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  Comparative Statistics 1999  
             
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Members and Congregations

  • The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ended 1999 with 11,216 congregations and 2,560,201 members, down modestly from the 11,260 congregations and 2,587,674 members reported the year before (see Table 1). Both drops continue long-term trends. Since its creation in 1983 through a merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church, U.S., the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has experienced a net loss of 4 percent of its congregations and 18 percent of its membership. [Read more]
 
             
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  1. PC(USA) Congregations and Membership: 1989-1999
  2. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod—1999
  3. PC(USA) Membership by Region and State/Territory—1999
  4. Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries—1999
  5. PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More Minority Racial/Ethnic Membership by Synod—1999
  6. Fifteen Largest Congregations Based on Membership Size—1999
  7. Descriptive Statistics of PC(USA) Ministers
  8. PC(USA) Ministers by Call and Synod—1999
  9. Number and Percent of PC(USA) Ministers by Call: 1994-1999
  10. PC(USA) Membership, Total Contributions, and Local Program and Local Mission Information By Synod and Presbytery—1998 and 1999
  11. Congregational Receipts—1998 and 1999
  12. Congregational Expenditures—1998 and 1999
  13. Synod and Presbytery Rankings Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures—1999
  14. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of PC(USA) Members, Elders, Deacons, Ministers, and Commissioned Lay Pastors—1999
  15. Congregations, How They Are Served, Giving Information, and Worship Attendance by Church Membership Size—1999
 
   
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  1. Expenditures, Receipts, Contributions, and Contributions in 1999 Dollars, 1990-1999
  2. Number of Female Clergy, 1990-1999
  3. Percentages of Congregations in Size Categories Based on Average Worship Attendance, 1990-1999
  4. Percentages of Congregations Increasing in Average Worship Attendance, 1998-1999
 
             
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