# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1894_S99 # AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Statistics of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference. 1892 and 1893. 99 XII. Comparison of This Statistics with That of 1892. 1892 1893 Plus or minus Synods 5 5 = Congregations 2038 2240 + 202 Preaching places 651 753 + 102 Pastors 1507 1588 + 81 Teachers 744 878 + 134 Women teachers 117 143 + 26 Number of souls 561533 624228 + 62695 Communicant members 327496 364503 + 37007 Voting members 84695 106341 + 21646 Schools 1587 1653 + 66 Number of pupils 83673 92023 + 8350 Baptized 45003 46292 + 1289 Confirmed 20550 21698 + 1463 Communicants (communions) 660284 730583 + 70299 Couples married 9653 9024 — 629 Burials 15014 14609 — 405 Mission stations (home mission) 618 759 + 141 Missionaries (home mission) 209 223 + 14 Missions (outer mission) 3 4 + 1 Mission stations (outer mission) 18 33 + 15 Missionaries (outer mission) 9 13 + 4 Charitable institutions 15 16 + 1 Educational institutions 13 19 + 6 Students 1574 1634 + 60 Professors 67 74 + 7 Periodicals 21 26 + 5 New churches in each 2 years 222 223 + 1 Moneys received in each 2 years $409814.34 $448224.90 + $38410.56 Mission-festival collections in each 2 years $59043.10 $69024.38 + $9981.28 + denotes plus or increase. — denotes minus or decrease. = means: unchanged.