South Dakota

100 S Spring Ave Ste 175
Sioux Falls, SD 57104-3657

Churches in Presbytery: 59 Synod: (Lakes And Prairies ()

Four Years At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
April 19, 2025(Statistics are totals)

General	2023	2022
Churches Reporting	59	59

Membership	2023	2022
Membership	4,738	4,990
Attendance	1,306	1,102
Friends	330	229

Membership	2023	2022
Certificate	27	22
Professions / Reaffirmations	34	31
Youth Professions	31	34
Churches Reporting One or More Gains	19	19

Losses	2023	2022
Certificate	16	15
Death	79	71
Deleted	164	86

Baptisms	2023	2022
Confirmation	9	10
Presented	42	35
Other	3	6
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms	22	20

Age	2023	2022
Under 18	168	174
18 - 25	272	223
26 - 40	477	410
41 - 55	491	352
56 - 70	740	621
71 and over	1,036	822
Churches Reporting No Ages	25	25
Churches Reporting One or More Ages	34	34

Gender	2023	2022
Female	1,823	1,442
Male	1,301	1,070

Racial Ethnic Diversity	2023	2022
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	9	8
Black / African American / African	9	20
Latinx	3	4
Middle Eastern / North African	6	6
Multiracial	364	7
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	33	28
White	2,751	2,598

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.