Friday, February 2, 2024

UCC Lost over 286K Members in Last Decade; Also Lost 551 Congregationsa in Last Decade

 The United Church of Christ (UCC) declined by over 286,000 members from 2012 to 2022, according to recently released statistics  on the theologically liberal mainline Protestant denomination, the Christian Post  website reports today (Feb. 2, 2024).


Additionally, from 2020 to 2022, the UCC went from having 4,794 congregations to 4,603 congregations , with membership dropping from approximately 773,000 to approximately 712,000. 


The 2022 membership numbers also represented a sharp decline from 1960 , when the denomination reported approximately 2024 million members , over three times the current count. 

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