Comparative Statistics 1996
Research Services

Table 13
Synod and Presbytery Rankings
Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures
1996

PC(USA)
Membership

Validated Mission
Expenditures
19962

$
Per Member
1996

$
Per Member
1995

Percent
Change
Per Member

Rank:
Per Member
1996

Rank:
Per Member
1995

PC(USA)

2,631,466

$128,150,203

$48.70

$47.31

2.94

C

C

Alaska-Northwest

62,065

$3,234,025

$52.11

$57.17

-8.85

5

3

Alaska

Central Washington

Inland Northwest

North Puget Sound

1,343

9,119

9,974

7,645

$134,457

$355,771

$481,744

$464,755

$100.12

$39.01

$48.30

$60.79

$86.14

$45.91

$50.16

$65.37

16.22

-15.03

-3.71

-7.01

3

123

73

34

7

79

62

20

Olympia

Seattle

Yukon

10,835

19,903

3,246

$614,375

$979,179

$203,744

$56.70

$49.20

$62.77

$60.41

$57.34

$66.71

-6.14

-14.20

-5.91

43

68

29

27

39

19

Boriquen en Puerto Rico

8,385

$56,119

$6.69

$7.55

-11.39

16

16

Northwest

San Juan

Southeast

3,974

2,113

2,298

$27,804

$6,618

$21,697

$7.00

$3.13

$9.44

$7.08

$6.29

$9.73

-1.25

-50.22

-2.96

169

170

168

168

169

167

Covenant

224,904

$8,922,470

$39.67

$38.33

3.50

14

14

Cincinnati

Detroit

Eastminster

Lake Huron

22,444

42,017

16,312

15,604

$822,084

$1,533,269

$724,060

$509,739

$36.63

$36.49

$44.39

$32.67

$35.08

$35.54

$39.44

$28.92

4.40

2.68

12.55

12.95

132

133

93

144

138

136

115

152

Lake Michigan

Mackinac

Maumee Valley

Miami

22,299

7,271

16,333

19,082

$1,185,118

$300,027

$771,291

$841,607

$53.15

$41.26

$47.22

$44.10

$52.91

$43.69

$41.39

$44.35

.45

-5.55

14.08

-.56

54

114

80

94

51

90

104

84

Muskingum Valley

Scioto Valley

Western Reserve

16,882

28,794

17,866

$553,723

$804,685

$876,867

$32.80

$27.95

$49.08

$36.71

$28.32

$44.41

-10.65

-1.31

10.51

141

157

69

128

156

83

Lakes and Prairies

195,034

$6,816,864

$34.95

$36.18

-3.40

15

15

Central Nebraska

Dakota

Des Moines

East Iowa

8,197

1,101

12,367

19,498

$232,408

--

$530,565

$509,879

$28.35

--

$42.90

$26.15

$32.20

--

$50.96

$34.30

-11.96

--

-15.81

-23.76

155

171

104

160

145

171

57

141

Homestead

John Knox

Milwaukee

Minnesota Valleys

12,689

12,171

12,612

13,400

$397,103

$478,644

$432,937

$417,517

$31.30

$39.33

$34.33

$31.16

$28.72

$37.69

$37.84

$28.09

8.96

4.35

-9.28

10.92

149

122

139

151

154

126

125

157

Missouri River Valley

North Central Iowa

Northern Plains

Northern Waters

14,631

11,189

9,465

8,932

$590,857

$504,729

$341,384

$280,260

$40.38

$45.11

$36.07

$31.38

$38.90

$47.13

$36.62

$25.45

3.83

-4.29

-1.51

23.29

118

89

136

148

119

74

129

160

Prospect Hill

South Dakota

Twin Cities Area

Winnebago

11,020

10,236

28,093

9,433

$315,888

$369,815

$850,928

$563,950

$28.66

$36.13

$30.29

$59.78

$27.81

$42.38

$30.06

$55.54

3.07

-14.76

.77

7.64

154

135

153

35

158

99

149

44

Lincoln Trails

167,212

$6,830,463

$40.85

$40.18

1.67

13

12

Blackhawk

Chicago

Great Rivers

Midwest Hanmi

20,876

43,315

24,651

2,517

$863,416

$1,988,148

$808,307

$53,630

$41.36

$45.90

$32.79

