Comparative Statistics 1997
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Table 13
PC(USA) Synod and Presbytery Rankings Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures


PC(USA)
Membership
Validated Mission
Expenditures
19972
$
Per Member
1997
$
Per Member
1996
Percent
Change
Per
Member
Rank:
Per Member
1997
Rank:
Per Member
1996
PC(USA) 2,609,191 $ 130,968,290 $ 50.26 $ 48.70 3.20 -- --
Alaska-Northwest 61,901 $ 3,425,301 $ 55.34 $ 52.11 6.20 4 5
Alaska

Central Washington

Inland Northwest

North Puget Sound

1,380

8,874

10,077

7,728

$ 135,075

$ 299,406

$ 544,845

$ 482,757

$ 97.88

$ 33.74

$ 54.07

$ 62.47

$ 100.12

$ 39.01

$ 48.30

$ 60.79

-2.23

-13.52

11.94

2.76

4

147

54

31

3

123

73

34

Olympia

Seattle

Yukon

10,603

19,902

3,337

$ 689,506

$ 1,042,614

$ 231,098

$ 65.03

$ 52.39

$ 69.25

$ 56.70

$ 49.20

$ 62.77

14.68

6.48

10.33

27

62

20

43

68

29

Boriquen en Puerto Rico 8,516 $ 57,689 $ 9.01 $ 6.69 34.68 16 16
Northwest

San Juan

Southeast

3,996

2,113

2,407

$ 33,761

$ --

$ 23,928

$ 8.45

$ --

$ 9.94

$ 7.00

$ 3.13

$ 9.44

20.76

--

5.29

170

171

169

169

170

168

Covenant 221,139 $ 9,258,183 $ 41.87 $ 39.67 5.55 13 14
Cincinnati

Detroit

Eastminster

Lake Huron

21,789

41,712

16,004

15,090

$ 798,739

$ 1,705,098

$ 711,260

$ 602,695

$ 36.66

$ 40.88

$ 44.44

$ 39.94

$ 36.63

$ 36.49

$ 44.39

$ 32.67

0.08

12.02

0.12

22.26

137

120

105

125

132

133

93

144

Lake Michigan

Mackinac

Maumee Valley

Miami

22,053

7,204

16,175

18,504

$ 1,221,221

$ 336,549

$ 778,572

$ 829,116

$ 55.38

$ 46.72

$ 48.13

$ 44.81

$ 53.15

$ 41.26

$ 47.22

$ 44.10

4.20

13.22

1.93

1.59

52

93

82

103

54

114

80

94

Muskingum Valley

Scioto Valley

Western Reserve

16,526

28,616

17,466

$ 574,884

$ 797,895

$ 902,154

$ 34.79

$ 27.88

$ 51.65

$ 32.80

$ 27.95

$ 49.08

6.06

-0.23

5.24

144

161

67

141

157

69

Lakes and Prairies 192,374 $ 6,856,978 $ 35.85 $ 34.95 2.58 15 15
Central Nebraska

