Comparative Statistics 1997
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	Number of Congregations	Number of Members	Median Size of Congregations	Membership Change 1996-1997		Net Gain or Loss	Percent of Gain or Loss 1996-1997
				Total Gains	Total Losses
Alaska-Northwest	271	61,901	128	4,638	4,802	-164	-0.26
Alaska Central Washington Inland Northwest North Puget Sound	15 44 49 33	1,380 8,874 10,077 7,728	52 103 89 230	87 433 735 692	50 678 632 609	37 -245 103 83	2.76 -2.69 1.03 1.09
Olympia Seattle Yukon	47 61 22	10,603 19,902 3,337	133 165 88	802 1,539 350	1,034 1,540 259	-232 -1 91	-2.14 -0.01 2.80
Boriquen en Puerto Rico	72	8,516	88	490	359	131	1.56
Noreste (Northwest) San Juan Suroeste (Southeast)	29 14 29	3,996 2,113 2,407	104 104 70	245 -- 245	223 -- 136	22 -- 109	0.55 -- 4.74
Covenant	825	221,139	151	11,818	15,583	-3,765	-1.67
Cincinnati Detroit Eastminster Lake Huron	86 91 58 58	21,789 41,712 16,004 15,090	136 288 246 132	1,240 2,551 664 679	1,895 2,856 972 1,193	-655 -305 -308 -514	-2.92 -0.73 -1.89 -3.29
Lake Michigan Mackinac Maumee Valley Miami	70 41 85 67	22,053 7,204 16,175 18,504	229 107 116 184	1,243 496 918 828	1,489 563 1,076 1,406	-246 -67 -158 -578	-1.10 -0.92 -0.97 -3.03
Muskingum Valley Scioto Valley Western Reserve	100 113 56	16,526 28,616 17,466	90 132 204	645 1,551 1,003	1,001 1,729 1,403	-356 -178 -400	-2.11 -0.62 -2.24
Lakes and Prairies	963	192,374	117	10,101	12,761	-2,660	-1.36
Central Nebraska Dakota Des Moines East Iowa	42 23 66 85	7,993 1,101 12,367 19,330	110 46 114 151	345 -- 805 774	549 -- 805 942	-204 -- 0 -168	-2.49 -- 0.00 -0.86
Homestead John Knox Milwaukee Minnesota Valleys	61 64 51 68	12,464 12,162 12,628 12,984	99 128 162 144	537 698 803 597	762 707 787 1,013	-225 -9 16 -416	-1.77 -0.07 0.13 -3.10
Missouri River Valley North Central Iowa Northern Plains Northern Waters	58 55 76 65	14,308 10,967 9,347 8,888	164 134 53 78	839 529 391 519	1,162 751 509 563	-323 -222 -118 -44	-2.21 -1.98 -1.25 -0.49
Prospect Hill South Dakota Twin Cities Area Winnebago	59 71 77 42	10,817 10,096 27,567 9,355	129 101 158 136	608 637 1,523 496	811 777 2,049 574	-203 -140 -526 -78	-1.84 -1.37 -1.87 -0.83
Lincoln Trails	713	165,070	124	9,579	11,705	-2,126	-1.27
Blackhawk Chicago Great Rivers Midwest Hanmi*	89 118 119 17	20,379 42,960 24,507 2,705	168 178 123 65	1,054 2,741 1,197 463	1,551 3,096 1,341 259	-497 -355 -144 204	-2.38 -0.82 -0.58 8.10
Ohio Valley Southeastern Illinois Wabash Valley Whitewater Valley	89 105 103 73	10,550 14,425 24,773 24,771	90 88 132 202	525 615 1,373 1,611	787 959 1,840 1,872	-262 -344 -467 -261	-2.42 -2.33 -1.85 -1.04
Living Waters	806	129,973	71	7,367	7,582	-215	-0.17
East Tennessee Holston Louisville Memphis	80 69 55 72	15,596 9,495 12,491 12,773	90 54 156 85	862 388 565 895	843 532 762 987	19 -144 -197 -92	0.12 -1.49 -1.55 -0.72
Middle Tennessee Mississippi North Alabama St. Andrew	96 47 35 82	18,421 7,507 6,348 7,300	62 66 102 30	1,238 584 334 410	872 436 484 382	366 148 -150 28	2.03 2.01 -2.31 0.39
