Comparative Statistics 2009, with introductory essay, Membership Change in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Trends in Gains and Losses

—Jack Marcum, coordinator, Research Services

The membership of the denomination has decreased steadily for quite some time. This essay presents the factors that, together, produce the annual membership totals and will help Presbyterians better understand how the denomination got to its present situation. (Download  full essay at the bottom of this section.)

See the Comparative Statistics 2009 tables:

1. PC(USA) Congregations and Membership, 1998 to 2009
2. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Membership Size and Synod, 2009
3. PC(USA) Membership by Region and State/Territory, 2009
4. Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries, 2009
5. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More  Racial-Ethnic Membership by Synod, 2009
6. Fifteen Largest PC(USA) Congregations Based on Membership Size, 2009
7. Descriptive Statistics for PC(USA) Ministers and Candidates, 2000 to 2009
8. PC(USA) Active Ministers by Call and Synod, 2009
9. Number and Percent of Active PC(USA) Ministers by Call and Gender, 2005 to 2009
10. PC(USA) Membership, Total Individual Contributions, and Expenditures for Local Program and Local Mission by Synod and Presbytery, 2008 and 2009
11-12. PC(USA) Congregational Receipts, 2008 and 2009; PC(USA) Congregational Expenditures, 2008 and 2009
13. PC(USA) Synod and Presbytery Rankings Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures, 2009
14. Race Ethnicity and Gender of PC(USA) Members, Elders, Deacons, Active Ministers and Commissioned Lay Pastors, 2009
15. Number of Congregations, How They Are Served, Worship Attendance and Giving Information by Membership Size, 2009
16. Technical Information