PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
July 6, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	4,738	59	5 - 495	53
Attendance	1,306	34	6 - 177	28
Friends	330	59	0 - 69	1
Gains	Total	Churches Reporting
Certificate	27	59
Professions / Reaffirmations	34	59
Youth Professions	31	59
Churches Reporting One or More Gains		19
Losses	Total	Churches Reporting
Certificate	16	59
Death	79	59
Deleted	164	59
Adjustments
Baptisms	Total	Churches Reporting
Confirmation	9	59
Presented	42	59
Other	3	59
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms		22
Age	Total	Churches Reporting
Under 18	168	59
18 - 25	272	59
26 - 40	477	59
41 - 55	491	59
56 - 70	740	59
71 and over	1,036	59
Churches Reporting No Ages		25
Churches Reporting One or More Ages		34
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	1,823	59	0 - 293	14
Male	1,301	59	0 - 202	6
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	9	59
Black / African American / African	9	59
Latinx	3	59
Middle Eastern / North African	6	59
Multiracial	364	59
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	33	59
White	2,751	59

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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Year at a Glance

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