Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1957 - Present) - Religious Group
Religious Family: LutheranReligious Tradition: Mainline Protestant
Description: The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was founded in 1939 and came to the United States in 1957. The group originally organized as the Federation of Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America, but reorganized in 1975 under their present name.
Official Site: http://lelba.org/lv/
Maps: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America1
Adherence Rate per 1,000 (1990)
Congregations (2020)
Top 5 Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America States (1990)1 [View all States]
Rank | State | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | Nebraska | 3 | 349 | 0.22 |
2 | Minnesota | 2 | 949 | 0.22 |
3 | Michigan | 6 | 1,640 | 0.18 |
4 | Delaware | 1 | 117 | 0.18 |
5 | Washington | 3 | 729 | 0.15 |
Top 5 Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Counties (1990)1 [View all Counties]
Rank | County | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | Kalamazoo County, MI | 2 | 588 | 2.63 |
2 | Westchester County, NY | 1 | 1,988 | 2.27 |
3 | Lancaster County, NE | 2 | 288 | 1.35 |
4 | Suffolk County, MA | 2 | 883 | 1.33 |
5 | Sussex County, DE | 1 | 117 | 1.03 |
Top 5 Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Metro Areas (1990)1 [View all Metro Areas]
Rank | Metro | Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
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1 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | 2 | 588 | 2.00 |
2 | Lincoln, NE Metro Area | 2 | 288 | 1.26 |
3 | Saginaw, MI Metro Area | 1 | 166 | 0.78 |
4 | Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area | 1 | 63 | 0.70 |
5 | Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area | 1 | 408 | 0.52 |
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Members (1976 - 2007)2
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Ministers & Churches (1976 - 2007)2
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Trends (1976 - 2007)2
YEAR | MEMBERS | MINISTERS | CHURCHES |
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1976 | 13,247 | 73 | 59 |
1977 | 12,603 | 70 | 57 |
1978 | 12,306 | 70 | 56 |
1979 | 14,294 | 70 | 64 |
1980 | 14,274 | 65 | 62 |
1981 | 13,361 | 61 | 62 |
1982 | 13,526 | 52 | 60 |
1983 | 14,160 | 48 | 62 |
1984 | 14,243 | 43 | 61 |
1985 | 13,576 | 41 | 59 |
1986 | 13,838 | 40 | 62 |
1987 | 13,588 | 40 | 57 |
1988 | 13,211 | 45 | 56 |
1989 | 12,865 | 46 | 56 |
1990 | 12,553 | 48 | 56 |
1993 | 13,380 | 68 | 55 |
1994 | 12,446 | 65 | 55 |
1995 | 12,097 | 62 | 57 |
1996 | 16,900 | 84 | 74 |
1998 | 15,550 | 72 | 72 |
1999 | 15,012 | 69 | 71 |
2000 | 14,528 | 68 | 71 |
2001 | 13,845 | 68 | 68 |
2002 | 13,584 | 63 | 68 |
2004 | 12,586 | 63 | 60 |
2005 | 12,100 | 63 | 60 |
2007 | 10,950 | 61 | 60 |
Sources
1 The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155. [More information on the data sources]
2 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.