TABLE 4
Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries -- 1995
of Congregations | of Members | Size of Congregations | Change 1994-1995 | or Loss | Gain or Loss 1994-1995 | ||
Gains | Losses | ||||||
Alaska-Northwest* | 272 | 61,966 | 135 | 4,816 | 4,433 |
326 | 0.53 |
Alaska Central Washington* Inland Northwest North Puget Sound | 15 44 50 33 | 1,359 9,044 9,949 7,524 | 57 120 89 228 | 92 556 823 610 | 94 466 760 581 | -2 33 63 29 | -0.15 0.37 0.64 0.39 |
Olympia Seattle Yukon | 48 60 22 | 10,953 19,844 3,293 | 137 185 79 | 843 1,634 258 | 813 1,522 197 | 30 112 61 | 0.27 0.57 1.89 |
Boriquen en Puerto Rico | 71 | 8,892 | 91 | 648 | 1,443 |
-795 | -8.21 |
Noreste (Northwest) San Juan Suroeste (Southeast) | 29 14 28 | 4,498 2,167 2,227 | 115 105 66 | 258 156 234 | 1,204 107 132 | -946 49 102 | -17.38 2.31 4.80 |
Covenant* |
825 | 229,527 | 165 | 12,253 | 17,736 |
-5,671 | -2.41 |
Cincinnati Detroit Eastminster* Lake Huron | 86 92 58 58 | 23,401 43,289 16,716 15,806 | 145 310 257 145 | 1,117 2,657 821 772 | 1,919 4,058 1,174 1,026 | -802 -1,401 -541 -254 | -3.31 -3.13 -3.13 -1.58 |
Lake Michigan Mackinac Maumee Valley Miami | 70 41 84 67 | 22,755 7,202 16,431 19,407 | 225 97 135 189 | 1,195 502 855 916 | 1,702 427 1,195 1,515 | -507 75 -340 -599 | -2.18 1.05 -2.03 -2.99 |
Muskingum Valley Scioto Valley Western Reserve | 100 113 56 | 17,200 29,263 18,057 | 94 132 221 | 747 1,590 1,081 | 1,253 2,254 1,213 | -506 -664 -132 | -2.86 -2.22 -0.73 |
Lakes and Prairies | 970 | 198,099 | 122 | 10,787 | 13,890 |
-3,103 | -1.54 |
Central Nebraska Dakota Des Moines East Iowa | 42 23 66 85 | 8,364 1,101 12,494 19,560 | 109 46 119 155 | 356 - 745 859 | 563 - 1,106 1,177 | -207 - -361 -318 | -2.42 - -2.81 -1.60 |
Homestead John Knox Milwaukee Minnesota Valleys | 61 65 51 69 | 12,957 12,423 12,572 13,724 | 107 136 183 139 | 578 718 757 649 | 761 776 1,105 869 | -183 -58 -348 -220 | -1.39 -0.46 -2.69 -1.58 |
Missouri River Valley North Central Iowa Northern Plains Northern Waters | 58 55 79 66 | 14,790 11,472 9,736 9,317 | 172 148 51 77 | 1,015 556 451 472 | 1,450 689 752 673 | -435 -133 -301 -201 | -2.94 -1.15 -3.00 -2.11 |
Prospect Hill South Dakota Twin Cities Area Winnebago | 59 73 76 42 | 11,214 10,413 28,359 9,603 | 139 90 189 151 | 444 770 1,831 586 | 701 687 2,021 560 | -257 83 -190 26 | -2.24 0.80 -0.67 0.27 |
Lincoln Trails* | 718 | 171,472 | 131 | 9,589 | 11,597 |
-1,946 | -1.12 |
