Some Statistics from Yearbook 2002
I. Number of congregations
Organized 826
Emerging 163
Other (campus ministries mainly) 19
II. Number of ministers
Serving in congregations 877
Serving as world missionaries 41
Serving as full-time chaplains 89
Serving in specialized ministries 148
Retired 419
III. Number of ministers reaching age 65
in each year until 2020
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
|
17
20
19
14
37
44
31
42
40
47
|
|
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 |
51
27
41
43
46
47
43
50
40 |
IV. Number of members (total) – 278,944
Confessing (over 18) 179,078
Confessing (under 18) 7,596
Non-confessing (baptized only) 92,270
Inactive confessing (over 18) 17,580
V. Average number of members (confessing
and non-confessing) per congregation
Average for all congregations 281.8
Average inactive (confessing over 18) 17.8
Average for organized congregations 327.5 (approximately 21 inactive)
Average for emerging congregations 50.6 (approximately 2 inactive)
VI. Other averages per congregation for 2001
Average number baptized per congregation 3.4
Average number received by evangelism 2.6
(3.4 in emerging churches and 2.4 in organized churches)
Average number received from other denominations 3.0
Average number of deaths 1.8
Average number leaving for other denominations 4.0
Average decline of members per congregation 8.3
Average increase of members per congregation 9.0
Note: The above numbers indicate that we should have
shown an increase in membership during 2001, but the totals show a decrease
of 134 members. This suggests that some congregations still find it difficult
to designate all of their members under the existing categories and therefore
underreport their numbers.
VII. Number of congregations in each of the
following categories:
0 – 50
members
51 – 100 members
101 – 150 members
151 – 200 members
201 – 250 members
251 – 300 members
301 – 350 members
351 – 400 members
401 – 450 members
451 – 500 members
501 – 550 members
|
119
137
123
83
71
61
50
54
54
46
38
|
|
551 – 600
members
601 – 650 members
651 – 700 members
701 – 750 members
751 – 800 members
801 – 850 members
851 – 900 members
901 – 950 members
951 – 1000 members
Above 1000 members |
31
26
21
14
11
8
5
6
3
11 |
