# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S205
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Exhibit A

EXHIBITS

Two Decades of Missouri Synod Growth

Membership (North America Only)

Baptized — ———
Increase in Decade _____
Communicants .. 0.
Increase in Decade
Subsidized Home Mission Stations ____
New Mission Stations Opened _..__
New Mission Station Buildings Added

Churches a

Schools —-____.

Parsonages —__
Baptized Members in Subsidized Stations
Baptized Members as Percent of Total _
Comm. Memb. in Subsidized Stations __
Comm. Members as Percent of Total ___
Removed from Roster —
Transferred Within Synod (in and out)
Released to Other Synods ____ —_
Received from Other Synods _.-

Congregations (North America Only)

Number of Congregations ___
Average Size in Baptized Membership _
Average Communicant Membership ____
Vacant Parishes.
Congregation Size
1—199
200—499
500—999
1,000—-1,999 __._
2,000 plus _....

Organization

Districts (North and South America) __
Circuits -
Countries 0
Urban church locations _
County Distribution (U.S)
~ Counties (48 States) —
Church Representation in —.._
1960 Population in These Counties ___
Not Represented in 0.
1960 Population in These Counties ___

Sacred Acts (North America Only)

Children Baptized 0.
Child Losses .._. ....
Juniors Confirmed
Ratio of Juniors Confirmed: Comm. ___
Adults Baptized or Confirmed .....
Percent of Congregations Reporting
Adult Accessions — Percent of Total _
Total Gained from Without
Marriages rs —_
Burials
Communed, Average

1940

1,342,533
18.22%
915,405
27.60%

1,642
18

56

5

30
169,340
12.6%
100,101
12%

4,055

2,762

30
284

39.8%

34,919
26,820
1:34
12,074
34%

19,536
15,278

2.48 Times

Christian Education (North America Only)

Elementary Schools __.
Enrolled ......
Teachers — Male
Teachers — Women ___.
Teachers — Total _

1,136
66,679
1,762
339
(2,101)

(1941)

1960

2,469,036
42.85%
1,571,641
34.83%
1,285

99

100

10

81
224,588
9.1%
122,352
8%
29,554
63,088
11,073
15,863

5,532
446
284
407

(52.5%) 2,908
(32.4%) 1,792
(11.3%) 626
( 3.5%) 192
( 3%) 16

34
504
26
58%

3,073

1,526
145,236,506
1,547
33,228,730

85,976
8%
47,176
1:33
35,570

13%
67,440
24,036
24,260

4.62 Times

1,293
149,201
2,201
3,117
(5,318)

Community High Schools —_..
Enrolled...
‘Teaching Staffs
Colleges and Seminaries __.__
Enrolled — Total
" Men
Women ___.__.
Teaching Staffs.
Sunday Schools _____
Pupils, Including Sunday Bible Classes _
Staffs 2. LL. -——_
Bible Class Enrollment =
Vacation Bible Schools
Enrollment _._ -_——.
Valparaiso University
Men __.
Women
Total —

Institutional Chaplains

Full-Time Chaplains _____
Institutions Served __ .
Persons Served _...__. nn
Preaching Services —

Health and Welfare Agencies

Hospitals, Convalescent Homes, etc. _
Persons Served —__...
Homes for the Aging __
Persons Served

Child Care Services 0
Persons Served
Special Services
Persons Served

3

965

38

on
(2,561)
2,190
371

174
3,605
309,892
29,480
59,327
817
24,722

(399)

1940

37

A472
223,549
7,725

19
45,532
13
1,592
17
1,950
2

462

Reported Contributions (North America Only)

For Work at Home
Per Communicant ——_
For Work at Large
Per Communicant _
All Purposes ___.
Per Communicant —__.
Remitted for Synod’s Budget ____
Per Communicant ..-
Ratio of Work at Home: Work at Large
Per Capita Income — United States __.
Per Capita Income — Canada —____
Synodical Subsidy ____
District Subsidy _
Total Subsidy —__.__ —~
Church Extension Funds — Net Worth
District —_.._.. -
Synod
Congregational Property Value
Capital Indebtedness
Concordia Publishing House Sales _.____

Pastors

Roster Total
Parish Related _.__._. ———_—_~-—_..
Missionaries, Professors —-._
Graduates Entering
Resigned or Retired in Year
Died — Active ___.
Died — Inactive -

1940

$12,660,422
$13.83
$2,920,005
$3.19
($15,580,427)
($17.02)
$1,327,266
$1.45

$595

$233,515
$739,112
($972,627)

$2,721,601
$1,296,475
$96,726,594
$16,229,443
$770,000

4,110
3,438

156
14

26

19
8,710
413

14
(6,029)
4,157
1,872
472
5,439
895,186
92,206
236,073
3,475
338,435

1,402
1,265
(2,667)

1961

107
878
544,176
14,678

29
116,194
22
2,299
25
9,180

4

913

1960

$119,572,174
$76.08
$30,293,831
$19.28
($149,866,005)
($95.36)
$16,708,519
$10.63
80:20
$2,166
$1,487
$1,463,394
$4,821,786
($6,285,180)

(1959)

$20,228,720
$3,816,506
$694,379,118
$173,662,597
$9,156,577

(1962) $11,500,000

5,868
4,601
579
196
92

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