Table 1

PC(USA) Congregations and Membership 1989-1999

1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Number of Congregations 11,216 11,260 11,295 11,328 11,361 11,399 11,416 11,456 11,468 11,501 11,537
Reported Membership 2,560,201 2,587,674 2,609,191 2,631,466 2,665,276 2,698,262 2,742,192 2,780,406 2,814,8211 2,856,713 2,895,706
Mean Number of Members Per Congregation
228
230
231
232
235
237
240
243
245
248
251
Median Number of Members Per Congregation
122
123
124
126
128
130
132
134
135
137
139
Net Change in Membership -27,473 -21,517 -22,275 -33,810 -32,986 -43,930 -38,214 -34,415 -41,892 -38,993 -43,124
Percent Change
in Membership
-1.1
-0.83
-0.85
-1.3
-1.2
-1.6
-1.4
-1.3
-1.5
-1.4
-1.5
Churches Organized1 30 46 32 432 28 41 21 35 41 32 33
Churches Merged 32 44 8 26 30 26 12 29 35 29 23
Churches Resulting from Mergers
15
23
4
13
16
14
6
14
18
14
12
Churches Dissolved 42 45 61 50 51 43 49 32 41 40 47
Churches Dismissed 1 3 2 0 1 3 6 0 16 13 11
New Church Developments3 26 16 23 17 23 25 28 45 - - -

1 Includes Churches Resulting from Mergers, but not New Church Developments.
2 Revised.
3 New Church Developments are churches that are being developed but have not yet been organized. No data were available prior to 1992.

Go to: Comparative Statistics 1999 Table 2
Distribution of PCUSA Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod

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