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Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (1872 - 1953) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Lutheran
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was formed in 1872 and changed its name in 1953 to the American Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Official Site: Not available

Connections: Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church


 
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Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Members (1925 - 1951)1


Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ministers & Churches (1925 - 1951)1


Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trends (1925 - 1951)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 13,125 65 96
1929 13,838 69 98
1935 19,577 65 94
1937 15,733 101
1939 18,145 77
1941 18,505 88
1943 18,813 87
1947 19,588 82
1950 19,404 82 82
1951 19,912 83 81
       

Sources

1 All data on clergy, members, and churches are taken from the National Council of Churches’ Historic Archive CD and recent print editions of the Council’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The CD archives all 68 editions of the Yearbook (formerly called Yearbook of the Churches and Yearbook of American Churches) from 1916 to 2000. Read more information on the Historic Archive CD and the Yearbook.

Membership figures are "inclusive." According to the Yearbook, this includes "those who are full communicant or confirmed members plus other members baptized, non-confirmed or non-communicant." Each denomination has its own criteria for membership.

When a denomination listed on the Historic Archive CD was difficult to identify, particularly in early editions of the Yearbook, the ARDA staff consulted numerous sources, including Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions and the Handbook of Denominations in the United States. In some cases, ARDA staff consulted the denomination’s website or contacted its offices by phone. When a denomination could not be positively identified, its data were omitted.

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