Topic summary
Lutheran churches
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Lutheranism.
Throughout the world
Lutheran churches currently have millions of members, and are present on all populated continents. The Lutheran World Federation estimates the total membership of its churches to be over 77 million. This figure miscounts Lutherans worldwide, as not all Lutheran churches belong to this organization, and many members of merged LWF church bodies do not self-identify as Lutheran or attend congregations that self-identify as Lutheran. Lutheran churches in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean regions are experiencing decreases and no growth in membership, while those in Africa and Asia continue to grow. Lutheranism is the largest religious group in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Namibia, Norway, Sweden, and North Dakota and South Dakota in the United States.