How many ELCA congregations lost members who joined the NALC?
I haven’t seen an accounting. I’ve been waiting until the NALC convention concludes to see what their results are. That’s only one aspect of the disarray, however. How many other congregations voted to sever ties with the ELCA and went elsewhere? How many individual members/families have walked with their feet? Those answers will have to come from the ELCA.
“How many ELCA congregations lost members who joined the NALC?”
My pastor said it was about 450 congregations have voted to leave the ELCA, although not all to this new body. Some to the LCMC and some I suppose to the MS.
Bear in mind that there are about 20,000 ELCA congregation, so I was a little surprised at the relativly low number voting to leave.
In my former Church it is about 120 so far. More come every week when they actually see what we have.