Dakota

Des Moines

East Iowa

7,993

1,101

12,367

19,330

$ 257,858

$ --

$ 568,657

$ 542,843

$ 32.26

$ --

$ 45.98

$ 28.08

$ 28.35

$ --

$ 42.90

$ 26.15

13.78

--

7.18

7.39

153

172

96

160

155

171

104

160

Homestead

John Knox

Milwaukee

Minnesota Valleys

12,464

12,162

12,628

12,984

$ 426,087

$ 431,185

$ 453,706

$ 426,411

$ 34.19

$ 35.45

$ 35.93

$ 32.84

$ 31.30

$ 39.33

$ 34.33

$ 31.16

9.24

-9.85

4.66

5.40

146

142

141

150

149

122

139

151

Missouri River Valley

North Central Iowa

Northern Plains

Northern Waters

14,308

10,967

9,347

8,888

$ 535,881

$ 529,686

$ 313,102

$ 236,018

$ 37.45

$ 48.30

$ 33.50

$ 26.55

$ 40.38

$ 45.11

$ 36.07

$ 31.38

-7.26

7.07

-7.13

-15.37

135

81

148

163

118

89

136

148

Prospect Hill

South Dakota

Twin Cities Area

Winnebago

10,817

10,096

27,567

9,355

$ 312,467

$ 378,599

$ 902,322

$ 542,156

$ 28.89

$ 37.50

$ 32.73

$ 57.95

$ 28.66

$ 36.13

$ 30.29

$ 59.78

0.77

3.79

8.06

-3.06

158

134

151

43

154

135

153

35

Lincoln Trails 165,070 $ 7,131,728 $ 43.20 $ 40.85 5.75 12 13
Blackhawk

Chicago

Great Rivers

Midwest Hanmi

20,379

42,960

24,507

2,705

$ 838,076

$ 1,982,320

$ 787,806

$ 66,720

$ 41.12

$ 46.14

$ 32.15

$ 24.67

$ 41.36

$ 45.90

$ 32.79

$ 21.31

-0.57

0.53

-1.96

15.76

116

95

154

165

111

88

142

165

Ohio Valley

Southeastern Illinois

Wabash Valley

Whitewater Valley

10,550

14,425

24,773

24,771

$ 425,739

$ 631,427

$ 1,041,192

$ 1,358,448

$ 40.35

$ 43.77

$ 42.03

$ 54.84

$ 33.15

$ 37.36

$ 40.97

$ 46.84

21.72

17.16

2.58

17.07

124

110

113

53

140

130

116

81

Living Waters 129,973 $ 8,600,246 $ 66.17 $ 62.45 5.96 1 1
East Tennessee

Holston

Louisville

Memphis

15,596

9,495

12,491

12,773

$ 1,354,425

$ 1,020,910

$ 637,567

$ 564,732

$ 86.84

$ 107.52

$ 51.04

$ 44.21

$ 84.31

$ 90.28

$ 49.55

$ 37.86

3.00

19.10

3.02

16.79

8

2

72

107

7

4

65

128

Middle Tennessee

Mississippi

North Alabama

St. Andrew

18,421

7,507

6,348

7,300

$ 956,993

$ 341,277

$ 493,484

$ 512,680

$ 51.95

$ 45.46

$ 77.74

$ 70.23

$ 54.56

$ 39.74

$ 76.00

$ 81.29

-4.79

14.38

2.29

-13.60

66

97

12

18

47

121

16

10

Sheppards & Lapsley

South Alabama

Transylvania

Western Kentucky

16,251

5,907

12,844

5,040

$ 1,258,800

$ 448,933

$ 659,845

$ 350,600

$ 77.46

$ 76.00

$ 51.37

$ 69.56

$ 57.85

$ 71.71

$ 54.96

$ 77.09

33.89

5.98

-6.53

-9.77

13

14

69

19

38

19

45

14

Mid-America 102,355 $ 5,015,582 $ 49.00 $ 46.43 5.54 9 9
Giddings-Lovejoy

Heartland

John Calvin

Missouri Union

27,595

