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Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1957 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Lutheran
Religious 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
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
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
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
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.

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