PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
July 6, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	3,534	46	2 - 1,196	38
Attendance	1,186	23	8 - 335	34
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	1,702	46	0 - 659	0
Male	1,106	46	0 - 532	0
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	82	46
Black / African American / African	45	46
Latinx	21	46
Middle Eastern / North African	14	46
Multiracial	44	46
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	4	46
White	2,473	46
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$4,415,704	21	$14,996 - 1,615,067	$101,815
Bequests	$1,040,821	7	$1,000 - 1,000,000	$5,000
Investment Income	$418,140	15	$4 - 174,000	$6,618
Capital Building Fund	$957,306	8	$1,550 - 686,683	$47,750
Subsidy Aid	$24,877	3	$100 - 20,777	$4,000
Other Income	$1,534,586	15	$1,988 - 868,079	$33,649
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$5,415,684	21	$11,520 - 1,573,908	$106,000
Local Mission	$281,758	18	$250 - 171,916	$2,636
Other Mission	$70,658	13	$360 - 33,245	$2,625
Per Capita	$178,724	18	$1,200 - 73,320	$4,086
Capital Expenditures	$1,826,578		$1,276 - 666,392	$48,663
Investment Expense	$55,104	2	$425 - 54,679	$27,552
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	7
Ruling Elders	218	23	3 - 48	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.

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