THE LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
January 3, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission
Branch of Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: THE LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
1933 Act File No. 2-25984
1940 Act File No. 811-1467
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. 71 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 20, 2000.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to the
undersigned at (612) 340-7005.
Sincerely,
THE LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FAMILY OF FUNDS
By: /s/ John C. Bjork
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John C. Bjork
Counsel and Secretary
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