Data Kit Glossary Page
Summary of Form A report – Includes summary of congregational membership statistics, financial
statistics, ethnic membership and specialty programs/activities for the synod.
Summary of Form C report – Includes summary of congregational programming for the synod, including
curriculum used for education, what assistances are offered to those with disabilities, and what
resources were found helpful in stewardship efforts.
Select Congregational Statistics – Includes the size, location, and past attendance data for congregations
within the synod.
2011 2012 Change Percent Summary of Membership Statistics
Analysis of Membership Gains and Losses Totals -- End of Year
Confirmed Members Congregations
Baptized Members
Baptized Members -- Removed
Baptized Members (/86)
By Baptism - Children Under Age 16 By Baptism - Adults Age 16 and Older By Affirmation of Faith
By Transfer
From Other Sources and Stat Adjs Baptized Members -- Total Received
Averages per Congregation Reporting Statistical Analysis
Congregations - Under Development Congregations - Organized
Congregations - Filed Form A
Percent of Congregations Reporting Programs/Activities as the Congregation's
Specialty (2012 Form A)
Social Justice Activities Community Service Activities Evangelism/Recruitment Activities Support Groups
(Bereavement,Divorce, 12-Step) Fellowship/Social Activities Prayer, Meditation or Spiritual Development Activities
Bible Study or Other
Adult Christian Education Other Activities 16-19 Christian Education 16-19 Confirmation Ministry
Other Activities for Children Christian Education 15 or Younger Music
Worship
Stewardship
Identifying and Using Spiritual Gifts of Active Participants Baptized Members -- Received
Baptized Members -- Total Removed By Transfer
By Death
From Other Sources and Stat Adjs
Total Weekly Worship Attendance Avg Sunday Attendance per Cong PCT Bapt Mbrs Attending Worship
Analysis of Membership Gains and Losses Active Participants
Baptized Members Confirmed
86 86 0 67 86 86 0 74 0 0 -7 21,588 16,269 95 22,292 17,028 146 181 19 141 206 18 133 -25 1 8 282 130 719 287 119 196 -5 11 523 115 10 144 25 -29 -15 466 526 -60 1,131 602 529 -704 -759 -51 10,279 10,601 -322 0.00 0.00 -9.46 -3.16 -4.46 -12.14 5.56 -20.14 -60.00 -11.41 6.02 -1.74 9.24 87.87 -34.93 -3.04 266.84 Confirmed Members (/86) 4,885 56 5,031 58 -146 -2 22.63 22.57 0.06 -2.90 -3.45 0.27 42.42 21.54 4.62 1.54 3.13 0.00 0.00 12.31 3.03 22.73 1.52 1.52 6.06 6.06 0.00 19.70 189.17 251.02 0
Young Adult Activities 18-30 0.00
----8A Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod, ELCA
2011 2012 Change Percent
Summary of Financial Statistics
Totals -- End of Year Averages per Congregation Reporting
Statistical Analysis
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Form A - Summary of Congregational Statistics as of 12/31/2012
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Run Date 07/21/13Percent of Total Disbursements Detail of Financial Statistics - Receipts
Detail of Financial Statistics - Disbursements Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Assets, Value on December 31 Total Indebtedness on Dec 31 Number of Bequests Received Total Value of Bequests Received Projected Mission Support
Average Total Giving / Bapt Member Average Total Giving / Conf Member
Current Operating Expenses
Payments on Debts Capital Improvements
Other Synod Benevolence Regular Giving by Members Designated Giving by Members Earned Income (any source) Grants (any source)
All Other Receipts
Mission Support
Subtotal Non-Mission Supt Benev Other CWO Benevolence
Benevolence - Another Country Benevolence - Camps
Other Expenses & Realized Losses
Total Receipts (/86) Total Disburse (/86) Assets Val 12/31 (/86) Total Indebtedness (/16) 118,076.62 116,285.27 1,560,708.67 106,754.19 Number of Bequests / 100 Deaths
Average Value per Bequest
5.67 12,782.00
Percent--Indebtedness / Assets Percent--Congs With No Debt
1.27 81.40
Current Operating Expenses
Payments on Debts Capital Improvements
Mission Support
Subtotal Non-Mission Supt Benev Other Expenses & Realized Losses