$21.31

$40.57

$38.51

$35.69

$2.48

1.94

19.18

-8.12

759.50

111

88

142

165

111

122

134

170

Ohio Valley

Southeastern Illinois

Wabash Valley

Whitewater Valley

10,812

14,769

25,240

25,032

$358,450

$551,801

$1,034,158

$1,172,553

$33.15

$37.36

$40.97

$46.84

$31.83

$58.12

$40.83

$43.40

4.17

-35.72

.34

7.93

140

130

116

81

147

35

109

92

Living Waters

130,188

$8,130,543

$62.45

$63.09

-1.01

1

1

East Tennessee

Holston

Louisville

Memphis

15,577

9,639

12,688

12,865

$1,313,336

$870,200

$628,639

$487,029

$84.31

$90.28

$49.55

$37.86

$83.26

$87.20

$51.93

$38.64

1.26

3.54

-4.58

-2.03

7

4

65

128

9

6

53

120

Middle Tennessee

Mississippi

North Alabama

St. Andrew

18,055

7,359

6,498

7,272

$985,136

$292,479

$493,844

$591,108

$54.56

$39.74

$76.00

$81.29

$43.91

$37.99

$71.63

$89.67

24.25

4.61

6.09

-9.35

47

121

16

10

87

124

14

2

Sheppards & Lapsley

South Alabama

Transylvania

Western Kentucky

16,509

5,870

12,828

5,028

$955,124

$420,938

$705,077

$387,633

$57.85

$71.71

$54.96

$77.09

$71.10

$77.53

$57.59

$71.18

-18.62

-7.50

-4.56

8.31

38

19

45

14

17

11

37

16

Mid-America

104,215

$4,839,160

$46.43

$43.54

6.64

9

10

Giddings-Lovejoy

Heartland

John Calvin

Missouri Union

27,976

30,271

9,941

10,101

$1,185,048

$1,401,110

$558,458

$491,333

$42.36

$46.29

$56.18

$48.64

$39.31

$45.65

$43.14

$46.39

7.77

1.40

30.23

4.85

105

85

44

71

116

81

94

78

Northern Kansas

Southern Kansas

12,317

13,609

$553,028

$650,183

$44.90

$47.78

$42.07

$47.00

6.72

1.64

90

77

101

75

Mid-Atlantic

334,787

$18,208,828

$54.39

$50.93

6.79

4

5

Abingdon

Baltimore

Charlotte

Coastal Carolina

5,192

21,974

42,903

31,218

$408,210

$883,035

$3,175,827

$1,454,093

$78.62

$40.19

$74.02

$46.58

$65.08

$35.54

$57.59

$41.16

20.81

13.08

28.54

13.15

12

120

17

82

21

135

38

105

Eastern Virginia

James

National Capital

New Castle

19,839

28,561

37,727

14,060

$1,147,392

$1,241,093

$1,640,452

$691,806

$57.84

$43.45

$43.48

$49.20

$58.55

$47.29

$50.17

$51.40

-1.22

-8.11

-13.33

-4.27

39

100

99

67

32

71

61

54

New Hope

Peaks

Salem

Shenandoah

Western North Carolina

32,697

23,269

36,494

19,065

21,788

$1,679,706

$1,258,396

$2,094,436

$1,174,595

$1,359,787

$51.37

$54.08

$57.39

$61.61

$62.41

$44.28

$48.59

$57.67

$58.35

$58.30

16.00

11.30

-.49

5.59

7.05

58

48

41

33

31

85

65

36

33

34

Northeast

225,185

$11,202,235

$43.90

$41.24

6.45

11

11

Albany

Boston

Cayuga-Syracuse

Elizabeth

12,832

3,130

7,654

17,896

$539,789

$159,341

$351,926

$1,212,447

$42.07

$50.91

$45.98

$67.75

$42.81

$41.43

$37.38

$59.65

-1.73

22.88

22.99

13.57

106

60

87

22

98

103

127

28

Genesee Valley

Geneva

Hudson River

Long Island

19,711

9,777

20,079

13,829

$792,098

$398,679

$881,970

$606,305

$40.19

$40.78

$43.92

$43.84

$40.30

$38.94

$34.08

$45.31

-.28

4.71

28.89

-3.24

119

117

96

97

113

118

142

82

Monmouth

New Brunswick

New York City

Newark

15,994

12,849

19,142

8,915

$568,849

$559,038