29,725

9,883

9,836

$ 1,408,561

$ 1,407,088

$ 572,693

$ 442,861

$ 51.04

$ 47.34

$ 57.95

$ 45.02

$ 42.36

$ 46.29

$ 56.18

$ 48.64

20.50

2.27

3.15

-7.44

71

88

44

100

105

85

44

71

Northern Kansas

Southern Kansas

12,015

13,301

$ 534,866

$ 649,513

$ 44.52

$ 48.83

$ 44.90

$ 47.78

-0.85

2.21

104

80

90

77

Mid-Atlantic 333,769 $ 18,151,475 $ 54.38 $ 54.39 -0.02 5 4
Abingdon

Baltimore

Charlotte

Coastal Carolina

5,056

21,619

43,281

31,289

$ 402,267

$ 745,318

$ 2,928,311

$ 1,493,264

$ 79.56

$ 34.48

$ 67.66

$ 47.72

$ 78.62

$ 40.19

$ 74.02

$ 46.58

1.19

-14.21

-8.60

2.46

10

148

22

84

12

120

17

82

Eastern Virginia

James

National Capital

New Castle

19,828

28,678

37,188

13,876

$ 1,218,600

$ 1,362,419

$ 1,667,353

$ 771,461

$ 61.46

$ 47.51

$ 44.84

$ 55.60

$ 57.84

$ 43.45

$ 43.48

$ 49.20

6.26

9.33

3.11

12.99

33

86

102

51

39

100

99

67

New Hope

Peaks

Salem

Shenandoah

Western North Carolina

33,110

22,764

36,344

19,193

21,543

$ 1,565,488

$ 1,363,001

$ 2,054,277

$ 1,245,016

$ 1,334,700

$ 47.28

$ 59.88

$ 56.52

$ 64.87

$ 61.96

$ 51.37

$ 54.08

$ 57.39

$ 61.61

$ 62.41

-7.96

10.72

-1.51

5.29

-0.73

91

37

48

28

32

58

48

41

33

31

Northeast 251,540 $ 11,326,428 $ 45.03 $ 43.90 2.57 11 11
Albany

Boston

Cayuga-Syracuse

Eastern Korean

12,363

3,225

7,624

1,272

$ 500,549

$ 159,312

$ 330,979

$ 41,548

$ 40.49

$ 49.40

$ 43.41

$ 32.66

$ 42.07

$ 50.91

$ 45.98

$ --

-3.75

-2.96

-5.58

--

122

77

111

152

106

60

87

--

Elizabeth

Genesee Valley

Geneva

Hudson River

17,678

19,327

9,642

19,447

$ 1,204,926

$ 789,015

$ 438,080

$ 755,142

$ 68.16

$ 40.82

$ 45.43

$ 38.83

$ 67.75

$ 40.19

$ 40.78

$ 43.92

0.61

1.59

11.42

-11.60

21

121

98

129

22

119

117

96

Long Island

Monmouth

New Brunswick

New York City

13,769

15,917

12,295

18,729

$ 688,339

$ 603,010

$ 582,059

$ 722,038

$ 49.99

$ 37.88

$ 47.34

$ 38.55

$ 43.84

$ 35.57

$ 43.51

$ 38.52

14.02

6.52

8.81

0.09

75

133

87

130

97

137

98

124

Newark

Newton

Northern New England

Northern New York

8,740

16,731

3,920

4,118

$ 358,032

$ 796,561

$ 184,609

$ 207,986

$ 40.96

$ 47.61

$ 47.09

$ 50.51

$ 30.71

$ 44.04

$ 44.40

$ 46.41

33.39

8.10

6.08

8.82

118

85

92

74

152

95

92

84

Palisades

Southern New England

Susquehanna Valley

Utica

West Jersey

Western New York

9,835

9,738

8,061

5,294

16,162

17,653

$ 559,476

$ 581,687

$ 239,496

$ 125,943

$ 920,045

$ 537,596

$ 56.89

$ 59.73

$ 29.71

$ 23.79

$ 56.93

$ 30.45

$ 51.93

$ 73.59

$ 24.46

$ 35.32

