TABLE 4

Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries -- 1995


Number
of
Congregations

Number
of
Members

Median
Size of
Congregations

Membership
Change 1994-1995

Net Gain
or
Loss

Percent of
Gain or Loss
1994-1995





Total
Gains

Total
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
* = Due to data collection discrepancies, the numbers for "net gain or loss" for these presbyteries do not equal the difference between "total gains" and "total losses."
- = no data reported