The Lutheran World Federation's own published membership figures, read 2026-08-22, giving the total baptized membership of its member churches, a figure that has grown over successive counts from roughly 68 million (2008) to over 78 million in the most recent count.
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Citation
AuthorThe Lutheran World Federation
PublisherThe Lutheran World Federation
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://lutheranworld.org/news/more-77-million-lutherans-148-lwf-member-churches
Source TypeOfficial statistical return
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: the Lutheran World Federation's own membership count, a primary institutional record from the umbrella body itself rather than an independently audited count of its member churches. NotesThe Lutheran World Federation's own published count of its member churches' baptized membership; a primary denominational self-count rather than an independent census.
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