TABLE 13

Synod and Presbytery Rankings Based on Per Member Validated Mission Expenditures -- 19951



PC(USA)

Membership

Validated Mission

Expenditures

19952

$

Per Member

1995

$

Per Member

1994

Percent

Change

Per Member

Rank:

Per Member

1995

Rank:

Per Member

1994

PC(USA)

2,665,276

$ 126,033,197

$ 47.31

$ 47.86

-1.15

*

*

Alaska-Northwest

61,966

$ 3,542,414

$ 57.17

$ 56.25

1.64

3

4

Alaska

Central Washington

Inland Northwest

North Puget Sound


1,359

9,044

9,949

7,524


$ 117,067

$ 415,242

$ 499,057

$ 491,857


$ 86.14

$ 45.91

$ 50.16

$ 65.37


$ 105.43

$ 39.23

$ 46.17

$ 53.11


-18.30

17.03

8.66

23.08


7

79

62

20


3

118

79

48


Olympia

Seattle

Yukon


10,953

19,844

3,293


$ 661,677

$ 1,137,831

$ 219,683


$ 60.41

$ 57.34

$ 66.71


$ 65.12

$ 59.70

$ 70.04


-7.24

-3.95

-4.75


27

39

19


22

33

17


Boriquen en Puerto Rico

8,892

$ 67,169

$ 7.55

$ 7.05

7.09

16

16

Northwest

San Juan

Southeast


4,498

2,167

2,227


$ 31,867

$ 13,635

$ 21,667


$ 7.08

$ 6.29

$ 9.73


$ 6.56

$ 5.61

$ 9.73


8.05

12.22

-.06


168

169

167


170

171

169


Covenant

229,527

$ 8,797,271

$ 38.33

$ 38.98

-1.67

14

14

Cincinnati

Detroit

Eastminster

Lake Huron


23,401

43,289

16,716

15,806


$ 821,005

$ 1,538,469

$ 659,275

$ 457,138


$ 35.08

$ 35.54

$ 39.44

$ 28.92


$ 42.55

$ 29.22

$ 38.49

$ 34.91


-17.55

21.63

2.46

-17.15


138

136

115

152


100

158

121

140


Lake Michigan

Mackinac

Maumee Valley

Miami


22,755

7,202

16,431

19,407


$ 1,203,919

$ 314,645

$ 680,135

$ 860,726


$ 52.91

$ 43.69

$ 41.39

$ 44.35


$ 53.65

$ 39.43

$ 46.07

$ 46.76


-1.38

10.80

-10.15

-5.16


51

90

104

84


44

116

81

74


Muskingum Valley

Scioto Valley

Western Reserve


17,200

29,263

18,057


$ 631,377

$ 828,606

$ 801,976


$ 36.71

$ 28.32

$ 44.41


$ 34.32

$ 29.74

$ 48.02


6.95

-4.78

-7.51


128

156

83


143

156

67


Lakes and Prairies

198,006

$ 7,123,224

$ 36.18

$ 35.60

1.63

15

15

Central Nebraska

Dakota

Des Moines

East Iowa


8,364

1,101

12,494

19,560


$ 269,359

$ -

$ 636,656

$ 670,940


$ 32.20

$ -

$ 50.96

$ 34.30


$ 29.75

$ -

$ 45.08

$ 30.06


8.25

-

13.04

14.10


145

171

57

141


155

172

86

154


Homestead

John Knox

Milwaukee

Minnesota Valleys


12,957

12,423

12,572

13,724


$ 372,159

$ 468,205

$ 475,728

$ 385,510


$ 28.72

$ 37.69

$ 37.84

$ 28.09


$ 31.08

$ 35.18

$ 36.46

$ 30.22


-7.58

7.12

3.80

-7.04


154

126

125

157


150

138

132

153


Missouri River Valley

North Central Iowa

Northern Plains

Northern Waters


14,790

11,472

9,736

