PC(USA) Research Services - Church Trends

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 24, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	7,291	44	11 - 1,635	73
Attendance	3,656	37	13 - 882	55
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	3,991	44	0 - 985	44
Male	2,664	44	0 - 650	22
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	120	44
Black / African American / African	115	44
Latinx	95	44
Middle Eastern / North African	24	44
Multiracial	28	44
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	10	44
White	6,081	44
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$11,592,875	36	$19,000 - 1,988,863	$205,341
Bequests	$5,864,759	12	$350 - 5,462,739	$6,312
Investment Income	$3,844,573	25	$85 - 2,292,931	$9,500
Capital Building Fund	$1,288,687	14	$1,800 - 695,474	$43,745
Subsidy Aid	$75,833	5	$1,500 - 37,833	$6,500
Other Income	$1,939,183	30	$1,475 - 403,517	$39,707
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$13,370,273	36	$16,300 - 2,219,213	$255,022
Local Mission	$776,764	36	$44 - 155,883	$9,380
Other Mission	$445,909	26	$100 - 162,000	$4,612
Per Capita	$210,467	35	$480 - 62,644	$3,000
Capital Expenditures	$1,742,735		$1,200 - 607,051	$44,530
Investment Expense	$2,321,512	11	$600 - 1,801,354	$5,936
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	28
Ruling Elders	278	37	3 - 13	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.