Contributions Rise
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS —
Contributions to Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations rose by $49 million, or 7%, in 1986 to a total of $715 million, although membership declined by 9,000 to 2,723,756, the denomination reports.
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