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-Looking at membership gains and losses over the past 10 years -In 1997 almost 150 people were removed from membership due to inactivity -In 2003 almost 200 people were removed from membership due to inactivity -Generally speaking we have gained more people than we have lost.
-This chart shows the number of people per year who transferred into or out of Gethsemane -Note that in 2006 we had fewer people transfer out than in previous years. -In general more people transferred out than in. 
-This shows membership gains and losses through child baptisms and deaths of members. -The blue represents child baptisms -The red represents member deaths
-This graph shows our gains and losses of members through means other than transfers in or out of Gethsemane. -The people gained as members through outreach are people who joined Gethsemane from the outside who did not transfer from other churches. -The people who joined made a “Declaration of Faith” or possibly came into our church without any prior church background. -The red sections show that people were removed by other means than
transferring to another church. -This is a breakdown of what we have been giving toward. -The Blue line represents our giving for “Work at Home” or specifically for Gethsemane. -The Green line represents our giving for “Work at Large” or for outside organizations, missions, etc. Examples: giving toward Lutheran High School Association, or toward outside missionaries like Jenae Siebarth -The Yellow line shows our total level of giving.
-The blue line shows our level of giving based on our average worship attendance. -We currently give about $4000 per year per attendee. -The green line shows our level of giving based on our number of confirmed members [attending or not] -Our level of giving per confirmed member has remained around $1000
per year per confirmed member. Membership Trends -This chart looks at membership and attendance patterns -The blue line represents baptized members -The green line represents confirmed members -The yellow line shows our average worship attendance. -As you can see, our attendance has stayed about the same regardless
of our growth or decline in membership over the years. Membership Trends over the past
33 years
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