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The Southwest

5901 Wyoming Blvd NE #J-319
Albuquerque, NM  87109
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Churches in Synod: 129         Presbyteries in Synod: 4
Four Years At A Glance: MEMBERSHIP
August 22, 2025(Statistics are totals)
 
General202420232022
Churches Reporting 129 129 132
 
Membership202420232022
Membership 14,062 14,469 16,582
Attendance 8,477 7,806 7,076
Friends 3,375 2,838 3,409
 
Membership202420232022
Certificate 161 225 221
Professions / Reaffirmations 334 355 301
Youth Professions 38 55 30
Churches Reporting One or More Gains 73 69 62
 
Losses202420232022
Certificate 114 142 117
Death 365 406 399
Deleted 428 753 548
 
Baptisms202420232022
Confirmation 23 15 5
Presented 86 100 72
Other 33 23 14
Churches Reporting One or More Baptisms 50 40 32
 
Age202420232022
Under 18 198 341 259
18 - 25 507 531 619
26 - 40 1,025 1,123 1,243
41 - 55 1,411 1,450 1,515
56 - 70 3,020 3,259 3,202
71 and over 5,076 5,249 5,785
Churches Reporting No Ages 34 38 46
Churches Reporting One or More Ages 95 91 86
 
Gender202420232022
Female 7,573 7,619 8,065
Male 4,653 4,629 4,854
 
Racial Ethnic Diversity202420232022
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian 97 94 100
Black / African American / African 429 323 358
Latinx 714 605 658
Middle Eastern / North African 30 21 27
Multiracial 1,080 959 100
Native American / Alaska / Native Indigenous 223 256 192
White 7,249 8,367 9,112
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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