9,317


$ 575,261

$ 540,682

$ 356,552

$ 237,121


$ 38.90

$ 47.13

$ 36.62

$ 25.45


$ 34.96

$ 48.22

$ 36.77

$ 24.38


11.24

-2.26

-.41

4.40


119

74

129

160


139

65

129

166


Prospect Hill

South Dakota

Twin Cities Area

Winnebago


11,214

10,320

28,359

9,603


$ 311,866

$ 437,399

$ 852,438

$ 533,348


$ 27.81

$ 42.38

$ 30.06

$ 55.54


$ 28.46

$ 36.05

$ 35.45

$ 57.15


-2.29

17.57

-15.21

-2.82


158

99

149

44


161

133

136

36


Lincoln Trails

171,472

$ 6,889,540

$ 40.18

$ 42.37

-5.17

12

11

Blackhawk

Chicago

Great Rivers

Midwest Hanmi


20,880

45,106

25,514

2,622


$ 847,106

$ 1,737,106

$ 910,556

$ 6,500


$ 40.57

$ 38.51

$ 35.69

$ 2.48


$ 42.72

$ 51.63

$ 32.83

$ 20.94


-5.04

-25.41

8.71

-88.16


111

122

134

170


98

51

147

167


Ohio Valley

Southeastern Illinois

Wabash Valley

Whitewater Valley


11,109

15,327

25,648

25,266


$ 353,544

$ 890,840

$ 1,047,295

$ 1,096,593


$ 31.83

$ 58.12

$ 40.83

$ 43.40


$ 34.14

$ 44.16

$ 36.64

$ 43.62


-6.77

31.62

11.44

-.50


147

35

109

92


144

90

130

92


Living Waters

132,633

$ 8,368,409

$ 63.09

$ 65.82

-4.15

1

1

East Tennessee

Holston

Louisville

Memphis


16,050

10,054

13,613

13,109


$ 1,336,354

$ 876,665

$ 706,862

$ 506,544


$ 83.26

$ 87.20

$ 51.93

$ 38.64


$ 90.72

$ 96.94

$ 46.99

$ 39.33


-8.23

-10.05

10.50

-1.76


9

6

53

120


7

4

72

117


Middle Tennessee

Mississippi

North Alabama

St. Andrew


18,327

7,146

6,651

7,236


$ 804,827

$ 271,488

$ 476,436

$ 648,817


$ 43.91

$ 37.99

$ 71.63

$ 89.67


$ 49.61

$ 47.46

$ 94.23

$ 80.02


-11.49

-19.96

-23.98

12.05


87

124

14

2


61

69

6

11


Sheppards & Lapsley

South Alabama

Transylvania

Western Kentucky


16,568

5,840

12,822

5,217


$ 1,177,902

$ 452,752

$ 738,426

$ 371,336


$ 71.10

$ 77.53

$ 57.59

$ 71.18


$ 78.48

$ 70.92

$ 55.10

$ 51.52


-9.41

9.32

4.52

38.16


17

11

37

16


12

15

42

52


Mid-America

106,952

$ 4,656,363

$ 43.54

$ 46.45

-6.26

10

9

Giddings-Lovejoy

Heartland

John Calvin

Missouri Union


28,764

31,047

10,035

10,073


$ 1,130,589

$ 1,417,196

$ 432,874

$ 467,301


$ 39.31

$ 45.65

$ 43.14

$ 46.39


$ 42.11

$ 48.70

$ 59.61

$ 46.96


-6.66

-6.28

-27.64

-1.20


116

81

94

78


101

64

34

73


Northern Kansas

Southern Kansas


12,625

14,408


$ 531,162

$ 677,241


$ 42.07

$ 47.00


$ 40.16

$ 46.65


4.76

.75


101

75


112

75


Mid-Atlantic

335,834

$ 17,104,550

$ 50.93

$ 49.36

3.18

5

6

Abingdon

Baltimore

Charlotte

Coastal Carolina


5,222

22,285

42,407

31,364


$ 339,849

$ 791,951

$ 2,442,056

