Synodical Data preview

Summarized Statistics, 1994 through 2024

Long-range summarized LCMS statistics covering 1994 through 2024.

Official Source

These files are provided as source data for study and analysis. They are not convention resolutions or voting recommendations. Verify interpretation carefully and cite the original LCMS statistics files when using the data.

This is a preview. Open the Excel file for full data, formulas, formatting, and all rows.

Open Excel File Back to Synodical Data

Worksheets

Top

Top37 rows, 19 columnsPreview

Column 1	Column 2	Congregations	Column 4	Members	Column 6	Column 7	Membership Gains	Column 9	Column 10	Column 11	Early Childhood & Elementary Schools	Column 13	Column 14	Column 15
SUMMARIZED STATISTICS — 1994 to 2024
(North American Districts Only)
		Congregations		Members			Membership Gains				Early Childhood & Elementary Schools
Year	Parish Pastors	Members of Synod	Total Stations	Baptized	Confirmed	Communed Average Times	Children Baptized	Juniors Confirmed	Adults Confirmed or Baptized	Total Gain from Outside	Number	Pupils	Men Teachers	Women Teachers
1994	5,304	5,991	6,168	2,604,037	1,950,305	9	47,763	32,280	26,265	52,138	1,990	203,413	2,086	9,567
1995	5,263	5,995	6,175	2,601,753	1,948,700	_	49,728	33,051	29,018	54,927	2,031	210,270	2,188	10,140
1996	5,290	6,004	6,191	2,601,144	1,951,730	_	47,971	32,648	28,934	55,554	2,076	201,980	2,120	9,285
1997	5,230	6,022	6,215	2,603,036	1,951,391	_	46,984	32,399	29,508	55,504	2,149	214,079	2,178	11,099
1998	5,187	6,022	6,218	2,594,404	1,952,020	_	46,808	32,481	29,549	53,218	2,200	222,308	2,227	11,810
1999	5,170	6,121	6,220	2,582,440	1,945,846	_	45,901	32,195	29,479	51,931	2,226	229,951	2,163	12,310
2000	5,303	6,043	6,150	2,553,971	1,934,116	_	33,865	25,322	21,746	41,496	2,332	246,904	2,313	13,046
2001	5,235	6,039	6,150	2,540,045	1,920,949	_	32,606	24,534	19,964	40,947	2,738	250,841	2,190	14,074
2002	5,222	6,033	6,142	2,512,714	1,907,923	_	35,606	27,399	21,506	44,031	2,389	270,582	2,173	11,741
2003	5,281	6,043	6,160	2,488,936	1,894,822	_	33,959	25,542	19,197	38,379	2,427	268,921	2,708	13,037
2004	5,323	6,040	6,151	2,463,747	1,880,213	_	32,851	25,325	19,153	38,513	2,425	268,876	N/A	N/A
2005	5,343	6,044	6,144	2,440,864	1,870,659	_	31,701	24,572	18,684	38,525	2,423	271,525	N/A	N/A
2006	5,318	6,073	6,155	2,417,997	1,856,783	_	28,507	21,493	16,092	32,287	2,488	280,426	N/A	N/A
2007	5,356	6,075	6,167	2,383,084	1,835,064	_	27,913	20,673	13,869	29,389	2,382	254,649	N/A	N/A
2008	5,359	6,021	6,123	2,337,349	1,803,900	_	29,039	21,079	14,112	31,061	2,342	252,045	N/A	N/A
2009	5,407	6,075	6,178	2,312,111	1,784,139	_	24,745	19,104	13,067	33,347	2,345	236,721	N/A	N/A
2010	5,462	6,058	6,158	2,278,586	1,764,024	_	23,464	17,770	12,221	27,828	2,292	226,564	N/A	N/A
2011	5,669	6,040	6,145	2,231,858	1,731,522	_	28,627	20,883	15,770	33,306	2,257	213,519	N/A	N/A
2012	5,752	6,048	6,155	2,196,788	1,707,509	_	24,917	18,470	14,735	29,522	2,247	212,884	N/A	N/A
2013	5,678	6,026	6,136	2,163,698	1,685,597	_	21,318	15,877	10,789	23,189	2,165	201,647	N/A	N/A
2014	5,575	5,992	6,105	2,097,258	1,641,679	_	25,551	18,585	14,856	29,986	2,032	141,850	N/A	N/A
2015	5,524	5,990	6,101	2,060,514	1,609,100	_	23,500	16,830	14,147	27,621	1,977	173,825	N/A	N/A
2016	5,492	5,968	6,084	2,017,834	1,584,251	_	21,155	15,629	11,994	23,366	1,943	168,409	N/A	N/A
2017	5,432	5,936	6,046	1,968,641	1,545,124	_	21,087	15,512	14,105	26,236	1,905	167,343	N/A	N/A
2018	5,378	5,895	5,991	1,913,015	1,504,610	_	19,605	14,974	14,971	27,735	1,854	182,990	N/A	N/A
2019	5,234	5,875	5,975	1,864,800	1,470,208	_	16,871	13,282	10,991	18,866	1,817	164,949	N/A	N/A
2020	5,251	5,834	5,921	1,807,408	1,433,378	_	12,649	12,010	7,483	11,072	1,788	126,472	N/A	N/A
2021	5,159	5,798	5,883	1,770,655	1,399,363	_	15,059	11,895	6,640	15,456	1,756	144,777	N/A	N/A
2022	5,087	5,809	5,888	1,712,696	1,358,354	_	16,152	11,245	7,606	18,112	1,722	140,022	N/A	N/A
2023	5,021	5,767	5,841	1,674,315	1,328,392	_	16,641	10,505	7,767	18,125	1,675	153,689	N/A	N/A
2024	4,899	5,725	5,794	1,635,076	1,295,632	_	16,559	11,037	10,363	20,915	1,631	**144,237	N/A	N/A
**This data is reported from the 2024–2025 school statistical reports and represents a 71% response rate.
It does not include unreported student data (29%).

Summarized Statistics, 1994 through 2024

Worksheets

Pause and Pray at 3:07 p.m.