Sheppards & Lapsley South Alabama Transylvania Western Kentucky	102 30 99 39	16,251 5,907 12,844 5,040	63 152 63 76	824 346 633 288	1,082 309 617 276	-258 37 16 12	-1.56 0.63 0.12 0.24
Mid-America	511	102,355	96	6,287	8,163	-1,876	-1.80
Giddings-Lovejoy Heartland* John Calvin Missouri Union*	103 114 64 81	27,595 29,725 9,883 9,836	115 106 80 68	2,020 2,015 674 359	2,401 2,545 732 656	-381 -530 -58 -297	-1.36 -1.75 -0.58 -2.94
Northern Kansas Southern Kansas	77 72	12,015 13,301	96 86	508 711	810 1,019	-302 -308	-2.45 -2.26
Mid-Atlantic	1,481	333,769	116	19,993	21,011	-1,018	-0.30
Abingdon Baltimore Charlotte Coastal Carolina	58 72 141 191	5,056 21,619 43,281 31,289	47 216 168 88	239 1,365 2,830 1,753	375 1,720 2,452 1,682	-136 -355 378 71	-2.62 -1.62 0.88 0.23
Eastern Virginia James National Capital New Castle	66 115 119 55	19,828 28,678 37,188 13,876	159 121 201 167	1,131 1,586 2,759 712	1,142 1,469 3,298 896	-11 117 -539 -184	-0.06 0.41 -1.43 -1.31
New Hope Peaks Salem Shenandoah	135 145 155 111	33,110 22,764 36,344 19,193	89 79 109 133	2,464 968 1,914 975	2,051 1,473 2,064 847	413 -505 -150 128	1.26 -2.17 -0.41 0.67
Western North Carolina	118	21,543	92	1,297	1,542	-245	-1.12
Northeast	1,184	251,540	135	15,602	19,247	-3,645	-1.43
Albany Boston Cayuga-Syracuse Eastern Korea	74 23 48 16	12,363 3,225 7,624 1,272	131 104 128 72	611 347 438 696	1,080 252 468 282	-469 95 -30 414	-3.65 3.04 -0.39 -
Elizabeth Genesee Valley Geneva Hudson River	51 74 61 95	17,678 19,327 9,642 19,447	227 186 119 133	1,027 1,007 454 1,079	1,245 1,391 589 1,711	-218 -384 -135 -632	-1.22 -1.95 -1.38 -3.15
Long Island Monmouth New Brunswick New York City	57 45 43 100	13,769 15,917 12,295 18,729	199 261 196 102	1,050 1,056 675 1,565	1,065 1,133 1,084 1,637	-15 -77 -409 -72	-0.11 -0.48 -3.18 -0.38
Newark Newton Northern New England Northern New York	45 65 32 40	8,740 16,731 3,920 4,118	131 193 88 71	632 1,089 318 194	807 1,262 177 236	-175 -173 141 -42	-1.96 -1.02 3.73 -1.01
Palisades Southern New England Susquehanna Valley Utica	50 34 58 39	9,835 9,738 8,061 5,294	132 177 84 102	517 571 276 230	898 660 597 323	-381 -89 -321 -93	-3.66 -0.91 -3.83 -1.73
West Jersey Western New York	66 68	16,162 17,653	178 203	977 793	1,132 1,218	-155 -425	-0.95 -2.35
Pacific	465	122,720	143	8,915	10,051	-1,136	-0.92
Boise Cascades Eastern Oregon Kendall	15 124 16 18	3,079 29,113 1,270 2,834	121 122 48 90	189 2,098 48 154	300 2,255 68 228	-111 -157 -20 -74	-3.48 -0.54 -1.55 -2.54
Nevada Redwoods Sacramento San Francisco	22 52 42 73	5,755 9,464 15,627 29,665	168 108 205 162	617 570 1,264 2,150	376 817 1,203 2,488	241 -247 61 -338	4.37 -2.54 0.39 -1.13
San Joaquin San Jose Stockton	37 43 23	8,580 12,521 4,812	149 205 163	531 975 319	772 1,185 359	-241 -210 -40	-2.73 -1.65 -0.82
Rocky Mountains	237	58,281	122	3,972	3,904	68	0.12
Denver Glacier Plains and Peaks Pueblo	50 20 44 28	14,919 4,144 12,889 9,594	214 106 146 121	1,363 241 702 592	1,146 263 783 584	217 -22 -81 8	1.48 -0.53 -0.62 0.08