$ 1,291,062


$ 65.08

$ 35.54

$ 57.59

$ 41.16


$ 69.68

$ 38.91

$ 59.94

$ 30.63


-6.60

-8.66

-3.93

34.39


21

135

38

105


18

120

31

151


Eastern Virginia

James

National Capital

New Castle


19,640

28,324

37,866

14,103


$ 1,149,961

$ 1,339,446

$ 1,899,716

$ 724,899


$ 58.55

$ 47.29

$ 50.17

$ 51.40


$ 60.65

$ 44.98

$ 43.61

$ 50.30


-3.45

5.14

15.05

2.19


32

71

61

54


30

87

93

59


New Hope

Peaks

Salem

Shenandoah

Western North Carolina


33,726

23,517

36,368

19,149

21,863


$ 1,493,534

$ 1,142,663

$ 2,097,480

$ 1,117,349

$ 1,274,584


$ 44.28

$ 48.59

$ 57.67

$ 58.35

$ 58.30


$ 48.16

$ 49.05

$ 55.80

$ 62.62

$ 46.37


-8.05

-.93

3.36

-6.82

25.73


85

65

36

33

34


66

63

40

26

77


Northeast

260,036

$ 10,724,960

$ 41.24

$ 41.75

-1.22

11

12

Albany

Boston

Cayuga-Syracuse

Elizabeth


13,081

3,067

7,923

18,493


$ 559,947

$ 127,058

$ 296,196

$ 1,103,180


$ 42.81

$ 41.43

$ 37.38

$ 59.65


$ 42.94

$ 37.76

$ 42.99

$ 59.73


-.31

9.71

-13.03

-.13


98

103

127

28


97

125

96

32


Genesee Valley

Geneva

Hudson River

Long Island


20,027

9,999

20,322

14,219


$ 807,036

$ 389,382

$ 692,583

$ 644,283


$ 40.30

$ 38.94

$ 34.08

$ 45.31


$ 35.33

$ 40.48

$ 34.64

$ 49.30


14.05

-3.80

-1.62

-8.09


113

118

142

82


137

110

142

62


Monmouth

New Brunswick

New York City

Newark


16,419

12,973

19,148

9,348


$ 670,296

$ 533,819

$ 684,623

$ 294,584


$ 40.82

$ 41.15

$ 35.75

$ 31.51


$ 34.75

$ 39.06

$ 40.24

$ 35.80


17.48

5.35

-11.15

-11.98


110

106

133

148


141

119

111

134


Newton

Northern New England

Northern New York

Palisades


17,401

3,750

4,231

10,776


$ 749,798

$ 161,672

$ 184,703

$ 534,181


$ 43.09

$ 43.11

$ 43.65

$ 49.57


$ 41.18

$ 40.54

$ 50.91

$ 50.86


4.64

6.34

-14.26

-2.53


96

95

91

63


104

108

54

55


Southern New England

Susquehanna Valley

Utica

West Jersey

Western New York


9,921

8,597

5,573

16,110

18,658


$ 484,822

$ 352,021

$ 152,818

$ 761,408

$ 540,550


$ 48.87

$ 40.95

$ 27.42

$ 47.26

$ 28.97


$ 52.69

$ 37.41

$ 36.56

$ 47.74

$ 30.47


-7.25

9.44

-25.00

-1.01

-4.93


64

108

159

72

151


49

126

131

68

152


Pacific

124,210

$ 5,784,530

$ 46.57

$ 47.53

-2.02

8

8

Boise

Cascades

Eastern Oregon

Kendall


3,256

28,996

1,283

2,920


$ 110,354

$ 1,649,902

$ 68,842

$ 67,119


$ 33.89

$ 56.90

$ 53.66

$ 22.99


$ 49.78

$ 50.65

$ 45.27

$ 35.61


-31.91

12.34

18.53

-35.46


143

42

50

163


60

56

84

135


Nevada

Redwoods

Sacramento

San Francisco


5,167

9,766

15,642

30,237


$ 223,682

