page_title: Metropolitan New York Synod
section_title: Membership
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan New York Synod / Membership
caption_attribution_description: English: Metropolitan New York Synod Membership
context_page_description: The Metropolitan New York Synod is one of the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with about 3,5 million members. The ELCA has three expressions: over 9,000 congregations, 65 regional synods, and the churchwide organization. The Metropolitan New York Synod is the regional expression of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
context_section_description: The Metropolitan New York Synod has:
  63,959 baptized members living among 13.5 million people living within the synod territory
  16,009 in weekly worship
  190 congregations
  about 300 pastors
  over 100 rostered lay leaders, including associates in ministry, diaconal ministers, deaconess, and synodical deacons.
caption: Metropolitan New York Synod Assembly
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