Worship Attendance in Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Churches
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) has 1567 PCA total churches: 1440 churches (92% of PCA churches) report less than 400 in worship attendance, and 127 churches (8% of PCA churches) report more than 400 in worship attendance. Of these 127 churches:
67 churches report between 401-600
34 churches report between 601-1000
22 churches report between 1001-2000
4 churches report over 2000 worshipers per week
Note:
The 127 largest PCA churches have 40% of total PCA worshippers.
Of the 4 largest PCA churches: the 2 largest are Korean language churches, 3 are led by Asian Americans, 2 of the 3 are in Korean language Presbyteries, and only 1 is in the Southeast.
These reports are not membership totals but “worship attendance” totals. Healthy churches often have more worship attenders than members.
In Canada (Toronto and Ottawa) many of the largest churches are not English-speaking (Korean and Chinese).
Reference: This information is adapted from PCA pastor Sam DeSocio’s research on worship attendance on the larger PCA churches using the PCA 2019 PCA Yearbook – which is preCOVID. We won't have the latest worship attendance reports until the 2022 or 2023 PCA Yearbook.
