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Demographic Services

Do You Know Your Mission Field?

LCEF’s Demographic and Mailing Services offers your congregation or organization up-to-date population data and resources to help you understand and reach the households in your surrounding community.

Community Data for Defining Your Mission
Mailing List Services for Reaching Your Community

LCEF’s “In Our Community” Demographic Study provides your congregation or organization a comprehensive look at your surrounding community, helping you:

  • Understand the issues facing people within reach of your ministry.
  • Find out what does and doesn’t work to get their attention.
  • Know expected trends in population statistics and how these could impact your own membership trends.
  • Become aware of the worship styles likely to make visitors feel most comfortable.
  • Uncover ministry needs that aren’t being met.
  • Define the mission field that is within your reach!

Demographic Services FAQ's

Through LCEF’s “Neighbor to Neighbor” Mailing List Service, you can purchase “targeted” mailing lists to reach the most “receptive” audience.

LCEF will provide your congregation or organization names and addresses of selected households in your area based on specific demographic characteristics, helping you:

  • Reach out to people likely to be drawn to your current ministries.
  • Reach out to people likely to be drawn to a new ministry that meets previously unmet needs.
  • Become a beacon of hope, support, and Christian witness in your neighborhood and community!

Using a targeted approach saves money—you don’t have to “blanket” your entire community with a mailing.

“Neighbor to Neighbor” is available to ALL congregations, schools, and organizations of the LCMS.
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Providing Loan Funds and Demographic Services in Fargo

LCEF was blessed to serve the new ministry of Crosspointe Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota. LCEF provided loan funds for the development of Crosspointe, along with providing demographic studies of the area, and creating direct mail listings for invitations and additional communication to the community. The congregation is led by Rev. Michael Giddings.

Zion Lutheran Church and School Open Their Arms to Armenian Immigrants

Zion Lutheran Church and School has been located in downtown Glendale, California, for about 50 years--a cornerstone location in the city. Over the past few years, the congregation's membership and attendance have diminished drastically. Zion was at a loss to explain what was going on, as everything looked about the same in the immediate neighborhood.

Do You Know Your Mission Field?

LCEF’s Demographic and Mailing Services offers your congregation or organization up-to-date population data and resources to help you understand and reach the households in your surrounding community. Our Demographic Services can help you define your mission and reach your community.

Raising the Most Funds by Raising Your People

With LCEF Capital Funding Service, we are ready to be your partner. Since 1992, we have helped over 700 congregations and agencies raise funds. LCEF can bring you scripture-based fundraising services and our demographic services can help.
Demographic Services Forms
Demographic Services Brochures

"In Our Community" Demographic Study Information Packet

"Neighbor to Neighbor" Mailing List Service Information Packet

Additional Forms

Demographic Services Brochure

Additional Brochures
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Page last updated March 18, 2008