A December 2005 Report From The Evangelical Lutheran Church In
America (ELCA) Research and Evaluation unit says the church's
10,585 congregations worship in 37 languages: American Sign
Language (ASL), Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Cantonese,
Cree, Creole (French), Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish,
French, German, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Inupiat, Japanese,
Korean, Latvian, Lao, Mandarin, Navajo, Norwegian, Nuer, Oromo,
Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai,
Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.
The top ten languages are English, Spanish, ASL, German, Finnish,
Mandarin, Korean, Slovak, Cantonese and Loa.
ELCA Research and Evaluation reports are at
http://www.ELCA.org/re/rptlist.html on the Web.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
