PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
July 3, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	3,135	20	29 - 487	120
Attendance	2,175	17	31 - 265	94
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	1,596	20	0 - 199	75
Male	908	20	0 - 118	35
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	82	20
Black / African American / African	26	20
Latinx	126	20
Middle Eastern / North African	14	20
Multiracial	28	20
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	3	20
White	1,992	20
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$7,783,319	17	$95,000 - 1,119,177	$304,304
Bequests	$266,318	7	$4,605 - 94,391	$28,078
Investment Income	$1,281,714	11	$20 - 1,001,572	$21,584
Capital Building Fund	$189,721	9	$1,000 - 75,000	$18,513
Subsidy Aid	$49,580	2	$6,000 - 43,580	$24,790
Other Income	$1,846,537	14	$2,840 - 1,489,048	$24,281
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$9,238,382	17	$18,439 - 2,372,117	$339,648
Local Mission	$343,568	15	$600 - 91,356	$14,383
Other Mission	$275,767	14	$400 - 49,716	$14,224
Per Capita	$167,425	15	$3,000 - 31,130	$9,407
Capital Expenditures	$243,213		$2,250 - 75,000	$26,689
Investment Expense	$233,267	5	$24,000 - 100,264	$38,435
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	17
Ruling Elders	158	17	4 - 15	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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