TABLE 1

PC(USA) Congregations and Membership 1984 - 1995


1995

1994

1993

1992

19911

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

Number of Congregations
11,361
11,399
11,416
11,456
11,468
11,501
11,537
11,573
11,593
11,598
11,621

Reported Membership
2,665,276
2,698,262
2,742,192
2,780,406
2,814,821
2,856,713
2,895,706
2,938,830
2,976,937
3,016,488
3,057,226

Mean Number of Members Per Congregation

235

237

240

243

245

248

251

254

257

260

263

Median Number of Members Per Congregation

128

130

132

134

B

137

139

141

143

145

148

Net Change in Membership
-32,986
­43,930
­38,214
­34,415
­41,892
­38,993
­43,124
­38,107
­39,551
­40,738
­43,725

Percent Change in Membership

-1.2

­1.6

­1.4

­1.3

­1.5

­1.4

­1.5

­1.3

­1.3

­1.3

­1.4

Churches Organized
28
41
21
35
41
32
33
51
53
52
45

Churches Merged
30
262
12
29
35
29
23
28
12
19
12

Churches Resulting from Mergers

16

14

6

14

18

14

12

14

6

9

7

Churches Dissolved
51
43
49
32
41
40
47
49
44
53
32

Churches Dismissed
1
3
6
0
16
13
11
5
8
12
22

New Church Developments3
23
25
28
45
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1 The official 1991 membership total that appeared in Comparative Statistics 1991 and in the General Assembly Minutes was 2,815,045. Subsequently, errors were found and corrected, resulting in a revised membership total for 1991 of 2,814,821.

2 Two churches merged with congregations in the United Methodist Church to become union churches. Both were in the Presbytery of Prospect Hill.

3 No data were available prior to 1992.