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PC(USA) Overall

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Churches in PC(USA): 8774
Four Years At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
June 3, 2023(Statistics are totals)
 
General2021202020192018
Churches Reporting 8,774 8,886 9,004 9,120
 
Membership2021202020192018
Membership 1,193,513 1,245,097 1,301,785 1,352,444
Attendance 423,715 449,881 560,107 559,139
Friends 155,979 156,904 179,147 143,058
 
Membership2021202020192018
Certificate 8,647 6,581 14,648 14,858
Professions / Reaffirmations 10,921 9,210 21,408 22,005
Youth Professions 5,708 5,319 9,023 9,578
Churches Reporting One or More Gains 3,752 3,362 4,927 4,954
 
Losses2021202020192018
Certificate 6,799 5,605 9,477 10,722
Death 23,783 25,390 23,867 24,477
Deleted 37,945 37,659 52,967 57,253
Adjustments -5,143 -4,621 -4,162 -6,205
 
Baptisms2021202020192018
Confirmation 972 661 1,574 1,479
Presented 7,511 4,251 10,401 11,181
Other 1,287 703 1,860 2,018
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms 2,882 2,064 3,736 3,782
 
Age2021202020192018
Age 25 and Under 111,172 118,795 129,927 132,132
Age 26 to 40 140,022 148,984 163,598 172,907
Age 41 to 55 166,137 174,652 186,821 189,258
Age 56 to 70 253,775 263,432 278,795 273,299
Over Age 70 313,331 317,333 339,773 342,426
Churches Reporting No Ages 37 26 28 19
Churches Reporting One or More Ages 8,737 8,860 8,976 9,101
 
Gender2021202020192018
Female 699,637 729,788 764,903 793,629
Male 493,876 515,309 536,882 558,815
 
Racial Ethnic Diversity2021202020192018
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian 35,273 33,754 37,396 35,984
Black / African American / African 42,700 44,277 48,090 47,329
Latinx 15,621 16,592 17,806 17,890
Middle Eastern / North African 2,674 2,973 2,703 3,862
Multiracial 16,318 9,882 9,269 6,823
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous 2,763 2,095 2,530 2,354
White 856,296 919,250 972,840 964,910
PC(USA) does not have sufficient information to make an accurate interpretation for all "zero" responses.
Here are some of the uses for "zero" in the Church Trends tables.

  • Zero is the valid response for this question. There are no members in this group, no finances to report, etc.
  • The information was not available at the time that the report is filed.
  • The question was missed or skipped.
  • No Session Annual Statistical Report was filed.
Note: Not all congregations report their memberships' racial ethnic and age information.
The source for Church Trends data is the Session Annual Statistical Report.

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