Utah Western Colorado Wyoming Yellowstone	24 14 30 27	4,776 2,617 5,813 3,529	114 132 100 93	364 225 247 238	343 230 306 249	21 -5 -59 -11	0.44 -0.19 -1.00 -0.31
South Atlantic	993	298,179	146	23,724	22,919	805	0.27
Central Florida Charleston-Atlantic Cherokee Flint River	77 51 36 57	30,932 16,697 11,065 8,060	262 212 142 68	2,968 1,390 1,112 571	3,018 1,182 827 677	-50 208 285 -106	-0.16 1.26 2.64 -1.30
Florida Foothills Greater Atlanta New Harmony	43 65 110 80	9,525 22,621 49,348 14,258	109 119 226 74	639 1,507 4,302 941	804 1,153 3,570 902	-165 354 732 39	-1.70 1.59 1.51 0.27
Northeast Georgia Peace River Providence St. Augustine	61 38 60 63	9,534 22,712 8,711 19,919	81 479 64 206	679 1,904 489 1,605	531 2,110 509 1,797	148 -206 -20 -192	1.58 -0.90 -0.23 -0.95
Savannah Tampa Bay Trinity Tropical Florida	40 79 71 62	7,101 28,808 19,268 19,620	93 244 99 182	462 2,267 1,466 1,422	341 2,573 977 1,948	121 -306 489 -526	1.73 -1.05 2.60 -2.61
Southern California and Hawaii	314	103,708	165	8,083	8,864	-781	-0.75
Hanmi Los Ranchos Pacific Riverside	37 53 53 34	5,110 23,478 15,808 8,158	60 308 144 120	779 1,776 1,020 687	671 1,775 1,653 1,067	108 1 -633 -380	2.16 0.00 -3.85 -4.45
San Diego San Fernando San Gabriel Santa Barbara	33 31 43 30	19,560 10,244 11,154 10,196	327 232 136 266	1,298 796 757 970	1,373 817 866 642	-75 -21 -109 328	-0.38 -0.20 -0.97 3.32
Southwest	167	38,568	111	3,186	3,267	-81	-0.21
De Cristo Grand Canyon Santa Fe Sierra Blanca	29 72 43 23	9,342 18,760 7,463 3,003	147 135 94 98	695 1,708 550 233	621 1,674 753 219	74 34 -203 14	0.80 0.18 -2.65 0.47
Sun	951	213,962	104	14,593	16,012	-1,419	-0.66
Arkansas Cimarron Eastern Oklahoma Grace	97 15 78 185	18,379 3,608 13,829 50,941	106 156 50 140	1,291 185 755 3,331	1,369 301 844 4,115	-78 -116 -89 -784	-0.42 -3.11 -0.64 -1.52
Indian Nations Mission New Covenant Palo Duro	61 161 113 59	12,271 32,163 41,027 11,830	79 103 172 100	816 2,543 3,262 635	690 2,404 3,046 794	126 139 216 -159	1.04 0.43 0.53 -1.33
Pines South Louisana Tres Rios	73 73 36	7,820 12,954 9,140	51 92 108	447 813 515	638 1,112 699	-191 -299 -184	-2.38 -2.26 -1.97
Trinity	1,342	307,136	132	15,039	19,432	-4,393	-1.41
Beaver-Butler Carlisle Donegal Huntingdon	87 53 63 54	17,870 17,022 23,921 8,611	154 203 249 100	953 842 1,447 402	1,155 930 1,441 602	-202 -88 6 -200	-1.12 -0.51 0.03 -2.27
Kiskiminetas Lackawanna Lake Erie Lehigh	91 64 61 36	14,527 10,336 13,549 12,751	103 115 129 218	561 341 711 739	1,053 415 958 777	-492 -74 -247 -38	-3.28 -0.71 -1.79 -0.30
Northumberland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Redstone	44 151 167 89	6,599 46,951 53,449 19,830	102 173 205 146	313 2,560 2,554 912	547 2,941 3,420 1,457	-234 -381 -866 -545	-3.42 -0.80 -1.59 -2.67
Shenango Upper Ohio Valley Washington West Virginia	70 93 68 151	17,658 11,904 13,653 18,505	194 90 138 53	759 415 664 866	1,005 683 785 1,263	-246 -268 -121 -397	-1.37 -2.20 -0.88 -2.10
Total	11,295	2,609,191	124	163,387	185,662	-22,275	-0.85