THE LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
December 31, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Branch of Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: The Lutheran Brotherhood Family of Funds - File Nos. 2-25984 and
811-1467 ("the Registrant"); Combined Prospectus dated December 30,
1996 for Lutheran Brotherhood Opportunity Growth Fund, Lutheran
Brotherhood World Growth Fund, Lutheran Brotherhood Fund, Lutheran
Brotherhood High Yield Fund, Lutheran Brotherhood Income Fund, Lutheran
Brotherhood Municipal Bond Fund, and Lutheran Brotherhood Money Market
Fund and the Combined Statement of Additional Information dated
December 30, 1996 for the same funds (collectively, the "Funds"), each
a series of the Registrant.
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the captioned prospectus and
statement of additional information that would have been filed by the
Registrant pursuant to 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 57 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A
would not have differed from that contained in said Amendment, which is the
most recent amendment to such registration statement and was filed
electronically on December 30, 1996.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to the
undersigned at (612) 340-8039.
Sincerely,
LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
By: /s/ Randall L. Wetherille
Randall L. Wetherille
Assistant Secretary
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