PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
March 14, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	6,442	57	9 - 781	76
Attendance	4,177	46	6 - 1,680	44
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	3,572	57	0 - 475	40
Male	2,159	57	0 - 306	23
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	89	57
Black / African American / African	171	57
Latinx	117	57
Middle Eastern / North African	10	57
Multiracial	41	57
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	8	57
White	5,226	57
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$8,895,888	48	$3,885 - 1,719,825	$125,088
Bequests	$313,880	15	$593 - 100,745	$4,311
Investment Income	$2,133,319	39	$10 - 436,600	$16,409
Capital Building Fund	$369,407	22	$300 - 98,500	$8,032
Subsidy Aid	$20,679	10	$160 - 8,688	$1,450
Other Income	$1,169,670	35	$351 - 200,000	$12,500
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$13,220,118	45	$4,600 - 5,588,708	$135,280
Local Mission	$619,519	42	$131 - 122,000	$6,580
Other Mission	$465,340	41	$111 - 155,912	$2,847
Per Capita	$804,511	46	$444 - 313,875	$3,866
Capital Expenditures	$1,104,874		$250 - 362,252	$18,382
Investment Expense	$781,614	19	$140 - 190,000	$27,864
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	40
Ruling Elders	379	47	3 - 22	8

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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