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2008      
  January   Change in Average Worship Attendance by Size of Congregation 1990 to 2006
       
2007      
  December   Number of Clergy Retiring per year from 1988 to 2007
  September   ELCA Membership from 1988 to 2006
      2006 ELCA Youth Gathering Evaluation Summary of Youth Responses to Evaluation #2 April/May 2007
  July   New Developments in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  April   2006 ELCA Youth Gathering Evaluation: Summary of Primary Leader Questionnaire Responses
       
2006      
  September   35th Anniversary of Ordination of Women Rostered Leader Survey 2005
  March   Synod Hunger Leaders Survey
  March   ELCA Schools and Early Childhood Education Centers Survey 2005-2006
  February   Summary Report for Lutheran Partners Focus Groups
  January   Number of Years in Current Call for ELCA Clergy (1-15-2006)
2005
  December   Worship Languages of the ELCA
  October   Regional Differences in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America With Overall Comparisons to the Southern Baptists
  September   Women of the ELCA's Sixth Triennial Gathering 2005 Attendee Evaluation

June 

  35th Anniversary of Ordination of Women Rostered Leader Survey 2005

April 

  Estimated Number of ELCA Multiple Point Congregations by Synod
       
  March   Lutheran Partners Survey Report    Questionnaire frequencies:  Clergy  Rostered Lay
      Ecumenical Formation Survey
      Region 8 Consultation on Ministry Needs in Small Membership Congregations

January 

  Frequency of Communion for ELCA Congregations (chart)
      Age at First Communion for ELCA Congregations (chart)
2004    
  October   How Large is Your Congregation Compared with All ELCA Congregations?
      PowerPoint Presentation for the October Lutheran Communicator's Conference in Scottsdale, AZ  To download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation without audio files, right-click this link and select the option to save the presentation on your computer.
  September    Youth Ministry Resources
      Youth Ministry Resources Questionnaire Results
  August    Slide Presentation to the 2004 ELCA Communicators' Consultation  To download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation without audio files, right-click this link and select the option to save the presentation on your computer.

January 

 Map: Lutheran Vespers: Donor and Station Locations
  Pastors of African American Congregations - September 2003
  Largest ELCA Congregations in Each State Using Average Worship Attendance
  Largest ELCA Congregations in Each State Using Baptized Membership
  2003 ELCA Youth Gathering Evaluation of Youth and Adult Participants
 
 
 
 
 
2003
December  Executive Summary of First Call Theological Education Surveys
November  Follow-up First Call Theological Education Survey

 

 Report for Companion Synods Program Synod Questionnaire 2003
October Results for Companion Synods Program Synod Questionnaire 2003 - Word Document
June Executive Summary of First Call Theological Education Survey
May The Context for Mission and Ministry in the ELCA
2002
December First Call Theological Education Survey
  November A Resource for Persons Considering Forming a Multiple Point Parish
August  An Analysis of the Church Attendance in the General Population
ELCA Publications Survey Report
April  Financing Structures of Cooperation: Mission Support in the ELCA
2001
October Denominational Identity in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -A Comparison with the ECUSA, UCC, Southern Baptists, Nazarenes and the UUA

Women's Leadership Roundtable Evaluation
July Religious Commitment in the ELCA
May Report on Initiatives for a New Century
February
2000 ELCA Youth Gathering  
Executive Summary
Evaluation of Youth Participants
Evaluation of Adult Participants
Reflections on Themes from G2K Case Studies
January Local Congregational Social Ministry Activity in the ELCA
2000
December Faith Communities Today (Cooperative Congregational Studies Project)  
November Worship Attendance in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America   FAith Communities Today

October An Evaluation of the 1991 Evangelism Strategy
Lutheran Laity Movement "Faith in Action" (A report on the magazine)
  July Ministry Needs and Resources in the 21st Century
February Region 2 Ministry Forum (A report on church membership and beliefs)
January Demographic Services Evaluation
1999
December World Hunger Appeal Evaluation
October Evaluation of the Department for Human Resource's Performance Management System
August Specialized Pastoral Care and Clinical Education Research Report and Appendix
Observations from the Director for  SPCCE
June Number of Years in Current Call for ELCA Pastors (graph)
May The Congregational Practices Index
February Lutheran - Moravian Proposal Report
Candidates Assigned in February 1998
1998
December Giving Trends in the ELCA
November Mission Partners in 1997
April Analysis of On Leave From Call    (Report III)
1997
October Demographic Composition of Synod and Churchwide Leadership in the ELCA
March Congregational Diversity, Community Setting and Church Growth in the ELCA: Congregational Characteristics and Practices in Context
July Analysis of First Calls to Ordained Ministry (Report II)
1996
November Analysis of the Length of Time Spent Waiting for First Call (Report I)
August Multi-Point Parish Information  (Adobe Acrobat not needed)
February Lutheran-Reformed Proposal Study Results (Report)
Lutheran-Reformed Proposal Study Results (Appendix)
1991
December  Lutherans Say . . .4  Controversial Social Issues and the ELCA
March  Lutherans Say  . . .3  The Quality of Life, Religious Traditionalism and Concerns for the Decade
1990
August Compensation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
July  Lutherans Say . . . 2  Faith, the Church and the World: How ELCA Members See the Connections
  Lutherans Say . . . 2 Financial Support of the Church: Member Attitudes and Behavior
1988
December Religious Socialization
November  Lutherans Say #1 - Narrative Report