PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 10, 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
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
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$25,084,146	31	$500 - 22,324,456	$65,625
Bequests	$1,094,450	15	$100 - 642,845	$1,414
Investment Income	$155,745	19	$41 - 57,251	$1,611
Capital Building Fund	$61,634	5	$1,050 - 21,410	$15,910
Subsidy Aid	$5,535	1	$5,535 - 5,535	$5,535
Other Income	$101,967	11	$100 - 45,300	$5,000
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$26,864,796	27	$6,525 - 24,548,963	$60,464
Local Mission	$176,586	24	$100 - 34,284	$4,098
Other Mission	$94,736	23	$250 - 24,202	$2,300
Per Capita	$105,299	30	$494 - 13,065	$2,584
Capital Expenditures	$228,584		$840 - 61,543	$9,240
Investment Expense	$107,406	5	$5,425 - 39,981	$20,000
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	17
Ruling Elders	211	34	3 - 13	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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