$ 47.41

$ 31.91

9.55

-18.83

21.48

-32.64

20.08

-4.56

46

38

157

166

45

156

57

18

163

138

79

145

Pacific 122,720 $ 6,460,328 $ 52.64 $ 47.96 9.76 7 8
Boise

Cascades

Eastern Oregon

Kendall

3,079

29,113

1,270

2,834

$ 158,146

$ 1,764,533

$ 64,326

$ 119,230

$ 51.36

$ 60.61

$ 50.65

$ 42.07

$ 41.29

$ 57.34

$ 51.10

$ 37.86

24.40

5.71

-0.88

11.12

70

35

73

112

113

42

59

127

Nevada

Redwoods

Sacramento

San Francisco

5,755

9,464

15,627

29,665

$ 211,863

$ 493,482

$ 814,693

$ 1,557,013

$ 36.81

$ 52.14

$ 52.13

$ 52.49

$ 46.10

$ 50.62

$ 43.16

$ 44.82

-20.15

3.00

20.78

17.09

136

63

64

61

86

62

101

91

San Joaquin

San Jose

Stockton

8,580

12,521

4,812

$ 336,849

$ 670,055

$ 270,138

$ 39.26

$ 53.51

$ 56.14

$ 37.51

$ 48.25

$ 50.77

4.66

10.91

10.57

127

56

49

129

74

61

Rocky Mountains 58,281 $ 2,377,114 $ 40.79 $ 41.14 -0.85 14 12
Denver

Glacier

Plains & Peaks

Pueblo

14,919

4,144

12,889

9,594

 $ 545,349

$ 169,533

$ 502,724

$ 306,595

 $ 36.55

$ 40.91

$ 39.00

$ 31.96

 $ 41.71

$ 43.11

$ 49.33

$ 24.63

-12.36

-5.09

-20.93

29.77

138

119

128

155

109

102

66

162

Utah

Western Colorado

Wyoming

Yellowstone

4,776

2,617

5,813

3,529

$ 314,714

$ 145,616

$ 257,110

$ 135,473

$ 65.89

$ 55.64

$ 44.23

$ 38.39

$ 61.78

$ 48.09

$ 38.16

$ 23.33

6.66

15.71

15.90

64.54

25

50

106

131

32

75

125

164

South Atlantic 298,179 $ 18,795,059 $ 63.03 $ 61.37 2.70 2 2
Central Florida

Charleston-Atlantic

Cherokee

Flint River

30,932

16,697

11,065

8,060

$ 1,401,489

$ 1,318,946

$ 727,118

$ 813,246

$ 45.31

$ 78.99

$ 65.71

$ 100.90

$ 41.74

$ 77.66

$ 76.22

$ 83.69

8.56

1.72

-13.78

20.56

99

11

26

3

108

13

15

8

Florida

Foothills

Greater Atlanta

New Harmony

9,525

22,621

49,348

14,258

$ 706,953

$ 2,038,649

$ 3,507,887

$ 1,146,173

$ 74.22

$ 90.12

$ 71.08

$ 80.39

$ 68.81

$ 86.40

$ 64.37

$ 68.83

7.86

4.30

10.43

16.80

16

6

17

9

21

5

27

20

Northeast Georgia

Peace River

Providence

St. Augustine

9,534

22,712

8,711

19,919

$ 723,086

$ 1,112,731

$ 1,027,205

$ 896,277

$ 75.84

$ 48.99

$ 117.92

$ 45.00

$ 79.81

$ 47.49

$ 113.25

$ 53.24

-4.97

3.16

4.12

-15.48

15

78

1

101

11

78

2

53

Savannah

Tampa Bay

Trinity

Tropical Florida

7,101

28,808

19,268

19,620

$ 473,684

$ 1,329,815

$ 1,239,174

$ 332,626

$ 66.71

$ 46.16

$ 64.31

$ 16.95

$ 85.75

$ 48.71

$ 65.70

$ 16.10

-22.21

-5.23

-2.11

5.29

23

94

30

167

6

70

24

166

Southern California and Hawaii 103,708 $ 6,120,809 $ 59.02 $ 57.24 3.11 3 3
Hanmi

