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Protes'tant Conference, The (1928 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Lutheran
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Protes'tant Conference is a conservative Lutheran church founded in 1928 by former members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
Official Site: Not available

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Adherence Rate per 1,000 (1990)

Congregations (1990)



Top 3 Protes'tant Conference, The States (1990)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Wisconsin 5 955 0.20
2 Michigan 1 65 0.01
3 California 1 75 0.00

Top 5 Protes'tant Conference, The Counties (1990)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Jackson County, WI 1 250 15.07
2 La Crosse County, WI 1 325 3.32
3 Brown County, WI 1 200 1.03
4 Outagamie County, WI 1 130 0.93
5 Manitowoc County, WI 1 50 0.62

Top 5 Protes'tant Conference, The Metro Areas (1990)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area 1 325 2.79
2 Green Bay, WI Metro Area 1 200 0.82
3 Appleton, WI Metro Area 1 130 0.74
4 Manitowoc, WI Micro Area 1 50 0.62
5 Saginaw, MI Metro Area 1 65 0.31

Protes'tant Conference, The, Members (1936 - 1992)2


Protes'tant Conference, The, Ministers & Churches (1936 - 1992)2


Protes'tant Conference, The, Trends (1936 - 1992)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1936 3,253 22
1947 3,253 22
1955 17 7
1956 18 9
1957 24 11
1958 3,000 15 11
1959 18 8
1960 17 8
1961 3,000 16 10
1962 3,000 15 7
1963 3,000 15 8
1966 1,435 14 8
1967 2,400 14 7
1968 2,500 14 7
1970 2,600 15 7
1971 2,600 15 7
1972 2,660 13 7
1973 2,600 13 7
1974 2,675 14 7
1975 2,685 14 7
1976 2,660 14 7
1977 2,635 13 7
1979 1,950 8 8
1980 1,325 13 7
1981 1,550 11 9
1982 1,605 8 10
1983 960 9 10
1984 965 9 10
1985 959 9 9
1986 979 7 7
1987 1,004 7 7
1988 1,035 7 7
1989 1,065 8 9
1990 1,086 9 7
1992 1,100 8 7
       

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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