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The Covenant

1340 W Long Lake
Bloomfield Hills, MI  48302
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Churches in Synod: 605         Presbyteries in Synod: 11
Four Years At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
August 20, 2025(Statistics are totals)
 
General202420232022
Churches Reporting 605 614 623
 
Membership202420232022
Membership 74,926 78,682 82,264
Attendance 32,213 31,632 29,485
Friends 10,679 10,949 9,410
 
Membership202420232022
Certificate 643 743 710
Professions / Reaffirmations 1,351 1,226 1,096
Youth Professions 385 437 518
Churches Reporting One or More Gains 319 314 322
 
Losses202420232022
Certificate 393 509 522
Death 1,931 1,900 2,056
Deleted 3,386 3,167 3,650
 
Baptisms202420232022
Confirmation 84 89 70
Presented 458 519 524
Other 136 202 178
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms 208 223 239
 
Age202420232022
Under 18 2,195 2,079 2,119
18 - 25 4,331 4,559 4,856
26 - 40 7,581 7,863 7,960
41 - 55 9,493 9,785 10,314
56 - 70 16,301 17,313 18,156
71 and over 25,445 25,918 26,152
Churches Reporting No Ages 114 122 126
Churches Reporting One or More Ages 491 492 497
 
Gender202420232022
Female 39,882 42,312 43,465
Male 26,828 28,497 28,700
 
Racial Ethnic Diversity202420232022
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian 1,996 1,996 1,884
Black / African American / African 1,616 1,845 1,774
Latinx 306 282 255
Middle Eastern / North African 149 134 177
Multiracial 873 1,182 516
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous 68 84 77
White 61,692 64,753 67,748
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.
Note: Not all congregations report their memberships' racial ethnic and age information.
The source for Church Trends data is the Session Annual Statistical Report.

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