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ELCA Congregation Trend Report
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The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
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Churches and Church Membership for a County

This report is designed to help ELCA congregations gain a general understanding of the different denominations, numbers of congregations and members, and estimated numbers of unchurched persons in their county and to plan mission using that information. The most current data is from 2000. Instructions and additional links are located below.

This information is now available online directly from American Religion Data Archive.


  • Click here to get a trend report with data describing your congregation.
  • Click here to get a demographic report describing your community.
  • Please send any comments & suggestions to the Department for Research and Evaluation.

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