PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
July 26, 2025

Reporting Year				2024
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2024	12,460	90	5 - 1,009	62
Attendance	6,496	88	4 - 490	36
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	7,049	90	0 - 539	35
Male	5,098	90	0 - 470	26
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	76	90
Black / African American / African	296	90
Latinx	54	90
Middle Eastern / North African	4	90
Multiracial	40	90
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	20	90
White	11,970	90
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$21,946,950	89	$3,762 - 1,604,507	$98,801
Bequests	$1,778,761	23	$370 - 327,000	$31,668
Investment Income	$2,257,295	49	$26 - 458,424	$10,204
Capital Building Fund	$2,793,405	32	$250 - 1,248,970	$16,086
Subsidy Aid	$246,883	14	$1,000 - 114,234	$4,000
Other Income	$3,311,645	53	$130 - 1,902,926	$10,000
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$21,388,523	89	$5,266 - 2,934,906	$82,242
Local Mission	$3,454,375	82	$170 - 294,302	$9,940
Other Mission	$1,140,407	52	$68 - 325,699	$4,516
Per Capita	$0	90	$0 - 0	$0
Capital Expenditures	$3,887,706		$1,400 - 1,471,568	$25,749
Investment Expense	$3,670,560	19	$692 - 2,233,166	$24,460
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	21
Ruling Elders	685	88	2 - 21	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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