THE LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
December 8, 1998
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 Class A and Class B Shares and
Institutional Class Shares Prospectuses dated December 30, 1997 for
Lutheran Brotherhood Opportunity Growth Fund, Lutheran Brotherhood Mid
Cap 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, 1997 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 prospectuses 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. 61 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 31, 1997.
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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