PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: Leadership
July 21, 2025

Reporting Year				2024
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2024	21,668	108	11 - 2,184	87
Attendance	6,430	65	11 - 698	64
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	55
Ruling Elders	658	65	2 - 26	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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