Some Statistics from Yearbook 2003
I. Number of congregations
Organized 832
Emerging 163
Other (campus ministries mainly) 22
II. Number of ministers
Serving in congregations 850
Serving as world missionaries 34
Serving as full-time chaplains 91
Serving in specialized ministries 183
Retired 430
III. Number of ministers reaching age 65 in each year until 2020
|
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
|
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) – 278,798
Confessing (over 18) 179,665
Confessing (under 18) 8,141
Non-confessing (baptized only) 90,992
Inactive confessing (over 18) 18,275
V. Average number of members (confessing and non-confessing) per congregation
Average for all congregations 280.2
Average inactive (confessing over 18) 18.4
Average for organized congregations 324.4 (approximately 21.4 inactive)
Average for emerging congregations 53.5 (approximately 3 inactive)
VI. Other averages per congregation for 2002
Average number baptized per congregation 3.5
Average number received by evangelism 2.6
(3.2 in emerging churches and 2.5 in organized churches)
Average number received from other denominations 3.5
Average number of deaths 1.9
Average number leaving for other denominations 4.2
Average decline of members per congregation 9.1
Average increase of members per congregation 9.6
Note: The above numbers indicate that we should have
shown an increase in membership during 2002, but the totals show a decrease
of 146 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
|
121
136
124
94
72
54
59
50
52
48
37
|
|
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 |
28
30
14
15
10
7
7
5
4
13 |
