2.02% | 64 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 11,612. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Nebraska | 114,944 | 7.28% | 271 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 86,525. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Nevada | 6,219 | 0.52% | 19 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,486. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | New Hampshire | 1,908 | 0.17% | 8 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,328. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | New Jersey | 25,387 | 0.33% | 69 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 18,446. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | New Mexico | 6,604 | 0.44% | 32 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,948. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | New York | 90,837 | 0.50% | 201 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 64,166. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | New York: Buffalo | 6,562 | - | 12 units |
- | 1926 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997). [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]; pg. 8. | "Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Listed in table as Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America--Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States under subheading "Lutherans ". |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | North America | 2,606,370 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Evangelical Lutheran Church in America web site; web page: "January 25, 1996 News Releases " (viewed 9 July 1999). Story: "More than 60 Million Lutherans Worldwide " [96-01-003-FI] | List: "Lutheran Churches with more than 1/2 million members "; "Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (USA and Canada) 2,606,370 " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | North America | 2,615,567 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; web page: "An Introduction to The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod " by Dr. Samuel Nafzger (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | This brings us to The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, which with 2,615,567 baptized members ranks as the second largest Lutheran church body in North America and the 11th largest denomination in the USA. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | North Carolina | 19,275 | 0.29% | 61 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 15,181. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | North Dakota | 25,691 | 4.02% | 96 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 19,608. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Ohio | 83,336 | 0.77% | 186 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 62,571. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Oklahoma | 24,303 | 0.77% | 80 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 18,100. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Oregon | 26,159 | 0.92% | 88 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 19,837. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Pennsylvania | 23,850 | 0.20% | 92 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 18,314. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Rhode Island | 1,415 | 0.14% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,082. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | South Carolina | 3,026 | 0.09% | 15 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,232. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | South Dakota | 32,968 | 4.74% | 114 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25,106. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Tennessee | 13,981 | 0.29% | 51 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10,549. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Texas | 134,280 | 0.79% | 345 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 99,974. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Texas | 99,974 | 0.59% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Texas | 134,280 | 0.79% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 300,000 | - | 1,500 units |
- | 1887 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 51. | "Before he died in 1887, Walther say his little Missouri Synod expand to 1,500 congregations with 300,000 members in 24 states. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 1,361,698 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 458. | "...4,110 pastors and 1,361,698 members belong to the Missouri Synod... " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,078,227 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 42. | "With equal zeal, the leaders of the Misouri Synod, with 2,078,227 United States members, argue the necessity for making haste slowly to preserve the 'pure' Lutheran doctrine. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,200,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 181. | "Approx. membership in the U.S.: United Lutheran Church of America, 2,400,000; Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1,100,000; Augustana, 600,000; American Lutheran Church, 920,000; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2,200,000. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,690,000 | - | - | - | 1965 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,790,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,760,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,630,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,630,000 | - | - | - | 1985 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,610,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1988 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1989, 1990]; pg. 153. | Table: "Declining Membership in Mainline Denominations " [I'm assuming the figures shown are for U.S. membership] Listed in table as "Christian Church (Disciples) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,602,569 | - | 6,016 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 298. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 292. | "Though there have been mergers in recent years, three main and seven minor Lutheran groups remain. The next two largest are the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, which claims 2.6 million members, and... " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,631,000 | - | 5,900 units |
- | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 146. | "With 2,631,000 members and 5,900 churches, this is the second largest Lutheran church in the U.S... " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,607,309 | - | 5,364 units |
- | 1991 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993); pg. 36-37. | map. Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | 5,900 units |
- | 1994 | *LINK* web site: "End of Times Apostacy Online Database " (1998) [Orig. source: Way of Life Encyclopedia of the Bible & Christianity, David W. Cloud (1994), Way of Life Literature, 1701 Harns Rd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277.] | "Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LC-MS) was founded in Missouri by German emigrants in 1847. Today it has 2.6 million members in 5,900 churches " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | 6,000 units |
- | 1995 | Magida, Arthur J. (ed). How to be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing (1996); pg. 250. | "The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod: U.S. churches: 6,000; U.S. membership: 2.6 million (data from the 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches) " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,594,555 | - | 6,154 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,594,555 | - | 6,154 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Statistics of Muslims in the USA and around the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | Table: "USA by denomination in millions " [for 1996] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,603,036 | - | 6,215 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Lutheran Ch.-Missouri Synod |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,700,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; web page: "What are the differences between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS)? " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999); "Prepared by the ELCA Department for Communication " | The LCMS is a second largest Lutheran church body in North America (2.7 million). |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | USA | 2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Polk, Peggy & David E. Anderson (Religion News Service). "Catholics, Lutherans Reach Agreement on Salvation Issue " in Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 1999 (viewed online 12 June 1999). | "But the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, with 2.6 million members, did not endorse the statement. " |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Utah | 4,547 | 0.26% | 17 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,028. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Vermont | 494 | 0.09% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 331. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Virginia | 17,413 | 0.28% | 45 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 13,114. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Washington | 41,916 | 0.86% | 115 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 30,569. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, continued 