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2007-01-31 12:19:38 · 3 answers · asked by Michele K 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Technically speaking it would be the Evangelische Kirche in Deutchschland with 27.4 million members. Now this is NOT a pure Lutheran body as it is comprised of the Lutheran Church in Germany, German Reformed Church and United Regional Churches.

I would have to say that the largest pure Lutheran Church is the Church of Sweden with 7.1 million members.
1. Church of Sweden 7.1 million
2. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 5.5 million
3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 4.4 million
4. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark 4.35 million
5. Church of Norway 3.85 million
6. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 2.58 million
7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania 2.2 million
8. Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus 1.6 million
9. Malagasy Lutheran Church (Madagascar) 1.5 million
10. Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil 1 million

I hope this helps.

2007-02-02 08:10:34 · answer #1 · answered by Martin Chemnitz 5 · 0 0

Not sure exactly what you are looking for but here is a bit of information.

Today, there are 66 million Lutherans belonging to 250 different autonomous Lutheran churches around the world. The largest numbers of Lutherans are to be found in Germany, the place where the Reformation took place during the early part of the 16th century. The 9.5 million Lutherans in North America belong to 21 different Lutheran church bodies. The largest of these at 4.8 million is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, with 2.5 million baptized members, ranks as the second largest Lutheran church body in North America and the 11th largest denomination in the USA. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) has 410,000 members and is the third largest Lutheran Church in the United States of America. You may read an article titled "An Introduction to the LCMS."

2007-01-31 12:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by sgt_cook 7 · 0 0

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the largest Lutheran church body in the United States

2007-01-31 12:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by dreamgirl 5 · 0 0

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