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2025 stats: Good news, hard news, and useful surprises
The 2025 Statistical Summary & Analysis does not tell a simple story. There is good news. There is hard news. And there are several findings that may surprise you because they do not fit your first assumptions.
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This year’s report is different from a typical annual summary. Because 2025 is a benchmark year, divisible by 5, the report looks more deeply at long-term patterns. It examines trends over 5, 10, 25, and even 50 years. That broader view helps us see not only what happened but also what has been slowly developing over time.
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That is why statistics can be useful. They do not define the church. Christ does. But statistics can help us see where the Lord is blessing us, where our assumptions need correction, and where our work needs renewed attention.
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The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is a fellowship of 35 member churches from around the world joined by a common commitment to the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions. At the end of May, the CELC gathered for its . . .
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I was in first grade, and we were having indoor recess. Our teacher said, “You can run around, but do not run close to the record player.” I was so excited to play that I followed my friend and ran right past the record player, so close that I knocked it over. The music . . .
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Päivi Räsänen continues to say with the apostles, “We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). Räsänen, a long-serving Finnish Lutheran parliamentarian, first faced police investigation and criminal prosecution for a tweet in . . .
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