PC(USA) Research Services - Church Trends

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
May 10, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	7,988	39	10 - 787	147
Attendance	3,142	33	20 - 435	70
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	4,336	39	0 - 451	66
Male	2,925	39	0 - 336	45
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	90	39
Black / African American / African	59	39
Latinx	23	39
Middle Eastern / North African	6	39
Multiracial	73	39
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	2	39
White	6,754	39
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$10,273,149	31	$31,579 - 1,800,786	$217,018
Bequests	$1,216,388	18	$630 - 306,472	$24,750
Investment Income	$2,469,332	28	$25 - 853,918	$28,863
Capital Building Fund	$718,096	20	$1,188 - 182,617	$16,255
Subsidy Aid	$836	1	$836 - 836	$836
Other Income	$852,238	27	$180 - 208,312	$11,048
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$10,795,935	31	$2,802 - 1,519,834	$233,268
Local Mission	$947,803	30	$1,245 - 298,912	$13,251
Other Mission	$502,542	23	$330 - 117,373	$9,450
Per Capita	$190,765	29	$310 - 27,373	$4,154
Capital Expenditures	$1,826,581		$2,912 - 491,966	$38,912
Investment Expense	$939,440	15	$1,910 - 234,100	$40,587
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	28
Ruling Elders	335	33	6 - 21	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.