Reports - Central Illinois District - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Table 1 Average Percentage (%) of Household Income given to the churchNational StudiesLCMS2007 2000 2007 1997% of household income 2.00% 2.60% 2.50% 3.70%Notes:LCMS is part of the national studies2007 LCMS: LCEF Informal Sources1997 LCMS: Independent source1997 National Figures estimates at 2.9% to 3.3%The significance is that about $12,000 on a $100,000 budget is lost in the lower givingpercentages and over $78,000 on a $750,000 budget. While more dollars come into thecongregations the per cent of giving continues to drop.Table 2 how $100.00 of offerings is spent in a congregation.CID 2000 2006 2007Home 91.30 92.16 92.50Work at large 8.70 7.84 7.50Total 100.00 100.00 100.00Source: Lutheran Annual 2009The overall synod is a little higher, but the last few years have seen greater significant drops.Table 3 CID Mission Giving REDUCTION to District/Synod.Compared to 2000.CID from 2000 2006 2007Mission giving -9.89% -13.79%Source: Lutheran AnnualTable 4 National LCMS Mission Giving REDUCTION to District/SynodCompared to 2000.LCMS from 2000 2006 2007Mission giving -9.17% -15.68%Source: Lutheran Annual2009 Convention Section B – Reports Page 35