Membership in the Lutheran Church is Down
- The largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. has reported that its baptized membership was 4.85 million in 10,549 congregations last year, a one-year decrease of about 1.6 percent and the 14th straight annual decline in membership.
- Income continues to grow, however, for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, up nearly 3 percent from the previous year to more than $2.67 billion.
- Though the ELCA's confirmed membership also decreased in 2005--to 3.63 million people--the average regular giving to the church grew to $598, an increase f of 4.8 percent over 2004.
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Date: 10/8/2006
Atlanta's black mega churches experience fast growth and expansion
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Metro Atlanta has at least 50 churches with more than 5,000 members, and dozens more with at least 3,000 members.
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Nationally, attendance has increased 90 percent in the last 10 years at megachurches, typically defined as those that regularly attract 2,000 worshippers, while mainline churches have seen flat growth or a decline in attendance, according to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
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About 21.6 percent of people in Cobb were black in 2005, compared with 9.8 percent in 1990, the U.S. Census Bureau says.
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Date: 10/5/2006
Rankings of Nazarene Churches in the U.S. and World
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Grove City, Central Ohio 3,437
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Olathe College, Kansas City 2,759
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Pasadena First, Los Angeles 2,035
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Bethany First, Northwest Oklahoma 2,013
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Denver First, Colorado 1,974
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Yuba City First, Sacramento 784 ('04) 1,201 ('05)
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Gold Creek Community, Washington
Pacific 780 ('04) 1,104 ('05)
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Pasadena First, Los Angeles 1,714 ('04) 2,035 ('05)
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Grove City, Central Ohio 3,142 ('04) 3,437 ('05)
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York Stillmeadow, Mid-Atlantic 1,108 ('04) 1,352 ('05)
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Date: 9/24/2006
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(Jan 2006)