Church of the Lutheran Confession
Denominational Profile
Notes
| The Church of the Lutheran Confession was organized in 1960 at Watertown, South Dakota, by congregations and clergy who had formerly belonged to the various Lutheran denominations that had comprised the Synodical Conference, a Lutheran ecumenical body. With the loss of doctrinal unity within the conference, they felt compelled to leave. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1972 |
70 |
69 |
9,490 |
| 1973 |
71 |
68 |
9,616 |
| 1974 |
71 |
68 |
9,667 |
| 1975 |
74 |
72 |
9,790 |
| 1976 |
77 |
74 |
9,817 |
| 1977 |
78 |
72 |
9,688 |
| 1978 |
75 |
72 |
9,316 |
| 1979 |
73 |
72 |
9,340 |
| 1980 |
73 |
72 |
9,426 |
| 1981 |
74 |
70 |
9,210 |
| 1982 |
74 |
67 |
8,986 |
| 1983 |
71 |
66 |
8,898 |
| 1984 |
74 |
67 |
8,863 |
| 1985 |
79 |
67 |
8,910 |
| 1986 |
78 |
68 |
8,852 |
| 1987 |
78 |
67 |
8,717 |
| 1988 |
72 |
67 |
8,655 |
| 1989 |
77 |
69 |
8,738 |
| 1990 |
82 |
69 |
8,753 |
| 1991 |
82 |
70 |
8,722 |
| 1992 |
77 |
70 |
8,798 |
| 1993 |
82 |
69 |
8,718 |
| 1994 |
80 |
71 |
8,864 |
| 1995 |
82 |
70 |
8,783 |
| 1996 |
89 |
72 |
8,958 |
| 1997 |
85 |
74 |
8,768 |
| 1998 |
86 |
72 |
8,628 |
| 1999 |
86 |
72 |
8,631 |
| 2000 |
90 |
75 |
8,671 |
| 2001 |
94 |
76 |
8,643 |
| 2002 |
89 |
77 |
8,492 |
| 2003 |
90 |
77 |
8,390 |
| 2006 |
90 |
87 |
8,390 |
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]
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