The resources of the
Lutheran church in America to care for her people are thus stated by the
Rev. J. N. Lenker, D.D., in the _Lutheran World_, the church organ:
For the Germans, 5,000 pastors, 8,000 churches, and 1,200,000
communicant members.
For the Scandinavians, 1,800 pastors, 14,300 churches, and 500,000
communicant members.
For the Finns, three synods, 58 pastors, 187 churches, and 22,149
communicant members.
For the Slovaks, about 200 organizations with a growing number of
pastors and a very loyal constituency.
For the Letts and Esthonians, 21 organized congregations and preaching
stations, divided into the eastern and western districts.
For the Icelanders, one synod, 10 pastors, 37 organized congregations,
3,785 communicant members.
For the Poles, Bohemians, and Magyars, work is done by the various
German synods, the late statistics of which are not at hand. Besides
congregations in these languages, many understand German and are served
by German pastors.
The whole Lutheran Church of America, including the Swedish Mission
Friends with 33,000 members and the German Evangelical Synod with
222,000 members, the constituents of which are nearly all Lutherans,
making in all 8,956 pastors, 15,135 churches, and 2,123,639 communicant
members are the results of immigrant mission work or mission work in
foreign languages or languages other than English.
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