$737,322

$273,788

$35.57

$43.51

$38.52

$30.71

$40.82

$41.15

$35.75

$31.51

-12.88

5.73

7.73

-2.55

137

98

124

152

110

106

133

148

Newton

Northern New England

Northern New York

Palisades

17,026

3,779

4,160

10,421

$749,897

$167,775

$193,080

$541,118

$44.04

$44.40

$46.41

$51.93

$43.09

$43.11

$43.65

$49.57

2.22

2.98

6.32

4.75

95

92

84

57

96

95

91

63

Southern New England

Susquehanna Valley

Utica

West Jersey

Western New York

9,827

8,382

5,387

16,317

18,078

$723,215

$204,998

$190,245

$773,528

$576,827

$73.59

$24.46

$35.32

$47.41

$31.91

$48.87

$40.95

$27.42

$47.26

$28.97

50.60

-40.27

28.79

.30

10.13

18

163

138

79

145

64

108

159

72

151

Pacific

123,856

$5,940,109

$47.96

$46.57

2.98

8

8

Boise

Cascades

Eastern Oregon

Kendall

3,190

29,270

1,290

2,908

$131,707

$1,678,284

$65,917

$110,103

$41.29

$57.34

$51.10

$37.86

$33.89

$56.90

$53.66

$22.99

21.82

.77

-4.77

64.72

113

42

59

127

143

42

50

163

Nevada

Redwoods

Sacramento

San Francisco

5,514

9,711

15,566

30,003

$254,217

$491,603

$671,872

$1,344,873

$46.10

$50.62

$43.16

$44.82

$43.29

$56.74

$44.16

$38.62

6.50

-10.78

-2.26

16.07

86

62

101

91

93

43

86

121

San Joaquin

San Jose

Stockton

8,821

12,731

4,852

$330,905

$614,278

$246,350

$37.51

$48.25

$50.77

$40.50

$47.45

$54.91

-7.38

1.69

-7.53

129

74

61

112

69

46

Rocky Mountains

58,213

$2,395,161

$41.14

$38.69

6.33

12

13

Denver

Glacier

Plains & Peaks

Pueblo

14,702

4,166

12,970

9,586

$ 613,210

$179,579

$639,767

$236,068

$41.71

$43.11

$49.33

$24.63

$42.07

$34.81

$47.56

$20.11

-.86

23.83

3.70

22.48

109

102

66

162

100

139

68

165

Utah

Western Colorado

Wyoming

Yellowstone

4,755

2,622

5,872

3,540

$293,770

$126,085

$224,092

$82,590

$61.78

$48.09

$38.16

$23.33

$54.51

$40.18

$38.48

$25.01

13.33

19.68

-.82

-6.71

32

75

125

164

47

114

123

162

South Atlantic

297,374

$18,249,315

$61.37

$60.92

0.74

2

2

Central Florida

Charleston-Atlantic

Cherokee

Flint River

30,982

16,489

10,780

8,166

$1,293,105

$1,280,528

$821,601

$683,416

$41.74

$77.66

$76.22

$83.69

$47.16

$89.59

$71.32

$85.93

-11.50

-13.32

6.87

-2.61

108

13

15

8

73

3

15

8

Florida

Foothills

Greater Atlanta

New Harmony

9,690

22,267

48,616

14,219

$666,815

$1,923,979

$3,129,536

$978,644

$68.81

$86.40

$64.37

$68.83

$63.68

$67.39

$63.20

$72.75

8.07

28.22

1.86

-5.39

21

5

27

20

24

18

25

12

Northeast Georgia

Peace River

Providence

St. Augustine

9,386

22,918

8,731

20,111

$749,052

$1,088,441

$988,809

$1,070,646

$79.81

$47.49

$113.25

$53.24

$61.42

$50.22

$108.96

$53.76

29.93

-5.44

3.94

-.97

11

78

2

53

26

59

1

49

Savannah

Tampa Bay

Trinity

Tropical Florida

6,980

29,114

18,779

20,146

$598,532

$1,418,057

$1,233,772

$324,382

$85.75

$48.71

$65.70

$16.10

$88.96

$51.27

$64.28

$22.07

-3.61

-5.00

2.21

-27.04

6

70

24

166

4

56

23

164

Southern California and Hawaii

104,489

$5,980,923

$57.24

$55.59

2.97

3

4

Hanmi

Los Ranchos

Pacific

