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| WELS SP Mark Schroeder is working hard on his smile. Sure WELS is losing members, but Missouri is losing them twice as fast. What a relief! |
From the WELS Statistics Department at Gloom, Doom, and Despair
Over half of WELS congregations are under 100 average attendance. 763 of the 1272 are 100 or less.
There are only a couple large ones.
Why Is WELS Closing Big, Old Congregations with Property Worth $1 Million?
Why Is WELS Closing Big, Old Congregations with Property Worth $1 Million?
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| I don't know. |
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| Nor do I. And - nothing happened. |
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| Nor do I know. And - nothing happened. |
There are 3 states without a WELS congregation!
Maine
Rhode Island
West Virginia
There are 5 states with only 1
congregation?
Church
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City
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State
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Average Weekly
Attendance
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St John
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Newark
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DE
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72
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Community
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Honolulu
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HI
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60
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Good Shepherd
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South Attleboro
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MA
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52
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Faith
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Columbus
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MS
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11
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Christ the Redeemer
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Barre
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VT
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38
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