PC(USA) Research Services - Church Trends

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 29, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	1,996	20	11 - 264	57
Attendance	1,433	19	10 - 257	68
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	1,216	20	0 - 158	36
Male	746	20	0 - 112	22
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	129	20
Black / African American / African	41	20
Latinx	36	20
Middle Eastern / North African	49	20
Multiracial	50	20
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	11	20
White	1,651	20
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$4,478,483	19	$16,000 - 713,607	$193,238
Bequests	$509,855	9	$1,215 - 217,000	$19,000
Investment Income	$379,088	16	$88 - 112,000	$9,098
Capital Building Fund	$223,626	7	$200 - 159,562	$16,361
Subsidy Aid	$0	20	$0 - 0	$0
Other Income	$1,283,620	15	$660 - 807,717	$16,375
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$4,516,211	18	$9,519 - 776,545	$201,834
Local Mission	$261,247	16	$700 - 54,144	$7,496
Other Mission	$196,398	14	$445 - 54,040	$9,131
Per Capita	$86,874	17	$763 - 12,578	$3,650
Capital Expenditures	$369,735		$5,000 - 62,665	$27,000
Investment Expense	$820,448	5	$4,303 - 700,000	$10,000
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	14
Ruling Elders	132	19	1 - 15	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.