Riverside

5,002

23,477

16,441

8,538

$78,817

$1,928,703

$887,459

$279,054

$15.76

$82.15

$53.98

$32.68

$12.37

$77.88

$58.98

$39.29

27.36

5.46

-8.48

-16.82

167

9

49

143

166

10

29

117

San Diego

San Fernando

San Gabriel

Santa Barbara

19,635

10,265

11,263

9,868

$1,026,533

$552,096

$660,902

$567,359

$52.28

$53.78

$58.68

$57.49

$52.29

$46.70

$51.31

$50.90

-.02

15.17

14.35

12.95

56

52

37

40

52

77

55

58

Southwest

38,649

$1,975,846

$51.12

$50.64

0.95

6

6

De Cristo

Grand Canyon

Santa Fe

Sierra Blanca

9,268

18,726

7,666

2,989

$352,161

$1,023,021

$413,248

$187,416

$38.00

$54.63

$53.91

$62.70

$34.72

$58.70

$47.96

$57.13

9.43

-6.93

12.40

9.74

126

46

51

30

140

30

66

41

Sun

215,381

$10,989,969

$51.03

$48.27

5.72

7

7

Arkansas

Cimarron

Eastern Oklahoma

Grace

18,457

3,724

13,918

51,725

$995,050

$152,837

$506,522

$2,601,213

$53.91

$41.04

$36.39

$50.29

$50.18

$35.96

$45.75

$47.58

7.44

14.12

-20.45

5.70

50

115

134

63

60

132

80

67

Indian Nations

Mission

New Covenant

Palo Duro

12,145

32,024

40,811

11,989

$317,010

$1,608,697

$2,153,002

$516,735

$26.10

$50.23

$52.76

$43.10

$28.86

$43.84

$47.40

$43.75

-9.55

14.59

11.30

-1.49

161

64

55

103

153

88

70

89

Pines

South Louisana

Tres Rios

8,011

13,253

9,324

$912,832

$835,298

$390,773

$113.95

$63.03

$41.91

$88.92

$58.66

$55.04

28.14

7.44

-23.85

1

28

107

5

31

45

Trinity

311,529

$14,378,173

$46.15

$44.96

2.65

10

9

Beaver-Butler

Carlisle

Donegal

Huntingdon

18,072

17,110

23,915

8,811

$575,781

$1,119,583

$1,425,393

$426,212

$31.86

$65.43

$59.60

$48.37

$36.22

$57.16

$71.92

$33.17

-12.03

14.47

-17.13

45.83

146

25

36

72

131

40

13

144

Kiskiminetas

Lackawanna

Lake Erie

Lehigh

15,019

10,410

13,796

12,789

$697,920

$293,952

$512,783

$612,505

$46.47

$28.24

$37.17

$47.89

$43.02

$29.67

$36.31

$46.82

8.02

-4.83

2.38

2.29

83

156

131

76

97

150

130

76

Northumberland

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Redstone

6,833

47,332

54,315

20,375

$282,925

$3,065,994

$2,245,060

$644,386

$41.41

$64.78

$41.33

$31.63

$42.05

$54.43

$41.11

$35.11

-1.54

19.01

.55

-9.93

110

26

112

147

102

48

107

137

Shenango

Upper Ohio Valley

Washington

West Virginia

17,904

12,172

13,774

18,902

$473,068

$323,957

$429,580

$1,249,074

$26.42

$26.61

$31.19

$66.08

$32.11

$28.34

$25.26

$64.55

-17.72

-6.08

23.48

2.37

159

158

150

23

146

155

161

22

B = no data available or calculation not possible.

1Data collected from congregations' reports on the Session Annual Statistical Report form.

2Validated mission expenditures include all monies given to presbytery, synod, and General Assembly agencies, including payments toward mission budgets of these entities, special offerings, payments to the Theological Education fund (1% Plan), and funds donated to all other PC(USA) sponsored programs. (Note that payments to the Theological Education fund are included here, but not in Table 12.)


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