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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 22

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22 MISSIONS

EXHIBIT II
Gains and Losses in Baptized Membership

(North American Districts)

a) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Adults Deaths of Decade

Baptized Children Juniors Conf. Conf. Gains
Year Members Baptized Confirmed or Baptized Memb. or Losses

1930 0... eee. 1,728,186 62,465 27,743 25,301 16,926

1960 cece eect eee eee eee 2,469,036 85,976 47,176 35,570 15,863 + 740,850
1970 eee eee eee e eee eee 2,877,291 68,289 58.490 26.074 18,578 + 408,255
1979 oe ee 2,717,996 57,506 43,715 26,454 19,143 - 159,295

EXHIBIT III
Communicant Membership Gains and Losses from Outside

(North American Districts)

() (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Adults Non-Luth. Decade

Communicant Confirmed Juniors Net Gains
Year Members or Bapt. Confirmed Reinstated Defections Outreach or Losses

1950............ 1,165,482 25,256 3,865 15,133 18,729 25,525

1960 Lee eee 1,571,641 35,570 5,604 10,194 29,5354 21,814 +412,159
1970 beeen eee eee 1,980,925 26,074 4,865 9,511 50,282 - 9,832 + 409,284
1979............ 2,034,248 26,454 3,056 9,326 49,573 - 10,737 + 53,323

EXHIBIT IV
Individual District Totals
North America—1979

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Baptized Confirmed Congre- Adults Non-Luth. Reinstated Outreach Defections Outreach
Members Members gations Bap. Cenf. drs. Conf. 14.5.6) Check (7.51
Atlantic ...............00... 52,321 36,324 103 521 222 227 970 1,305 : 339
Cal Nev Hawaii........... 64,621 47,027 192 919 119 392 1,430 2,438 - 1,008
Southern Cal ............... 97,905 73,107 227 1,468 182 726 2,376 4,022 - 1,646
Colorado ................... 58,165 44,147 142 575 88 293 956 1,350 : 394
Eastern ..............00000. 66,257 47,694 157 603 80 135 818 925 : 107
English .................0-. 77,705 59.028 144 821 140 345 1,306 1,527 : 221
Fla Georgia................ 60,828 46,807 145 976 102 413 1,491 1,515 - 24
Central Ill. ................. 76,594 58,637 147 808 29 151 988 950 + 38
Northern Il................. 175,407 130,484 233 1,413 270 641 2,324 3,733 - 1,409
Southern Il................. 41,972 32,327 93 344 19 163 528 586 : 58
Indiana .................... 111,974 82,981 219 1,059 48 266 1,373 1,974 : 601
Iowa East .................. 52,478 39,200 112 451 34 103 388 581 + 7
Towa West.................. 75,766 57,580 173 642 30 140 812 788 + 24
Kansas...........0...000005 38,082 44,539 161 533 33 166 732 998 : 266
Michigan................... 243,481 179,324 346 2,489 222 752 3,463 4,768 - 1,305
Mid-South .................. 25,153 18,861 99 394 13 138 a45 366 + 179
Minnesota North ........... 76,358 57,531 217 407 88 162 657 865 : 208
Minnesota South ........... 148,337 112,776 235 817 131 275 1,223 1,502 - 279
Missouri ................... 136,366 104,173 288 1,336 97 486 1,919 2,049 - 130
Montana................... 16,219 11,810 59 138 21 47 206 244 : 38
Nebraska .................. 105,195 79,788 241 798 62 201 1,061 1,393 : 332
New England .............. 26,251 19,986 68 243 33 77 353 562 - 209
New Jersey................. 26,984 19,439 61 283 78 103 464 464
North Dakota .............. 27,960 21,400 101 164 39 34 237 215 + 22
Northwest.................. 87,906 62,903 238 1,210 83 408 1,701 2,271 - 570
Ohio 2.2.0... eee eee 73,064 56,375 159 780 dd 202 1,037 1,682 : 645
Oklahoma.................. 21,906 16,780 73 200 ll 92 303 364 : 261
South Dakota .............. 33,614 25,851 112 229 15 84 328 307 + 21
Southeastern ............... 69,766 30,435 183 893 105 241 1,239 1,254 : 15
Southern ................... 42,460 31,050 153 605 89 238 932 864 + 68
SELC .... 6. eee ee 19,508 15,439 58 108 25 31 164 244 - 80
Texas ..........000 00202 115,728 87,370 307 1,682 82 399 2,163 2,397 : 234
North Wise. ................ 107,079 81,045 220 655 77 366 1,098 914 + 184
South Wise. ................ 140,420 107,623 196 991 142 457 1,590 2,415 : 825
Wyoming................... 16,714 12,320 61 184 12 86 282 337 - 3d
ABC 0.0... keene 31,197 22,025 128 309 76 120 305 45 : 40
Manitoba ‘Sask. ............ 24,014 16,768 93 167 33 90 290 148 + 142
Ontario .................... 30,241 23,294 97 239 71 74 384 511 : 127
Totals 2,717,996 2,034,248 6,043 26,454 3,056 9,326 38,836 49,573 - 10.737
EXHIBIT V
Exhibit II provides the decade figures for the baptized Decade of Baptized Communicant
membership of the Synod, and Exhibit III shows the commun- "50S ooo. eee cece eee +740,850 +412,159
icant membership. At the end of each decade the gain or loss for 60S . 6. ee eee + 408,255 +409, 284
the previous decade was: 7 0 - 159,295 + 53,323