As members of the ELCA, we are:

• Members of the fourth largest Protestant denomination in the United States and the largest Protestant denomination worldwide.

• Among more than five million baptized people who belong to more than 10,900 congregations in the United States and the Caribbean.

• Part of a church body with more than 270 agencies and institutions that are the second largest providers of human services of any non-governmental social services agency, surpassed only by the YMCA.

• Part of a church body that maintains 28 church-related colleges, enrolling more than 53,000 students each year.

• Part of a church that provides eight seminaries across the country for the training of pastors and other church workers.

• Helping to support 400 missionaries in 45 countries around the world.

• Providing support for a thousand new ministries and congregations in transition in this country.

• Reaching thousands of men, women, and children by providing more than $12 million annually in hunger funds, both internationally and at home.