Facts and Figures

General:
Area: 70.000 km2
Church headquarters: Munich

Organisation:
6 regional bishops oversee 68 church districts with 1537 congregations.
With 2.6 million members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is the 3rd largest protestant church in Germany.

Staff:
Employed by the church: 25.000
Employed in the “Diakonie”
(social services): 40.000
Volunteers: 144.000

Pastors: 2.638
Parish pastors: 1.928
Deacons and Deaconesses: 554
Church musicians: 2400

Church teachers
in public schools: 1.164
Church teachers
in kindergartens: 5.953

Church Life (per year)
Church services: 119.605
Persons attending a
Sunday service: 120.000
Persons attending the service
on Christmas Eve:  949.000
 
Baptisms: 24.801
Weddings: 6.440
Funerals: 29.980
Groups in parishes,
meeting regularly: 19.900

Buildings
Church buildings: 1.978
Buildings for parish life: 1.245
Kindergardens: 1.071
Buildings for social work: 253
Elderly homes: 176
„Behindertenwerkstätten“
(Work projects for disabled persons): 24

Source: Statistical data 2005

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