PC(USA) Research Services - Church Trends

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
May 10, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	3,482	27	14 - 600	79
Attendance	1,865	21	14 - 316	59
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	1,922	27	0 - 356	46
Male	1,279	27	0 - 243	28
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	515	27
Black / African American / African	117	27
Latinx	104	27
Middle Eastern / North African	16	27
Multiracial	67	27
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	6	27
White	2,457	27
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$8,410,781	23	$15,000 - 1,330,736	$232,242
Bequests	$1,207,667	9	$160 - 684,093	$12,000
Investment Income	$293,415	16	$160 - 111,976	$11,664
Capital Building Fund	$944,660	8	$22 - 570,000	$56,900
Subsidy Aid	$157,200	7	$1,000 - 100,000	$2,500
Other Income	$4,169,851	20	$3,895 - 1,943,361	$86,927
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$10,663,352	22	$4,913 - 1,806,657	$332,990
Local Mission	$718,605	20	$649 - 194,512	$20,000
Other Mission	$428,543	17	$2,100 - 109,673	$14,206
Per Capita	$141,706	22	$1,245 - 29,507	$3,768
Capital Expenditures	$979,277		$2,406 - 219,514	$46,539
Investment Expense	$813,188	7	$6,011 - 254,792	$100,000
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	19
Ruling Elders	181	22	3 - 21	7

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.