Table 4

Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries -- 1999

Number
of
Congregations
Number
of
Members
Median
Size of
Congregations
Membership
Change 1998-1999
Net Gain
or
Loss
Percent
Gain or Loss
1998-1999
Total
Gains
Total
Losses
Alaska-Northwest 273 62,347 128 4,925 4,389 536 0.87%
Alaska

Central Washington

Inland Northwest

North Puget Sound

15

44

50

34

1,336

8,112

10,303

7,940

58

96

95

226

95

505

764

706

179

693

729

657

-84

-188

35

49

-5.92%

-2.27%

0.34%

0.62%

Olympia

Seattle

Yukon

48

60

22

10,962

20,206

3,488

126

175

86

941

1,673

241

707

1,288

136

234

385

105

2.18%

1.94%

3.10%

Boriquen en Puerto Rico 72 8,393 91 449 552 -103 -1.21%
Noroeste (Northwest)

San Juan

Suroeste (Southwest)

29

14

29

3,908

2,002

2,483

107

96

74

212

57

180

374

60

118

-162

-3

62

-3.98%

-0.15%

2.56%

Covenant 808 212347 155 11,022 15,398 -4,376 -2.02%
Cincinnati

Detroit

Eastminster

Lake Huron

84

89

56

55

20,971

39,142

15,109

14,379

122

264

222

131

986

2,501

666

802

1,325

3,983

1,187

1,016

-339

-1,482

-521

-214

-1.59%

-3.65%

-3.33%

-1.47%

Lake Michigan

Mackinac

Maumee Valley

Miami

70

42

82

66

21,906

7,333

15,661

17,880

218

109

120

188

1,204

468

671

808

1,038

509

1,028

1,239

166

-41

-357

-431

0.76%

-0.56%

-2.23%

-2.35%

Muskingum Valley

Scioto Valley

Western Reserve

97

112

55

15,157

28,189

16,620

86

123

193

613

1,403

900

1,376

1,363

1,334

-763

40

-434

-4.79%

0.14%

-2.54%

Lakes and Prairies 957 185,896 113 9,506 12,052 -2,546 -1.35%
Central Nebraska

Dakota

Des Moines

East Iowa

42

23

65

85

7,727

1,024

12,155

18,533

101

37

113

157

337

7

659

997

497

84

700

1,408

-160

-77

-41

-411

-2.03%

-6.99%

-0.34%

-2.17%

Homestead

John Knox

Milwaukee

Minnesota Valleys

61

64

51

68

11,894

11,771

12,157

12,400

95

124

164

135

490

607

766

491

779

773

754

750

-289

-166

12

-259

-2.37%

-1.39%

0.10%

-2.05%

Missouri River Valley

North Central Iowa

Northern Plains

Northern Waters

58

55

75

63

13,931

10,696

8,882

8,558

160

134

43

73

779

482

362

353

814

698

617

542

-35

-216

-255

-189

-0.25%

-1.98%

-2.79%

-2.16%

Prospect Hill

South Dakota

Twin Cities Area

Winnebago

59

71

75

42

10,412

9,788

27,054

8,914

121

87

175

106

491

487

1,649

549

604

547

1,880

605

-113

-60

-231

-56

-1.07%

-0.61%

-0.85%

-0.62%

Lincoln Trails 701 161,272 123 8,786 10,524 -1,738 -1.07%
Blackhawk

Chicago

Great Rivers

Midwest Hanmi

88

116

119

17

19,337

42,961

23,805

2,830

160

186

126

54

966

2,871

1,015

355

1,466

2,681

1,296

305

-500

190

-281

50

-2.52%

0.44%

-1.17%

1.80%

Ohio Valley

Southeastern Illinois

Wabash Valley

Whitewater Valley

86

104

100

71

10,097

13,998

22,538

25,706

88

75

129

208

456

617

1,031

1,475

613

894

1,431

1,838

-157

-277

-400

-363

-1.53%

-1.94%

-1.74%

-1.39%

Living Waters 788 126,513 74 7,135 10,080 -2,945 -2.27%
East Tennessee

Holston

Memphis

Mid-Kentucky*

80

68

72

54

15,602

9,510

12,540

11,973

87

56

90

136

898

481

896

685

1,019

413

935

960

-121

68

-39

-275

-0.77%

0.72%

-0.31%

-2.25%

Middle Tennessee

Mississippi

North Alabama

St. Andrew

94

47

35

78

18,297

7,268

6,072

6,909

76

62

101

30

1,127

432

295

38

1,959

640

320

574

-832

-208

-25

-194

-4.35%

-2.78%

-0.41%

-2.73%

Sheppards & Lapsley

South Alabama

Transylvania

Western Kentucky

95

29

97

39

15,225

5,946

12,316

4,855

68

162

69

63

812

399

551

179

1,563

368

972

357

-751

31

-421

-178

-4.70%

0.52%

-3.31%

-3.54%

Mid-America 502 97,500 88 5,306 8,711 -3,405 -3.37%
Giddings-Lovejoy

Heartland

John Calvin

Missouri Union

100

113

64

78

25,970

28,736

9,857

8,578

122

93

85

62

1,240

1,951

552

360

2,483

2,659

595

1,298

-1,243

-708

-43

-938

-4.57%

-2.40%

-0.43%

-9.86%

Northern Kansas

Southern Kansas

76

71

11,521

12,838

88

97

462

741

729

947

-267

-206

-2.27%

-1.58%

Mid-Atlantic 1,481 332,261 117 20,656 22,542 -1,886 -0.56%
Abingdon

Atlantic Korean-American**

Baltimore

Charlotte

Coastal Carolina

58

16

71

138

190

5,069

1,273

20,889

44,088

31,316

46

52

206

179

86

236

101

1,321

2,722

1,613

297

501

2,054

2,296

1,589

-61

-400

-733

426

24

-1.19%

-31.67%

-3.39%

0.98%

0.08%

Eastern Virginia

James**

National Capital**

New Castle

65

111

115

55

19,345

28,156

36,978

13,608

161

117

202

179

1,096

1,941

2,776

739

1,401

1,934

2,674

887

-305

7

102

-148

-1.55%

0.02%

0.27%

-1.08%

New Hope

Peaks

Salem

Shenandoah

135

145

153

111

33,784

21,872

35,875

18,844

98

74

120

131

2,808

1,230

1,983

1,008

2,559

1,306

2,516

1,185

249

-76

-533

-177

0.74%

-0.35%

-1.46%

-0.93%

Western North Carolina 118 21,164 88 1,082 1,343 -261 -1.22%
Northeast 1,183 246,376 133 14,499 17,431 -2,932 -1.18%
Albany