Los Ranchos

Pacific

Riverside

5,110

23,478

15,808

8,158

$ 74,970

$ 2,221,182

$ 849,758

$ 321,884

$ 14.67

$ 94.61

$ 53.75

$ 39.46

$ 15.76

$ 82.15

$ 53.98

$ 32.68

-6.89

15.16

-0.41

20.72

168

5

55

126

167

9

49

143

San Diego

San Fernando

San Gabriel

Santa Barbara

19,560

10,244

11,154

10,196

$ 801,599

$ 678,670

$ 579,953

$ 592,793

$ 40.98

$ 66.25

$ 52.00

$ 58.14

$ 52.28

$ 53.78

$ 58.68

$ 57.49

-21.61

23.18

-11.39

1.12

117

24

65

42

56

52

37

40

Southwest 38,568 $ 2,048,178 $ 53.11 $ 51.12 3.89 6 6
De Cristo

Grand Canyon

Santa Fe

Sierra Blanca

9,342

18,760

7,463

3,003

$ 377,830

$ 1,105,640

$ 394,744

$ 169,964

$ 40.44

$ 58.94

$ 52.89

$ 56.60

$ 38.00

$ 54.63

$ 53.91

$ 62.70

6.44

7.88

-1.88

-9.73

123

39

60

47

126

46

51

30

Sun 213,962 $ 10,852,990 $ 50.72 $ 51.03 -0.61 8 7
Arkansas

Cimarron

Eastern Oklahoma

Grace

18,379

3,608

13,829

50,941

$ 974,260

$ 129,677

$ 654,472

$ 2,445,327

$ 53.01

$ 35.94

$ 47.33

$ 48.00

$ 53.91

$ 41.04

$ 36.39

$ 50.29

-1.67

-12.43

30.04

-4.55

59

140

89

83

50

115

134

63

Indian Nations

Mission

New Covenant

Palo Duro

12,271

32,163

41,027

11,830

$ 433,445

$ 1,720,084

$ 2,115,151

$ 559,597

$ 35.32

$ 53.48

$ 51.56

$ 47.30

$ 26.10

$ 50.23

$ 52.76

$ 43.10

35.33

6.46

-2.28

9.75

143

57

68

90

161

64

55

103

Pines

South Louisana

Tres Rios

7,820

12,954

9,140

$ 685,713

$ 755,856

$ 379,408

$ 87.69

$ 58.35

$ 41.51

$ 113.95

$ 63.03

$ 41.91

-23.05

-7.42

-0.95

7

40

115

1

28

107

Trinity 307,136 $ 14,490,202 $ 47.18 $ 46.15 2.23 10 10
Beaver-Butler

Carlisle

Donegal

Huntingdon

17,870

17,022

23,921

8,611

$ 590,581

$ 1,024,013

$ 1,394,533

$ 421,735

$ 33.05

$ 60.16

$ 58.30

$ 48.98

$ 31.86

$ 65.43

$ 59.60

$ 48.37

3.73

-8.06

-2.19

1.25

149

36

41

79

146

25

36

72

Kiskiminetas

Lackawanna

Lake Erie

Lehigh

14,527

10,336

13,549

12,751

$ 772,532

$ 273,115

$ 515,661

$ 634,451

$ 53.18

$ 26.42

$ 38.06

$ 49.76

$ 46.47

$ 28.24

$ 37.17

$ 47.89

14.44

-6.42

2.39

3.89

58

164

132

76

83

156

131

76

Northumberland

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Redstone

6,599

46,951

53,449

19,830

$ 289,111

$ 2,856,779

$ 2,345,335

$ 824,250

$ 43.81

$ 60.85

$ 43.88

$ 41.57

$ 41.41

$ 64.78

$ 41.33

$ 31.63

5.81

-6.07

6.16

31.43

109

34

108

114

110

26

112

147

Shenango

Upper Ohio Valley

Washington

West Virginia

17,658

11,904

13,653

18,505

$ 640,342

$ 328,850

$ 386,737

$ 1,192,177

$ 36.26

$ 27.63

$ 28.33

$ 64.42

$ 26.42

$ 26.61

$ 31.19

$ 66.08

37.25

3.80

-9.18

-2.51

139

162

159

29

159

158

150

23

- = no data available or calculation not possible. (Note that Eastern Korea is a new presbytery created in 1997.)

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

2 Validated 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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