From the Ovaltine Discussion Club for Cranky Elderly Pastors
In 1970.......The LCMS had 2,788,536 Baptized Members
In 2000.......The LCMS had 2,554,088 Baptized Members
In 2021.......The LCMS had 1,807,408 Baptized Members
In the past 50 years the LCMS has lost about 1 million Baptized Members and about 700,000 of those losses came in the past 20 years. The last 20 years have seen
a significant decline as an aging membership is accelerating their death rate. In
addition to that fact our congregations have not added new young members in any
significant way. With a shrinking membership the LCMS has a real challenge to survive.
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| ELCA (LCA-ALC), WELS, LCMS, and others jumped on Fuller Seminary's Church Growth like hobos on a hotdog, accelerating their decline while unleashing their closeted wokeness. |
