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Ordice Gallups,
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the ELCA Metro Washington DC Synod
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Forwarded Copy of ELCA Communion Statistics #1 From Mim Woolbert, Sat Feb
18, 1995 at 10:22a

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Ordice Gallups
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PREDECESSOR CHURCH BODY FREQUENCY OF COMMUNION STATISTICS:

     (Generally, questions have been about Sunday morning worship
     services only.)


1981 (ALC)     Weekly                    7 percent
               Every other week         20
               Monthly                  66
               Other                     9
     (Percentages were probably "rounded up" which resulted
     in the 102 percent total.)


                                     1982              1986

(LCA)     Weekly                   14 percent          20 percent
          Twice a month            20                  25
          Monthly + festivals      41                  38
          Monthly                  16                  12
          Less than monthly         8                   5



ELCA FREQUENCY OF COMMUNION STATISTICS:

     (The middle row of statistics is from a year between 1989
     and 1993; I am unable at present to discover which specific
     year.  Figures indicate number of congregations, rather than
     percentages, and represent only those responding to the
     question.)

                              1989      ????      1993

Weekly                        1,690     1,884     2.046
Twice a month                 1,529     1,876     2,038
Twice a month + festivals     2,094     1,708     1,824
Monthly                       1,602     1,393     1,503
Monthly + festivals           2,975     2,013     2,145
Quarterly                        48        27        27
Other                           258       290       317


DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION IN THE ELCA:

     (The first column is that same indeterminate year.)

                                        ????      1993
Chalice/common cup                        736       822
Pouring chalice (filling glasses)       1,778     1,914
Prefilled individual glasses            4,822     5,164
Combination or choice of cup/glasses    1,775     1,913

Wafers only                             4,388     4,734
Bread, leavened or unleavened           1,901     2,032
Both wafers & bread from time to time   2,953     3,189

Wine only                               4,278     4,607
Grape juice as well as wine             4,708     5,078
Non-alcoholic wine                        189       203

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