Opinion of Lutheranism

[DC Al Fine]

Very positive. Lutheranism has all the thinks I want in a church.

Strong gospel message (even in the liberal ones)
High church
Intellectual tradition
Protestant theology

The only quibble I have is their emphasis on episcopal government, but even that isn't major.

[DC Al Fine]

Voted FR. Still have a very positive view of the ELCA.

DC: Not all ELCA churches are high church. Some are surprisingly charismatic too.

Seriously?

You learn something new everyday.

[DC Al Fine]

I'm gonna guess that Missouri Synod and WELS are pretty low on the handraising.

They are. ELCA accounts for 80-90% of Lutherans.

It's more like 60-65%. LCMS is on of the bigger evangelical denominations. They're in 3rd place after the Southern Baptists & Assembly of God.

[DC Al Fine]

I'm gonna guess that Missouri Synod and WELS are pretty low on the handraising.

They are. ELCA accounts for 80-90% of Lutherans.

It's more like 60-65%. LCMS is on of the bigger evangelical denominations. They're in 3rd place after the Southern Baptists & Assembly of God.

Depends on the area somewhat.  Around here ELCA is around 90%, but that's because even before they went from being mainline to being a fairly liberal mainline church (tho not at UCC levels of liberality just yet) those in this area who wanted more conservative fare had mostly left for an evangelical church anyway.

I was just pulling numbers from wikipedia. What you're describing is a huge problem for conservative mainline churches. We have no trouble keeping the super devout, but the generic Christian families tend to leave us for the megachurches.