Blackhawk Chicago* Great Rivers* Midwest Hanmi* | 89 118 119 17 | 20,880 45,106 25,514 2,622 | 178 189 129 49 | 1,138 2,372 1,471 504 | 1,505 2,670 2,008 316 | -367 -1,989 -529 1,933 | -1.73 -4.22 -2.03 280.55 |
Ohio Valley Southeastern Illinois Wabash Valley Whitewater Valley | 90 106 104 75 | 11,109 15,327 25,648 25,266 | 87 89 137 178 | 496 650 1,500 1,458 | 629 985 1,660 1,824 | -133 -335 -160 -366 | -1.18 -2.14 -0.62 -1.43 |
Living Waters | 822 | 132,633 | 73 | 7,366 | 8,160 |
-794 | -0.60 |
East Tennessee Holston Louisville Memphis | 81 70 56 77 | 16,050 10,054 13,613 13,109 | 87 53 157 71 | 1,017 402 638 860 | 1,138 481 868 931 | -121 -79 -230 -71 | -0.75 -0.78 -1.66 -0.54 |
Middle Tennessee Mississippi North Alabama St. Andrew | 98 47 36 82 | 18,327 7,146 6,651 7,236 | 63 66 102 33 | 1,127 412 341 361 | 904 541 423 382 | 223 -129 -82 -21 | 1.23 -1.77 -1.22 -0.29 |
Sheppards & Lapsley South Alabama Transylvania Western Kentucky | 105 31 100 39 | 16,568 5,840 12,822 5,217 | 68 143 59 68 | 869 385 685 269 | 894 389 780 429 | -25 -4 -95 -160 | -0.15 -0.07 -0.74 -2.98 |
Mid-America* | 519 | 106,952 | 98 | 5,957 | 8,864 |
-2,998 | -2.73 |
Giddings-Lovejoy* Heartland* John Calvin Missouri Union* | 104 116 65 81 | 28,764 31,047 10,035 10,073 | 121 109 78 67 | 1,519 1,991 545 690 | 2,556 2,651 686 832 | -1,339 -682 -141 -85 | -4.45 -2.15 -1.39 -0.84 |
Northern Kansas Southern Kansas* | 77 76 | 12,625 14,408 | 108 92 | 532 680 | 1,028 1,111 | -496 -255 | -3.78 -1.74 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,481 |
335,834 | 119 | 20,561 |
20,583 | -22 | -0.01 |
Abingdon Baltimore* Charlotte Coastal Carolina | 58 72 139 191 | 5,222 22,285 42,407 31,364 | 51 214 167 94 | 271 1,382 2,798 1,864 | 228 1,498 2,448 1,852 | 43 519 350 12 | 0.83 2.38 0.83 0.04 |
Eastern Virginia James National Capital* New Castle | 65 115 120 55 | 19,640 28,324 37,866 14,103 | 173 126 213 178 | 1,383 1,688 2,823 781 | 1,137 1,607 3,234 1,024 | 246 81 -1,046 -243 | 1.27 0.29 -2.69 -1.69 |
New Hope Peaks Salem Shenandoah | 136 145 156 111 | 33,726 23,517 36,368 19,149 | 93 78 105 127 | 2,243 1,159 1,810 975 | 2,056 1,201 2,175 1,033 | 187 -42 -365 -58 | 0.56 -0.18 -0.99 -0.30 |
Western North Carolina | 118 | 21,863 | 96 | 1,384 | 1,090 | 294 | 1.36 |
Northeast* | 1,190 |
260,036 | 145 | 15,132 |
19,926 | -5,112 | -1.93 |
Albany* Boston Cayuga-Syracuse Elizabeth | 74 23 48 51 | 13,081 3,067 7,923 18,493 | 137 100 129 278 | 897 276 506 951 | 1,100 187 539 1,929 | -495 89 -33 -978 | -3.65 2.99 -0.41 -5.02 |
