20 Largest ELCA congregations in 2012

Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa 9,539

Mount Olivet, Minneapolis 6,000

Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Irving, Texas 4,500

Hope, Fargo, N.D. 3,258

St. Philip the Deacon, Plymouth, Minn. 1,968

Shepherd of the Valley, Apple Valley, Minn. 1,920

St. Andrew, Mahtomedi, Minn. 1,894

Bethlehem, Minneapolis 1,698

Lord of Life, Maple Grove, Minn. 1,483

Good Shepherd, Naperville, Ill. 1,475

Sheridan, Lincoln, Neb. 1,432

Our Savior of East Mesa, Mesa, Ariz. 1,418

Prince of Peace, Burnsville, Minn. 1,389

Mount Calvary, Excelsior, Minn. 1,375

Southwood, Lincoln, Neb. 1,345

Community, Las Vegas 1,258

Our Saviour, Naperville, Ill. 1,222

Good Shepherd, Madison, Wis. 1,216

St. Paul, Davenport, Iowa 1,195

Hope, The Villages, Fla. 1,183

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