Facts and Figures

General:
Area: 70.000 km2
Church headquarters: Munich

Organisation:
6 regional bishops oversee 67 church districts with 1541 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: 26.000
Employed in the “Diakonie”
(social services): 71.000
Volunteers: 149.000

Pastors: 2.441
Parish pastors: 1.900
Deacons and Deaconesses: 1.167
Church musicians: 2500

Church teachers
in public schools: 1.082
Church teachers
in kindergartens: 8.676

Church Life (per year)
Church services: 113.726
Persons attending a
Sunday service: 150.000
Persons attending the service
on Christmas Eve:  865.000
 
Baptisms: 22.507
Weddings: 6.166
Funerals: 28.732
Groups in parishes,
meeting regularly: 19.900

Buildings
Church buildings: 1.930
Buildings for parish life: 287
Kindergardens: 1.160
Buildings for social work: 247
Elderly homes: 179
„Behindertenwerkstätten“
(Work projects for disabled persons): 24

Source: Statistical data 2010

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