PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 4, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	4,796	50	8 - 915	53
Attendance	1,845	41	6 - 199	30
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	2,643	50	0 - 548	28
Male	1,770	50	0 - 365	20
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	12	50
Black / African American / African	31	50
Latinx	23	50
Middle Eastern / North African	22	50
Multiracial	4	50
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	2	50
White	4,029	50
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$5,476,953	39	$4,000 - 850,580	$92,022
Bequests	$194,906	14	$100 - 51,525	$2,910
Investment Income	$240,017	23	$27 - 41,778	$3,100
Capital Building Fund	$470,563	12	$1,980 - 131,528	$26,750
Subsidy Aid	$22,665	4	$500 - 15,465	$3,350
Other Income	$865,687	20	$52 - 443,567	$5,700
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$5,651,426	35	$4,090 - 1,136,848	$79,016
Local Mission	$276,494	33	$205 - 32,486	$5,700
Other Mission	$191,636	30	$72 - 37,487	$1,981
Per Capita	$220,905	37	$423 - 44,979	$3,572
Capital Expenditures	$791,790		$749 - 165,567	$16,718
Investment Expense	$2,206,993	11	$596 - 1,500,000	$45,000
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	24
Ruling Elders	306	42	3 - 15	6

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. The source for Church Trends data is the Session Annual Statistical Report.

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