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2020
FINANCIAL PICTURE
In 2020, ELCA members gave $1.7 billion in unrestricted offerings* to support God’s mission and ministry through the three expressions of the ELCA . Thank you for your generosity!
94.7% — CONGREGATIONS
$1 .6 billion was stewarded by over 8,900 ELCA congregations . $90 .2 million was shared by congregations as Mission Support .
2.9% — SYNODS
$49 .5 million in Mission Support was stewarded by the ELCA’s 65 synods .
2.4% — CHURCHWIDE ORGANIZATION
$40 .7 million in Mission Support was stewarded by the ELCA churchwide organization .
*Unrestricted offerings do not include special offerings (e.g., congregational capital improvements or gifts to ministries such as Lutheran Disaster Response or ELCA World Hunger).
1.6 BILLION
94.7% 2.9%
2.4%
49.5 million
40.7 million
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