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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 3

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2 EVANGELISM

as people whom He loves and for whom He died. In the Book EXHIBIT 5

of Acts there is considerable emphasis on numbers: 1973. North Amer;
In the upper room there are 120 people ‘Acts 1:15). On ** North America

Pentecost there are 3,000 counted (Acts 2:41). Shortly after there
are 5.000 men (Acts 4:4).

Expressions like these are common: “Every day the Lord
added to their group those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47), 1
“Many who heard the message believed” (Acts 4:4). “More and 53.000
more people were added to the group” (Acts 5:14). "The number

‘Communicant members removed from roster because they became
inactive or were excommunicated)

EXHIBIT 4
1973, North America

Adults Baptized —_ ++++ Juniors Confirmed
or Con- from Non-Lutheran
firmed Homes

1960 ‘61 ‘62 ‘63 ‘64 65 ‘66 ‘67 : . ‘71 °72:-'73

36,000
35,000
34,000
33,000
32,000
31,000
30,000
29,000
28,000
27,000
26,000

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25,000 J 4500
EXHIBIT 6
Totals for North American Districts Statistics — 1973
1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 9 10
Non-Luth,
Bapuzed Communicant Adults Win Jr Rein- Total Win Out-
Year Members Members Defections Bap. Conf. One Conf. stated Gained One reach
1950 1,728,472 1,131,175 18.729 25.256 44 3,865 15,133 44,254 25 25,525
1951 1.786.371 1,159,991 18.759 24,462 47 3,553 16.996 45,011 25 26.252
1952 1,845,551 1,191,083 20.725 24.636 48 3.902 17,979 46.517 25 25.792
1953 1,917,097 1,225,593 22.625 26.620 46 3.959 17,518 48,097 25 25,472
1954 2,001,012 1,262,354 24,062 31,255 40 4,187 19,049 54,491 23 30,429
1955 2.076.256 1,344,627 28,006 32,369 41 4,619 19,250 56,238 24 28,232
1956 2.152.215 1,384,950 29,063 33,864 40 5.238 19,492 58,594 23 29,531
1957 2.227.908 1,429,585 30,888 34,674 41 4.971 21,459 61,104 23 30.216
1958 2.314,864 1,476,919 26.020 35,440 41 4.745 10.377 50,562 29 24.542
1959 2,387,292 1,518,394 28,505 34,806 43 4.642 9.557 49.005 31 20.500
1960 2.469.036 1,571,641 29.554 35,570 44 5.604 10.194 51,368 30 21.814
1961 2.544.544 1,631,137 30.655 32,819 49 5.448 11,337 49,604 32 18,949
1962 2.611.695 1,677,943 34,683 31,481 53 5.271 10,703 47.455 35 12.772
1963 2.683.876 1,730,674 35,234 31,535 54 5.446 10,935 47.916 36 12.682
1964 2.744.574 1,777,185 36.445 32.343 55 5,330 11,819 49,492 36 13.047
1965 2,788,241 1,819,936 35,952 31,394 58 5.218 11,368 47,980 38 12,028
1966 2.816.883 1,860,949 38.462 30.635 60 5,195 11,306 47,136 39 8.674
1967 2,847,425 1,901,399 39.534 30,592 62 5,318 10,522 46,432 4] 6,898
1968 2.870,355 1,934,910 41,823 28,637 67 5.165 9.840 43,642 44 — 1,819
1969 2,875,187 1,958,384 47.376 27,866 70 5.466 9,745 43.077 45 ~ 4,299
1970 2,877.29) 1,980,925 50,282 26.074 76 4,865 9,511 40.450 49 ~9.832
1971 2,886,207 2,011,348 48,455 26,775 75 4,931 9,587 41,293 48 ~7,162
1972 2.878.406 2,028,728 52.012 25,276 80 4,661 9,455 39,392 51 — 12,620
1973 2.873.814 2,049,799 52.618 25,920 79 4,686 10,198 40,804 90 11.814

Explanation
1. Baptized Members Includes all baptized children under the spiritual care of congregations.
2 Commaaracant Members: Totaled from the 1973 Teports of the 38 North American Districts,

4. Adults Bes tized or Confirmed: If adults are already baptized. they are received into membership by confirmation. Others are received by baptism

alone or by baptism and confirmation

» Win One Dividing column 4 into 2 Bives the number of communicants it took to win one for baptism or confirmation,

. Total Gamed: The total of columns 4, 6, and 7 provides all those gained from outside the church.
. Win One Dividing column 8 into 2 ives the number of members it took to gain one from the outside.
| Outreach: Total gained from the Outside teol. 8} compared with Defections ico], 3) provides the plus or minus in Outreach.

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