About our Denomination

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is a Bible-based, mission-oriented, confessional Christian denomination.

Today, the LCMS has more than 2.3 million baptized members in more than 6,100 congregations and more than 9,000 pastors. Two seminaries and 10 colleges and universities operate under the auspices of the LCMS, and its congregations operate the largest Protestant parochial school system in America.

For more information about the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod please visit lcms.org.