Talk:Lutheranism by region

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Since when did we pay a Church tax? At least in Norway people do not pay a Church tax - just regular income tax. I do not know about the other countries. In Norway we still have a State and Church union, we are planning on seperating them in the future. Maybe the church tax relates to Sweden?--AndersH 18:59, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

The Church of Norway is funded through the income tax, there isn't a separate tax or anything, but I guess you could technically consider that a church tax. I'll try to clarify the article. Peyna 19:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

That should be good enough for the time being; the article on church tax gives more details if the reader is interested. Peyna 19:29, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article organization

Shouldn't the European section be listed first, since Lutheranism has been longer established there? Fishal 00:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I alphabetized the regions in this article. That way we don't have to argue over which region should be listed first. Also, Fishal, if you want to sign your comments use four ~ KitHutch 00:45, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australian figures incorrect

I came here looking for info about the Lutheran church in Australia as I had never come across one before, and wondered if they even existed. The quoted figure of 9% of Australia being Lutheran therefore seemed incorrect, so I went and had a look on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. According to the most recent census, there were 250,365 people who put themselves down as Lutheran, out of a total population of 18,769,249 -- 1.3339%. Or, relative to the 1,248,674 who called themselves some kind of Christian, 1.9614%. The National Church Life Survey of 2001 (http://www.ncls.org.au/default.aspx?sitemapid=2261) shows that of the 1.3%, only 16% attend church regularly, but it didn't seem relevant to include that figure in the article. Skud 06:56, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Details & Miscellaneous

"the status of state churches is largely revised; they remain a State Church but win greater autonomy." Hmmm, I think "gain" would be a little more proper word...Changed that. -82.181.236.214