PC(USA) Research Services

Year At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
August 19, 2022

Reporting Year				2021
Membership	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Membership as of 12-31-2021	196,978	1,247	1 - 4,770	69
Attendance	66,756	1,023	1 - 1,326	35
Friends	22,481	1,247	0 - 820	5
Gains	Total	Churches Reporting
Certificate	1,451	1,247
Professions / Reaffirmations	1,433	1,247
Youth Professions	1,015	1,247
Churches Reporting One or More Gains		537
Losses	Total	Churches Reporting
Certificate	1,241	1,247
Death	3,587	1,247
Deleted	5,642	1,247
Adjustments	-1,193	1,247
Baptisms	Total	Churches Reporting
Confirmation	138	1,247
Presented	1,185	1,247
Other	117	1,247
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms		389
Age	Total	Churches Reporting
Under 25	22,674	1,247
26 - 40	28,191	1,247
41 - 55	31,739	1,247
56 - 70	44,243	1,247
71 and over	49,638	1,247
Churches Reporting No Ages		5
Churches Reporting One or More Ages		1,242
Gender	Total	Churches Reporting	Range	Median
Female	113,428	1,247	1 - 2,528	41
Male	83,550	1,247	0 - 2,242	28
Racial Ethnic Diversity	Total	Churches Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian	3,674	1,042
Black / African American / African	11,602	1,042
Hispanic / Latino	807	1,042
Middle Eastern / North African	227	1,042
Multiracial	1,231	1,042
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous	202	1,042
White	144,569	1,042

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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