South Atlantic

118 E Monroe St #3
Jacksonville, FL  32202-3214
Churches in Synod: 794         Presbyteries in Synod: 16
Year At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
March 15, 2025
 
Reporting Year   2023
MembershipTotalChurches
Reporting		RangeMedian
Membership as of 12-31-2023 145,926 794 1 - 7,535 70
Attendance 66,412 662 1 - 1,895 50
Friends 26,056 794 0 - 4,854 6
GainsTotalChurches
Reporting
Certificate 2,713 794
Professions / Reaffirmations 3,234 794
Youth Professions 992 794
Churches Reporting One or More Gains 489    
LossesTotalChurches
Reporting
Certificate 1,458 794
Death 2,999 794
Deleted 6,514 794
Adjustments
BaptismsTotalChurches
Reporting
Confirmation 207 794
Presented 1,140 794
Other 174 794
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms 323    
AgeTotalChurches
Reporting
Under 18 6,291 794
18 - 25 9,593 794
26 - 40 17,329 794
41 - 55 21,495 794
56 - 70 31,166 794
71 and over 45,637 794
Churches Reporting No Ages 140    
Churches Reporting One or More Ages 654    
GenderTotalChurches
Reporting		RangeMedian
Female 77,418 794 0 - 4,138 37
Male 55,147 794 0 - 3,392 22
Racial Ethnic DiversityTotalChurches
Reporting
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian 3,872 794
Black / African American / African 8,295 794
Latinx 1,936 794
Middle Eastern / North African 276 794
Multiracial 2,757 794
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous 103 794
White 107,922 794
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.