PC(USA) - Church Leadership Connection


	Statistics Summary of statistics Individuals Pastoral leadership trends; Inquirers and candidates report; Supply and demand; Ecclesiastical status salary issues Compensation; Comparisons; Housing type CIF/PIF Comparisons Numbers by years of experience; Community type; Geographical search CLC Numbers Applicants and positions report; Individuals and positions listed; Year end statistics; Racial ethnic identity; Gender Why can't we find a pastor? How many women ministers are there? Will we have enough ministers in 2025? How many racial-ethnic candidates are preparing for ministry? These are all questions we get every week. They are good questions. In order to give you the facts, we will post statistics below to answer those inquiries. As the number of candidates for ministry increases through recruitment efforts, serious attention must be given to the decreasing size of our congregations and economic pressures that result in fewer congregations that can compensate a pastor adequately. For other interesting numbers, go to the Comparative Statistics. The Presbyterian Panel Summary Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians, 2005 Findings from the initial survey of the 2006-2008 Presbyterian Panel.



	Individuals Snapshot of PC(USA) pastoral leadership trends Statistics on our churches, pastoral leadership, certified Christian Educators, and Commissioned Lay Pastors. Inquirers and candidates report A snapshot from September 2006 of candidates divided up by gender, race, ethnicity and age. Pastoral leadership supply and demand 2005 Profile: PC(USA) Candidates — Ordinands — First Call Pastors Ecclesiastical status This chart shows the ecclesiastical status of those seeking calls through CLC.



	Salary issues Compensation Information and resources on compensation Salary comparison Effective salaries charted by percent of all PIFs and CIFs CIFs housing type CIFs Housing Type chart shows types of housing offered by congregations.



	CIF/PIF Comparisons Numbers by years of experience Charts show CIFs and PIFs divided up by percentage of years of experience. Community type Charts show CIFs by community type of positions and preferred by call seekers. Geographical Search Area This chart shows the search area for positions and call seekers.



	CLC Numbers Applicants And Positions Report Real time report of Applicants and Positions in Church Leadership Connection. See the current ratio of call seekers to positions and other supply and demand factors. Individuals and positions in CLC This chart provides the number of CIFs and PIFs from 1998-2006. See historic trends of applicants and positions in CLC. CLC Year End Statistics 2006 list of models of ministry broken down Racial ethnic identity CIFs and PIFs are shown displayed by racial ethnic identity of congregations and call seekers. PIFs: Gender 2006 statistics of PIFs broken down by gender Items marked with are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For best results, right-click the link (or click and hold for Macintosh), select "save target as" and save the document to your desktop for viewing and printing.