Charlotte Presbytery has had the most congregations to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) while Sacramento Presbytery has lost the most members, according to a presentation given in October 2014 by former and current staff of the PCUSA’s Research Services. The presentation also disclosed that Pennsylvania was ranked first in the number of congregations that have…
A presentation given last October by current and former members of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Research Services concluded that a large majority of the congregations that have left the PCUSA since 2006 were conservative churches that “were tired of battling the more moderate majority over various issues, pre-eminent among them the question of ordination of…
By Paul Seebeck, The Presbyterian News Service. The majority of worshiping community participants in the 1001 movement are young, racially diverse, and new to the Presbyterian Church (USA) These are some of the findings in a recently completed worshiping community leaders survey, conducted by Research Services of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The survey polled leaders from known worshiping…
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is trying to find out how many same-sex marriages have occurred in the denomination as a result of the 2014 General Assembly’s votes on marriage. The 2014 “Clerk’s Annual Questionnaire,” prepared by the denomination’s Research Services, includes a section on “Same-sex marriage,” and includes the following questions: “During 2014, were there…
Newer congregations in the Presbyterian Church (USA) give more than older congregations and are more likely to rent their worship space than those churches that have been in existence far longer. Those were just some of the results from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey conducted in regard to new Presbyterian churches. Results of the survey…