Woke Presbyterian Denomination Continues to Bleed Membership
The article reports that the Presbyterian Church USA experienced meaningful membership decline in 2025,losing nearly 130 congregations and over 26,000 members. Overall membership dropped to about 1,019,003 individuals, marking an annual decrease averaging 4.6% over the past decade, with the slowest decline in ten years between 2024 and 2025 at 2.6%. A majority of members are over 55, with 35% over 70, and only 4% are 18 or younger. Most churches that dissolved did so voluntarily, with only a few dismissals to other denominations. The denomination’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues has been progressive, celebrating diversity and inclusion, and the recent General assembly mandated that congregations specify whether they welcome LGBTQ+ pastors, aiming to aid clergy in finding suitable church communities. The church also maintains active committees on LGBTQ+ rights and gender justice, reflecting its inclusive policies amidst a declining and aging membership base.
The Presbyterian Church USA bled nearly 130 congregations and over 26,000 members in 2025, according to estimates released amid their latest General Assembly.
The theologically and politically progressive denomination lost 26,845 members between 2024 and 2025, according to a report from The Christian Post.
Its membership now stands at 1,019,003 people as of the end of 2025.
The past 10 years have seen membership drop annually at an average pace of 4.6 percent.
The decline of 2.6 percent between 2024 and 2025 was the slowest in a decade.
More than 60 percent of PCUSA members are over 55 years old, and 35 percent are above the age of 70.
Only 4 percent of members are 18 years old or younger.
Most of the decline of 128 churches were marked by dissolutions, with only 12 being dismissed to other denominations.
The Christian Post noted that 300 congregations left the PCUSA in 2010 after non-celibate homosexuals were permitted ordination.
The official website for the PCUSA says that the denomination “celebrates the gifts of all gender identities and sexual orientations in the life of the church and affirms the full dignity and humanity of all people.”
One recent General Assembly confirmed that they have a “commitment to the full welcome, acceptance, and inclusion of transgender people, people who identify as gender non-binary, and people of all gender identities within the full life of the church and the world.”
The PCUSA has several committees oriented toward LGBT activism — including the Advocacy Committee for LGBTQIA+ Equity.
They also have “Women and Gender Justice” as one of their ministry areas.
“The advocacy committee seeks to address and rectify injustices faced by LGBTQIA+ groups and other groups historically marginalized and silenced due to oppressive power structures perpetuated by human sinfulness,” the website continued.
The Bible and the historic Christian faith teach that humans are made immutably male and female, and that marriage is only between one man and one woman.
At the most recent General Assembly, the PCUSA agreed to start requiring churches to indicate if they are open to an LGBT pastor, per a report from AL.com.
Any clergy candidates could then see whether various congregations are open to a homosexual or transgender minister.
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