PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: OVERVIEW
April 17, 2025

Reporting Year				2023
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2023	22,076	108	11 - 2,174	94
Attendance	6,412	69	11 - 612	54
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	9,694	108	0 - 1,275	26
Male	6,278	108	0 - 896	10
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	347	108
Black / African American / African	2,232	108
Latinx	133	108
Middle Eastern / North African	23	108
Multiracial	119	108
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	7	108
White	14,215	108
Finances (Income)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Regular Contribution	$25,074,482	67	$24,000 - 3,171,834	$201,272
Bequests	$3,519,935	25	$35 - 2,334,273	$14,652
Investment Income	$5,061,118	53	$7 - 1,681,131	$24,000
Capital Building Fund	$2,376,494	31	$235 - 600,000	$17,695
Subsidy Aid	$178,305	13	$4,000 - 30,037	$10,000
Other Income	$4,507,413	60	$915 - 877,238	$41,569
Finances (Expenditures)	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Local Program	$28,847,356	68	$1,000 - 3,812,186	$239,318
Local Mission	$2,877,948	62	$200 - 1,016,661	$12,288
Other Mission	$1,104,987	47	$500 - 162,028	$12,000
Per Capita	$554,917	60	$385 - 70,336	$4,112
Capital Expenditures	$4,085,727		$2,167 - 558,536	$40,300
Investment Expense	$461,052	18	$40 - 137,725	$9,128
Leadership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Churches with Deacon Ministries	0	60
Ruling Elders	686	71	2 - 25	8

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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