PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
May 9, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	13,499	44	10 - 1,815	167
Attendance	5,836	41	6 - 683	84
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	7,867	44	0 - 1,019	99
Male	5,488	44	0 - 787	64
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	45	44
Black / African American / African	1,940	44
Latinx	35	44
Middle Eastern / North African	10	44
Multiracial	1,839	44
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	2	44
White	8,508	44
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$21,121,363	39	$20,730 - 2,778,046	$325,074
Bequests	$315,045	10	$961 - 160,241	$5,135
Investment Income	$1,550,504	24	$44 - 815,072	$8,906
Capital Building Fund	$2,009,373	27	$5 - 503,518	$14,000
Subsidy Aid	$17,834	3	$450 - 12,127	$5,257
Other Income	$1,297,437	23	$100 - 333,083	$13,325
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$18,327,442	39	$17,790 - 2,180,436	$339,143
Local Mission	$1,327,262	38	$250 - 234,287	$12,985
Other Mission	$939,279	33	$200 - 197,403	$7,964
Per Capita	$474,183	35	$445 - 84,000	$5,210
Capital Expenditures	$3,536,777		$443 - 861,444	$38,219
Investment Expense	$861,889	14	$616 - 200,000	$30,000
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	24
Ruling Elders	442	41	2 - 25	9

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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