Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Membership and demographics

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

Section Title: Membership and demographics
Table Section Text: None

Year	Pastors	Congregations	Members

1847	22	-	-

1848	50	-	-

1849	61	-	-

1850	75	-	-

1872	415	543	-

1897	1,564	1,986	687,334

1922	3,073	-	1,041,514

1925	3,062	3,849	628,695

1929	3,279	3,542	696,967

1935	3,605	4,224	1,230,705

1939	–	4,205	1,277,097

1941	–	4,326	1,320,510

1944	–	4,075	1,356,665

1946	–	4,430	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

2005	8,502	6,144	2,440,864

2006	8,601	6,155	2,417,997

2007	8,901	6,167	2,383,084

2008	9,010	6,123	2,337,349

2009	9,357	6,178	2,312,111

2010	8,927	6,158	2,278,586

2013	-	-	2,163,698

2014	-	6,105	2,097,258

2015	-	6,101	2,060,514

2016	-	-	2,017,834

Sentence(s)

LCMS reported 2,097,258 members and 6,105 churches.

final_sentence: LCMS reported 2,097,258 members and 6,105 churches.