Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Religion in Minnesota" in English language version.
...The right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience shall never be infringed; nor shall any man be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any religious or ecclesiastical ministry, against his consent...
Starting in 2010, resignations and deaths vastly outnumbered the number of baptisms occurring per year, explaining the steep decline. ... Between 2009 and 2010, ELCA lost over 57,000 members in MN, or around 7% of all members. Since then, they have been losing a little over 10,000 members per year.