$ 554,124

$ 690,792

$ 1,167,748


$ 43.29

$ 56.74

$ 44.16

$ 38.62


$ 45.43

$ 52.18

$ 43.18

$ 44.12


-4.70

8.74

2.28

-12.47


93

43

86

121


83

50

94

91


San Joaquin

San Jose

Stockton


9,011

13,079

4,853


$ 364,975

$ 620,552

$ 266,470


$ 40.50

$ 47.45

$ 54.91


$ 39.81

$ 53.13

$ 62.06


1.74

-10.70

-11.42


112

69

46


113

47

28


Rocky Mountains

58,726

$ 2,272,037

$ 38.69

$ 39.72

-2.59

13

13

Boulder

Box Butte

Denver

Glacier

Plains & Peaks


-

-

14,708

4,293

13,163


$ -

$ -

$ 618,800

$ 149,436

$ 626,096


$ -

$ -

$ 42.07

$ 34.81

$ 47.56


$ 40.73

$ 32.45

$ 38.32

$ 53.34

$ -


-

-

9.78

-34.74

-


-

-

100

139

68


107

148

122

46

-


Pueblo

Utah

Western Colorado

Wyoming

Yellowstone


9,654

4,811

2,620

5,869

3,608


$ 194,100

$ 262,265

$ 105,269

$ 225,837

$ 90,234


$ 20.11

$ 54.51

$ 40.18

$ 38.48

$ 25.01


$ 26.53

$ 56.04

$ 39.64

$ 46.11

$ 33.64


-24.22

-2.73

1.37

-16.55

-25.65


165

47

114

123

162


163

39

114

80

146


South Atlantic

295,945

$ 18,027,624

$ 60.92

$ 61.26

-.56

2

3

Central Florida

Charleston-Atlantic

Cherokee

Flint River


30,661

16,238

10,575

8,195


$ 1,445,938

$ 1,454,823

$ 754,180

$ 704,218


$ 47.16

$ 89.59

$ 71.32

$ 85.93


$ 46.61

$ 82.88

$ 65.87

$ 61.45


1.18

8.11

8.27

39.85


73

3

15

8


76

10

20

29


Florida

Foothills

Greater Atlanta

New Harmony


9,809

21,888

47,676

13,923


$ 624,626

$ 1,475,022

$ 3,013,038

$ 1,012,884


$ 63.68

$ 67.39

$ 63.20

$ 72.75


$ 68.60

$ 73.47

$ 63.86

$ 76.73


-7.17

-8.28

-1.04

-5.19


24

18

25

12


19

14

23

13


Northeast Georgia

Peace River

Providence

St. Augustine


9,326

23,102

8,576

20,436


$ 572,839

$ 1,160,276

$ 934,454

$ 1,098,560


$ 61.42

$ 50.22

$ 108.96

$ 53.76


$ 84.26

$ 51.36

$ 106.77

$ 44.96


-27.10

-2.22

2.05

19.56


26

59

1

49


9

53

2

88


Savannah

Tampa Bay

Trinity

Tropical Florida


7,160

29,379

18,307

20,694


$ 636,964

$ 1,506,351

$ 1,176,731

$ 456,720


$ 88.96

$ 51.27

$ 64.28

$ 22.07


$ 87.66

$ 56.17

$ 63.83

$ 25.56


1.48

-8.72

.71

-13.65


4

56

23

164


8

38

24

165


Southern California and Hawaii


105,558


$ 5,868,094


$ 55.59


$ 61.93


-10.24


4


2

Hanmi

Los Ranchos

Pacific

Riverside


4,530

23,927

17,179

8,813


$ 56,044

$ 1,863,350

$ 1,013,240

$ 346,276


$ 12.37

$ 77.88

$ 58.98

$ 39.29


$ 16.19

$ 95.77

$ 42.58

$ 33.89


-23.57

-18.68

38.52

15.94


166

10

29

117


168

5

99

145


San Diego

San Fernando

San Gabriel

Santa Barbara


19,461

10,491

11,378

9,779


$ 1,017,635

$ 489,921