Boston

Cayuga-Syracuse

Eastern Korean***

74

24

45

20

11,678

3,196

7,333

1,593

123

88

134

60

372

309

375

278

638

265

487

276

-266

44

-112

2

-2.23%

1.40%

-1.50%

0.13%

Elizabeth

Genesee Valley

Geneva

Hudson River

51

74

61

95

17,131

18,304

9,430

18,922

224

176

113

134

955

833

438

1,051

1,258

1,470

568

1,245

-303

-637

-130

-194

-1.74%

-3.36%

-1.36%

-1.01%

Long Island

Monmouth

New Brunswick

New York City***

57

45

42

99

13,732

16,034

12,045

18,753

201

215

188

96

943

913

590

1,210

746

1,139

748

1,135

197

-226

-158

75

1.46%

-1.39%

-1.29%

0.40%

Newark ***

Newton***

Northern New England

Northern New York

46

63

32

38

8,722

16,665

4,012

3,948

128

210

92

82

524

1,189

329

183

633

1,166

270

201

-109

23

59

-18

-1.24%

0.14%

1.49%

-0.45%

Palisades

Southern New England

Susquehanna Valley

Utica

51

34

58

39

9,637

9,485

7,803

5,122

126

171

81

94

512

1,527

280

158

643

1,534

396

284

-131

-7

-116

-126

-1.34%

-0.07%

-1.46%

-2.40%

West Jersey

Western New York

66

69

15,921

16,910

172

186

846

684

1,073

1,256

-227

-572

-1.41%

-3.27%

Pacific 467 121,648 140 8,251 9,141 -890 -0.73%
Boise

Cascades

Eastern Oregon

Kendall

15

124

16

18

3,070

28,373

1,282

2,761

120

120

44

84

190

2,010

76

139

160

2,327

69

117

30

-317

7

22

0.99%

-1.10%

0.55%

0.80%

Nevada

Redwoods

Sacramento

San Francisco

22

52

42

75

5,953

9,381

15,756

29,002

168

108

214

139

690

575

1,151

1,821

565

673

1,148

2,444

125

-98

3

-623

2.14%

-1.03%

0.02%

-2.10%

San Joaquin

San Jose

Stockton

37

43

23

8,811

12,576

4,683

141

188

145

461

919

219

434

906

298

27

13

-79

0.31%

0.10%

-1.66%

Rocky Mountains 237 56,582 118 4,080 4,527 -447 -0.78%
Denver

Glacier

Plains and Peaks

Pueblo

50

19

44

28

14,330

3,881

12,809

9,563

207

116

138

132

1,162

212

850

556

1,337

319

863

637

-175

-107

-13

-81

-1.21%

-2.68%

-0.10%

-0.84%

Utah

Western Colorado

Wyoming

Yellowstone

24

14

31

27

4,541

2,640

5,371

3,447

104

132

99

95

426

233

407

234

451

163

490

267

-25

70

-83

-33

-0.55%

2.72%

-1.52%

-0.95%

South Atlantic 997 299,923 147 22,709 22,096 613 0.20%
Central Florida

Charleston-Atlantic

Cherokee

Flint River

78

51

38

57

31,750

17,638

11,473

8,018

276

212

147

65

2,699

1,454

1,065

399

2,262

1,020

1,053

448

437

434

12

-49

1.40%

2.52%

0.10%

-0.61%

Florida

Foothills

Greater Atlanta

New Harmony

44

67

109

79

9,509

22,996

49,710

14,182

108

116

237

71

579

1,702

3,787

868

657

1,542

4,170

994

-78

160

-383

-126

-0.81%

0.70%

-0.76%

-0.88%

Northeast Georgia

Peace River

Providence

St. Augustine

61

38

60

64

9,570

22,832

8,908

20,298

78

444

74

196

656

1,939

579

1,662

687

1,825

351

1,478

-31

114

228

184

-0.32%

0.50%

2.63%

0.91%