Genesee Valley* Geneva Hudson River Long Island | 74 62 96 61 | 20,027 9,999 20,322 14,219 | 180 117 151 181 | 1,059 465 1,094 953 | 1,591 547 1,211 1,182 | -558 -82 -117 -229 | -2.71 -0.81 -0.57 -1.58 |
Monmouth New Brunswick New York City Newark | 44 43 107 45 | 16,419 12,973 19,148 9,348 | 295 199 104 139 | 988 780 928 563 | 1,264 1,078 1,506 630 | -276 -298 -578 -67 | -1.65 -2.25 -2.93 -0.71 |
Newton Northern New England Northern New York Palisades | 66 31 41 54 | 17,401 3,750 4,231 10,776 | 191 80 74 133 | 1,049 276 182 724 | 1,364 324 265 849 | -315 -48 -83 -125 | -1.78 -1.26 -1.92 -1.15 |
Southern New England Susquehanna Valley Utica West Jersey | 34 59 42 66 | 9,921 8,597 5,573 16,110 | 183 92 91 186 | 647 424 269 1,025 | 989 645 507 1,125 | -342 -221 -238 -100 | -3.33 -2.51 -4.10 -0.62 |
Western New York |
69 | 18,658 | 208 | 1,076 | 1,094 | -18 | -0.10 |
Pacific |
463 | 124,210 | 148 | 7,757 | 9,716 |
-1,959 | -1.55 |
Boise Cascades Eastern Oregon Kendall | 15 124 17 18 | 3,256 28,996 1,283 2,920 | 114 135 39 87 | 168 1,826 66 164 | 158 2,606 107 175 | 10 -780 -41 -11 | 0.31 -2.62 -3.10 -0.38 |
Nevada Redwoods Sacramento San Francisco | 21 51 41 72 | 5,167 9,766 15,642 30,237 | 178 135 204 178 | 543 595 1,105 1,613 | 503 752 1,273 2,137 | 40 -157 -168 -524 | 0.78 -1.58 -1.06 -1.70 |
San Joaquin San Jose Stockton | 37 44 23 | 9,011 13,079 4,853 | 143 221 166 | 525 843 309 | 519 1,128 358 | 6 -285 -49 | 0.07 -2.13 -1.00 |
Rocky Mountains* | 236 | 58,726 | 133 | 4,296 | 5,033 |
-793 | -1.33 |
Denver Glacier Plains and Peaks* Pueblo | 50 20 44 28 | 14,708 4,293 13,163 9,654 | 211 139 155 131 | 1,227 291 806 709 | 1,683 259 1,048 612 | -456 32 -298 97 | -3.01 0.75 -2.21 1.01 |
Utah Western Colorado Wyoming Yellowstone | 24 14 29 27 | 4,811 2,620 5,869 3,608 | 113 148 101 96 | 444 286 336 197 | 424 312 489 206 | 20 -26 -153 -9 | 0.42 -0.98 -2.54 -0.25 |
South Atlantic* | 992 | 295,945 | 149 | 23,819 | 22,003 |
-1,335 | -0.45 |
Central Florida Charleston-Atlantic Cherokee Flint River | 76 51 37 57 | 30,661 16,238 10,575 8,195 | 276 203 136 70 | 2,763 1,136 1,110 506 | 2,655 1,123 988 530 | 108 193 122 -24 | 0.35 1.20 1.17 -0.29 |
Florida Foothills Greater Atlanta* New Harmony | 43 65 110 80 | 9,809 21,888 47,676 13,923 | 111 113 243 69 | 751 1,445 4,217 912 | 488 1,192 3,867 970 | 263 253 210 -58 | 2.76 1.17 0.44 -0.41 |
Northeast Georgia Peace River Providence St. Augustine | 60 38 60 63 | 9,326 23,102 8,576 20,436 | 76 508 62 195 | 721 1,640 448 1,920 | 622 1,643 548 1,711 | 99 -3 -100 209 | 1.07 -0.01 -1.15 1.03 |
