Introduction
Each year, the Research Services office develops the Congregational Annual Report form, a two- page questionnaire that the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) distributes, along with the Session Annual Statistical Report, to all congregations. Research Services staff work with other entities of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to develop questions for inclusion in the Congregational Annual Report form. Instructions that accompany the form suggest the clerk of session of each congregation complete it, reporting pertinent information for the congregation.
The 1996 Congregational Annual Report form included questions in the following areas: (a) Planned Giving, (b) Peacemaking, (c) Global Service and Witness, (d) Church Capital Campaigns, (e) OGA Member Referral Service, (f) use of the Presbyterian Hymnal and pew Bibles, and (g) Evangelism. For 1996, 9,486 of the denomination's 11,328 congregations reported -- a response rate of 84%. The results of the 1996 Congregational Annual Report include congregations in 169 presbyteries in 16 synods. The two presbyteries without any responding congregations are Dakota and Monmouth. At least 50% of congregations in each other presbytery reported with the exception of these nine presbyteries: Cincinnati, Eastern Virginia, New Castle, The Peaks, Florida, Hanmi, Lackawanna, New Harmony, and Riverside.
Go to: Congregational Statistics for Year Ending 1996
For information about Congregational Statistics, email Ida Smith-Williams