ELCT
Press Release
Date: May 7, 2014
Press release No. 004/05/2014
Church releases latest statistics
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania has released membership statistics for 2013. The statistics revealed by the ELCT Secretary General Mr. Brighton Killewa show that there was an increase of 201,225 members bringing the figure to 6,341,103 compared to 6,139,878 in 2012.
The ELCT membership for the past seven years is as follows:
| Year | Members | Increase | Percentage |
| 2013 | 6,341,103 | 201,225 | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 6,139,878 | 314,566 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 5,825,312 | 224,095 | 5.4% |
| 2010 | 5,601,217 | 297,490 | 5.6% |
| 2009 | 5,303,727 | 346,996 | 7% |
| 2008 | 4,956,731 | 324,251 | 7% |
| 2007 | 4,632,480 |
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Elizabeth Lobulu
Communication Coordinator,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Box 3033, ARUSHA, Tanzania.
Phone: +255-27-250-8856/7
FAX: +255-27-254-8858
E-mail: Elizabeth Lobulu <ELobulu@elct.or.tz>
For more information contact:
Elizabeth
Lobulu
Communication Desk Officer, ELCT
E-mail: ELobulu@elct.or.tz