$ 583,841

$ 497,787


$ 52.29

$ 46.70

$ 51.31

$ 50.90


$ 65.34

$ 70.81

$ 45.48

$ 63.69


-19.97

-34.05

12.82

-20.08


52

77

55

58


21

16

82

25


Southwest

38,648

$ 1,957,247

$ 50.64

$ 48.65

4.09

6

7

De Cristo

Grand Canyon

Santa Fe

Sierra Blanca


9,337

18,467

7,683

3,161


$ 324,203

$ 1,083,965

$ 368,476

$ 180,603


$ 34.72

$ 58.70

$ 47.96

$ 57.13


$ 39.49

$ 53.52

$ 47.17

$ 50.38


-12.07

9.68

1.68

13.41


140

30

66

41


115

45

70

57


Sun

217,034

$ 10,477,126

$ 48.27

$ 49.69

-2.86

7

5

Arkansas

Cimarron

Eastern Oklahoma

Grace


18,288

3,720

14,416

52,204


$ 917,637

$ 133,778

$ 659,514

$ 2,483,647


$ 50.18

$ 35.96

$ 45.75

$ 47.58


$ 47.01

$ 29.67

$ 41.11

$ 57.57


6.75

21.22

11.27

-17.36


60

132

80

67


71

157

105

35


Indian Nations

Mission

New Covenant

Palo Duro


12,223

31,499

40,749

12,229


$ 352,742

$ 1,380,867

$ 1,931,394

$ 535,032


$ 28.86

$ 43.84

$ 47.40

$ 43.75


$ 26.34

$ 50.35

$ 44.75

$ 43.13


9.57

-12.93

5.93

1.44


153

88

70

89


164

58

89

95


Pines

South Louisana

Tres Rios


8,498

13,666

9,542


$ 755,674

$ 801,682

$ 525,159


$ 88.92

$ 58.66

$ 55.04


$ 121.29

$ 41.67

$ 38.00


-26.69

40.78

44.89


5

31

45


1

103

124


Trinity

319,684

$ 14,372,639

$ 44.96

$ 44.42

1.22

9

10

Beaver-Butler

Carlisle

Donegal

Huntingdon


18,377

17,372

24,659

9,265


$ 665,598

$ 993,034

$ 1,773,555

$ 307,327


$ 36.22

$ 57.16

$ 71.92

$ 33.17


$ 37.01

$ 55.42

$ 54.22

$ 40.53


-2.14

3.15

32.64

-18.15


131

40

13

144


128

41

43

109


Kiskiminetas

Lackawanna

Lake Erie

Lehigh


15,348

10,710

13,979

12,887


$ 660,258

$ 317,764

$ 507,529

$ 603,354


$ 43.02

$ 29.67

$ 36.31

$ 46.82


$ 46.31

$ 29.20

$ 41.98

$ 45.13


-7.11

1.62

-13.52

3.75


97

150

130

76


78

159

102

85


Northumberland

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Redstone


6,984

49,096

56,030

20,757


$ 293,699

$ 2,672,171

$ 2,303,240

$ 728,875


$ 42.05

$ 54.43

$ 41.11

$ 35.11


$ 37.07

$ 56.35

$ 41.07

$ 31.85


13.45

-3.41

.10

10.26


102

48

107

137


127

37

106

149


Shenango

Upper Ohio Valley

Washington

West Virginia


18,165

12,668

14,029

19,358


$ 583,320

$ 358,981

$ 354,338

$ 1,249,596


$ 32.11

$ 28.34

$ 25.26

$ 64.55


$ 38.20

$ 28.37

$ 29.03

$ 62.40


-15.93

-.11

-12.99

3.44


146

155

161

22


123

162

160

27

* = no data available or calculation not possible. (Note that Plains & Peaks is a new prebytery created in 1995 by combining Boulder and Box Butte presbyteries.)

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.)