ST. LOUIS — The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) increased its number of congregations by 94 in 2003, the most in the last 15 years. Robert Scudieri, the top U.S. missions official for the denomination, said the LCMS has increased by an average of about 60 congregations each year over the last decade. More than half of the new congregations represent…
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