Some stats I saw recently regarding the Lutheran Church.

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This came to my attention because a family member's church is having a hard time finding a new pastor. I've seen similar statistic for other denominations as well. Also, notice that they mention the decreasing income of their congregants.

Between 2005 and 2014:

~the number of congregations in ELCA has decreased from 10,549 to 9,392
~baptized membership has gone from 4.85 million to 3.78 million
~median size of congregation has gone from 296 baptized members to 247 baptized
~median worship attendees on a Sunday declined from 91 to 70
~the number of congregations with 350 or more in worship has gone down from 676 to 376
~the proportion of congregations in rural or small town areas has not changed much – about 48%
~median income for a congregation has decreased from $151,000 to $117,000.
~the number of clergy serving congregations has declined from 9,105 to 6,868
~ELCA M.Div graduates at ELCA seminaries went down from 245 to 209
~first year enrollments in ELCA seminaries decreased from 310 to 214