The Office of the General Assembly released its annual statistics report this week and the downward trend in membership continues. For 2022, the PC(USA) reports a loss of 53,105 members, nearly 2,000 more than reported the year before. Current membership still stands at just over 1.1 million. There was also a loss of 108 churches last year, bringing the total to 8,705.
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There has been nothing normal about church membership and attendance over the past two years. In-person worship took a major hit in all Christian denominations as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on. Many denominations have reported thousands of members leaving the church altogether. But even as membership continues to show a decline in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the numbers were not as high as in 2020.
코비드-19 팬데믹으로 인해 장로교인들이 서로 만나지 못했지만, 지난해 신자 감소는 이전 4년과 비교해 큰 차이가 없었다. 총회 사무국은 연례 통계 보고서를 발행했다. 이 보고서는 2020년 신자 수 감소가 약 5만 6천 명에 달한다고 하였다. 이는 2016년 이래 보고된 평균 감소율과 다를 바 없었다.
La pandemia de COVID-19 puede haber impedido que los presbiterianos se reunieran en persona pero el declive en membresía del año pasado no muestra una diferencia apreciable con los cuatro años anteriores. La Oficina de la Asamblea General emitió el informe anual de estadísticas que muestra una disminución de apenas algo más de 56,000 en membresía, el mismo promedio de pérdidas que se reporta desde 2016.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have kept Presbyterians from meeting in person, but the decline in membership over the past year is not significantly different than it was over the previous four years. The Office of the General Assembly has released its annual statistics report showing a decline in membership in 2020 at just over 56,000, which averages the same loss rate as reported since 2016.
Aunque las cifras son ligeramente inferiores, la Oficina de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.) sigue mostrando una nivelación en la disminución de la membresía de la iglesia. El informe estadístico recién publicado para el 2019 muestra un total de 1,3 millones de miembros, en comparación con los 1,4 millones de hace tres años, pero la disminución anual de las iglesias y de los miembros activos es menor que en años anteriores.
Aunque las cifras son ligeramente inferiores, la Oficina de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.) sigue mostrando una nivelación en la disminución de la membresía de la iglesia. El informe estadístico recién publicado para el 2019 muestra un total de 1,3 millones de miembros, en comparación con los 1,4 millones de hace tres años, pero la disminución anual de las iglesias y de los miembros activos es menor que en años anteriores.
숫자가 약간 낮긴 하지만, 미국장로교 총회사무국은 교회 회원수의 감소가 안정세에 들어섰음을 보여주고 있다. 2019년도에 새로 발표된 통계에 따르면, 3년 전에 140만 명이었던 총회원 수는 130만 명이 되었으나, 교회와 성도 수의 연간 감소폭은 지난 해들에 비해 더 낮아졌다.
While the numbers are slightly lower, the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to show a leveling off in the decline of church membership. The newly released statistical report for 2019 shows a total membership of 1.3 million, compared to 1.4 million three years ago, but the annual decline in churches and active members is lower than in years past.
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