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Highlights for 1998 — Ten Numbers I Think Are Important

by Keith M. Wulff
Coordinator, Research Services

 
             
  I enjoy numbers. Nonetheless, I realize that sometimes I become swamped with them and cannot see the forest for the trees. I have taken the opportunity to write this introductory article for the 1998 edition of Comparative Statistics so that I might comment on some numbers that I think are important for us to consider. [Read more]  
   
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  1. PC(USA) Congregations and Membership: 1988-1998
  2. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod--1998
  3. PC(USA) Membership by Region and State/Territory--1998
  4. Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries--1998
  5. PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More Minority Racial/Ethnic Membership by Synod--1998
  6. Fifteen Largest Congregations Based on Membership Size--1998
  7. Descriptive Statistics of PC(USA) Ministers
  8. PC(USA) Ministers by Synod--1998
  9. Number and Percent of PC(USA) Ministers by Call: 1992-1998
  10. PC(USA) Membership, Total Contributions, and Local Program and Local Mission Information By Synod and Presbytery--1997 and 1998
  11. Congregational Receipts--1997 and 1998
  12. Congregational Expenditures--1997 and 1998
  13. Synod and Presbytery Rankings Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures--1998
  14. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of PC(USA) Members, Elders, Deacons and Ministers--1998
 
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  1. Membership, Worship Attendance, and Church School Enrollment, 1989- 1998
  2. Total Receipts, Contributions, and Expenditures Per Member, 1989-1998
  3. Percentages of Congregations by Size Categories, 1989-1998
  4. Number of Congregations by Year Organized
 
             
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