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PCUSA 2015 Membership Loss: 95,107

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The 2015 Comparative Statistics show another dramatic decrease in the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s membership. In 2015, the PCUSA lost 95,107 members, bringing total membership down to 1,572,660. That’s a 5.70 decrease from the 2014 membership number — 1,667,767. The denomination lost 92,433 members that year. The PCUSA’s membership has been in continuous decline since the…

PCUSA continues membership decline – 92,433 members gone in 2014

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The decline of the Presbyterian Church (USA) accelerated in 2014 as total membership dropped below 1.7 million. According to the Comparative Statistics released yesterday by the Office of the General Assembly, the denomination’s membership declined by 92,433  in 2014 to 1,667,767. That is a 5.54 percent decline from 2013’s total membership of 1,760,200. While this year’s…

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