Savannah Tampa Bay Trinity Tropical Florida* | 40 77 71 64 | 7,160 29,379 18,307 20,694 | 95 261 96 179 | 438 2,415 1,434 1,783 | 356 2,290 1,106 1,914 | 82 125 328 -472 | 1.16 0.43 1.82 -2.23 |
Southern California and Hawaii* | 316 |
105,618 |
174 | 7,098 | 8,924 | -2,256 | -2.09 |
Hanmi Los Ranchos Pacific Riverside | 36 56 52 32 | 4,530 23,927 17,239 8,813 | 65 287 169 133 | 266 1,569 1,029 701 | 335 1,931 1,839 827 | -69 -362 -810 -126 | -1.50 -1.49 -4.49 -1.41 |
San Diego* San Fernando San Gabriel Santa Barbara | 33 34 44 29 | 19,461 10,491 11,378 9,779 | 314 206 157 267 | 1,293 548 876 816 | 1,338 693 1,117 844 | -475 -145 -241 -28 | -2.38 -1.36 -2.07 -0.29 |
Southwest |
165 | 38,648 | 119 | 3,619 | 4,028 |
-409 | -1.05 |
De Cristo Grand Canyon Santa Fe Sierra Blanca | 29 71 42 23 | 9,337 18,467 7,683 3,161 | 128 148 97 103 | 774 1,956 586 303 | 712 2,232 869 215 | 62 -276 -283 88 | 0.67 -1.47 -3.55 2.86 |
Sun* | 970 | 217,034 |
107 | 13,997 | 16,787 |
-2,786 | -1.27 |
Arkansas Cimarron Eastern Oklahoma* Grace | 99 16 82 190 | 18,288 3,720 14,416 52,204 | 108 133 44 145 | 1,241 205 963 3,232 | 1,245 325 1,133 3,967 | -4 -120 -166 -735 | -0.02 -3.13 -1.14 -1.39 |
Indian Nations Mission New Covenant Palo Duro | 64 159 111 62 | 12,223 31,499 40,749 12,229 | 68 101 177 97 | 709 2,213 2,929 710 | 1,119 2,143 3,722 815 | -410 70 -793 -105 | -3.25 0.22 -1.91 -0.85 |
Pines South Louisana Tres Rios | 77 74 36 | 8,498 13,666 9,542 | 55 99 118 | 389 911 495 | 532 1,190 596 | -143 -279 -101 | -1.65 -2.00 -1.05 |
Trinity |
1,351 | 319,684 | 141 | 15,382 | 21,380 |
-6,003 | -1.84 |
Beaver-Butler* Carlisle Donegal Huntingdon | 87 53 63 56 | 18,377 17,372 24,659 9,265 | 161 193 252 105 | 1,067 879 1,521 345 | 1,101 1,304 1,844 587 | -129 -425 -323 -242 | -0.70 -2.39 -1.29 -2.55 |
Kiskiminetas Lackawanna Lake Erie Lehigh | 92 64 61 36 | 15,348 10,710 13,979 12,887 | 105 113 132 228 | 624 369 574 752 | 944 653 1,048 824 | -320 -284 -474 -72 | -2.04 -2.58 -3.28 -0.56 |
Northumberland Philadelphia* Pittsburgh Redstone | 44 152 169 89 | 6,984 49,096 56,030 20,757 | 113 181 208 147 | 409 2,410 2,644 777 | 708 3,367 3,650 1,186 | -299 -867 -1,006 -409 | -4.11 -1.74 -1.76 -1.93 |
Shenango Upper Ohio Valley Washington West Virginia | 70 95 69 151 | 18,165 12,668 14,029 19,358 | 199 92 136 58 | 803 565 695 948 | 1,130 839 903 1,292 | -327 -274 -208 -344 | -1.77 -2.12 -1.46 -1.75 |
Total* |
11,361 | 2,665,276 | 128 | 163,077 | 194,503 |
-32,986 | -1.22 |