PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 28, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	12,636	90	4 - 980	62
Attendance	6,298	89	5 - 430	35
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	7,103	90	0 - 522	38
Male	5,270	90	0 - 458	26
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	65	90
Black / African American / African	303	90
Latinx	48	90
Middle Eastern / North African	7	90
Multiracial	45	90
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	16	90
White	12,055	90
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$20,672,877	90	$1,521 - 1,501,102	$82,059
Bequests	$1,873,609	26	$148 - 273,807	$45,647
Investment Income	$1,969,997	50	$20 - 433,084	$6,938
Capital Building Fund	$2,419,580	31	$246 - 467,978	$17,610
Subsidy Aid	$49,180	10	$957 - 14,477	$3,000
Other Income	$2,786,032	47	$100 - 1,739,465	$8,440
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$19,695,292	90	$1,076 - 2,146,726	$77,142
Local Mission	$2,577,269	79	$300 - 268,735	$10,000
Other Mission	$681,015	53	$125 - 95,000	$4,800
Per Capita	$0	90	$0 - 0	$0
Capital Expenditures	$5,301,293		$500 - 1,542,314	$22,865
Investment Expense	$1,744,355	22	$450 - 400,000	$39,440
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	21
Ruling Elders	692	90	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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