Savannah

Tampa Bay

Trinity

Tropical Florida

41

79

69

62

7,150

28,070

19,592

18,227

89

219

95

158

423

2,272

1,255

1,370

385

2,527

1,283

1,414

38

-255

-28

-44

0.53%

-0.90%

-0.14%

-0.24%

Southern California and Hawaii 315 102,907 165 8,199 8,164 35 0.03%
Hanmi

Los Ranchos

Pacific

Riverside

37

53

54

33

5,501

23,534

15,438

7,912

58

288

138

114

689

1,658

1,208

686

298

1,659

1,249

931

391

-1

-41

-245

7.65%

-0.00%

-0.26%

-3.00%

San Diego

San Fernando

San Gabriel

Santa Barbara

33

31

44

30

19,685

9,831

10,715

10,291

338

179

133

288

1,628

727

745

858

1,583

721

851

872

45

6

-106

-14

0.23%

0.06%

-0.98%

-0.14%

Southwest 164 37,435 118 3,043 3,544 -501 -1.32%
De Cristo

Grand Canyon

Santa Fe

Sierra Blanca

29

70

43

22

9,230

17,840

7,438

2,927

163

130

88

94

700

1,472

648

223

667

1,991

626

260

33

-519

22

-37

0.36%

-2.83%

0.30%

-1.25%

Sun 936 209,107 104 13,185 16,373 -3,188 -1.50%
Arkansas

Cimarron

Eastern Oklahoma

Grace

96

15

76

184

17,904

3,170

13,783

49,869

98

139

54

138

1,070

109

693

3,848

1,331

499

743

4,642

-261

-390

-50

-794

-1.44%

-10.96%

-0.36%

-1.57%

Indian Nations

Mission

New Covenant

Palo Duro

58

160

111

58

11,617

32,217

41,002

10,846

84

98

164

94

561

2,477

2,311

585

802

2,528

2,322

1,457

-241

-51

-11

-872

-2.03%

-0.16%

-0.03%

-7.44%

Pines

South Louisana

Tres Rios

71

71

36

7,521

12,546

8,632

51

86

102

198

684

649

450

922

677

-252

-238

-28

-3.24%

-1.86%

-0.32%

Trinity 1,335 299,694 130 14,515 18,215 -3,700 -1.22%
Beaver-Butler

Carlisle

Donegal

Huntingdon

87

53

63

54

17,643

16,987

24,065

8,426

147

193

253

86

981

954

1,477

344

1,112

975

1,199

370

-131

-21

278

-26

-0.74%

-0.12%

1.17%

-0.31%

Kiskiminetas

Lackawanna

Lake Erie

Lehigh

91

64

61

35

14,089

9,898

13,218

12,615

95

104

122

206

518

312

553

572

714

611

696

742

-196

-299

-143

-170

-1.37%

-2.93%

-1.07%

-1.33%

Northumberland

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Redstone

44

152

165

88

6,361

46,160

52,080

18,682

102

160

190

136

235

2,395

2,528

825

461

2,701

3,352

1,421

-226

-306

-824

-596

-3.43%

-0.66%

-1.56%

-3.09%

Shenango

Upper Ohio Valley

Washington

West Virginia

70

93

66

149

17,372

11,683

13,134

17,281

188

85

144

50

754

500

732

835

864

671

838

1,488

-110

-171

-106

-653

-0.63%

-1.44%

-0.80%

-3.64%

Total 11,216 2,560,201 122 156,266 183,739 -27,473 -1.06%

* = In 1999, Louisville Presbytery changed its name to Mid-Kentucky Presbytery.
** = In 1999, 410 members transferred into Atlantic Korean-American (47 from the James, 363 from National Capital).
*** = In 1999, one church transferred 87 members from New York City to Eastern Korean. Newton transferred 30 members to Newark.


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