75.54 8.41 4.25 1.64 7.56 2.61 10,154,589 134,220,946 1,708,067 16 204,512 10,000,533 858,660 380.90 505.43 7,088,551 1,134,246 529,213 169,049 1,233,530 7,553,674 755,774 260,598 841,032 424,847 164,164 144,882 17,461 8,961 8,883 9,827,661 132,851,381 1,753,722 22 545,863 9,877,966 798,957 368.39 482.28 7,303,719 908,479 618,075 163,091 834,297 7,621,449 596,443 269,279 858,815 387,143 136,884 130,101 13,945 6,357 4,345 326,928 1,369,565 -45,655 122,567 -6 12.51 23.15 -341,351 59,703 -215,168 -88,862 5,958 399,233 225,767 -67,775 -8,681 -17,783 37,704 159,331 27,280 3,516 2,604 4,538 14,781 3.33 1.24 1.03 -2.60 -27.27 -62.53 7.47 3.40 4.80 -2.95 24.85 -14.38 3.65 47.85 -0.89 26.71 -3.22 -2.07 9.74 19.93 11.36 25.21 40.96 104.44 Benevolence - Colleges Benevolence - Seminaries Benevolence - Social Service
11,121 3,593 90,100 13,487 3,729 69,091 -2,366 -136 21,009 -17.54 -3.65 30.41
Benevolence - Direct Recipient 146,088 139,846 -6,242 -4.27 Benevolence - Direct Recipient 1.40 Benevolence - Seminaries
Benevolence - Colleges
Benevolence - Social Service 0.90 0.11 0.04 Other Synod Benevolence
Benevolence - Another Country Other CWO Benevolence
1.45 0.17 0.09
Assets, Value on December 31 Church Real Estate
Endowment and Memorial Funds Cash, Savings Bonds, etc All Other Assets
113,828,113 10,633,158 7,842,760 1,916,915 114,916,815 9,058,940 6,998,616 1,877,010 1,574,218 844,144 39,905 -1,088,702 -0.95 17.38 12.06 2.13 2011 2012 Change Percent
8A Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod, ELCA
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Form A - Summary of Congregational Statistics as of 12/31/2012
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Run Date 07/21/13African American/Black African American/Black
Congregations Reporting Ethnic Active Participants
Percent of Congregations Reporting Ethnic Active Participants Active Participants 2011 Active Participants 2012 Change Percent
African National/African-Caribbean African Nat'l/African-Caribbean
American Indian/Alaska Native American Indian/Alaska Native
Arab/Middle Eastern Arab/Middle Eastern
Asian/Pacific Islander Asian/Pacific Islander
Latino/Hispanic Latino/Hispanic
Multi-racial Multi-racial
White/Caucasian White/Caucasian
Other Other
African American/Black African American/Black
Total Ethnic Active Participants Percent Ethnic Active Participants
African National/African-Caribbean African Nat'l/African-Caribbean
American Indian/Alaska Native American Indian/Alaska Native
Arab/Middle Eastern Arab/Middle Eastern
Asian/Pacific Islander Asian/Pacific Islander
Latino/Hispanic Latino/Hispanic
Multi-racial Multi-racial
White/Caucasian White/Caucasian
Other Other
Distribution of Congregations by Size Congregations -- Baptized Members Congregations -- Confirmed Members Size of Congs Total
Congs Total Congs Total Bapt Members Total Conf Members
Percent Percent Percent Percent
18 84 1 7 1 8 8 15 86 3 38 15 1 17 16 48 11,205 6 15 63 3 6 1 10 9 14 86 2 45 9 1 18 17 49 10,590 5 17.44 6.98 1.16 11.63 10.47 16.28 100.00 2.33 3.49 0.58 0.08 0.01 0.17 0.16 0.45 98.08 0.05 0.42 Under Development Very Small Small Moderately Small Medium Sized Moderately Large Large Very Large 0 1 - 175 176 - 350 351 - 500 501 - 700 701 - 950 951 - 1,500 > 1,500 0 16 14 8 3 0 0 45 0 16 12 4 0 0 0 54 4,033 5,943 4,769 2,556 4,287 4,275 5,197 2,326 4,471 0.00 0.00 52.33 19.86 18.60 18.68 0.00 62.79 18.60 0.00 27.48 26.28 16.28 9.30 3.49 0.00 0.00 27.53 22.09 11.84 0.00 0.00 13.95 4.65 0.00 31.94 14.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -3 2 -1 0 2 1 -1 0 -1 -21 7 -6 0 1 1 1 -615 -1 -16.67 -25.00 200.00 18.42 -14.29 -40.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 5.88 12.50 6.25 -6.67 2.08 0.00 -5.49 -16.67 -33.33
(68 Congs Filed)
C30 Education Ministry Provided
C34 Disability Assistance Provided
C37 Congregtation's Stewardship Plan Sunday School
Building Wheelchair Access...
Yes No No Resp
Braille and/or Large Print Worship Materials...
Yes No No Resp
Mid-week Education
Assistive Hearing Devices...
C38 Attended 2012 Glocal Mission Gathering
Yes No No Resp
Special Needs Outreach/Support.. Confirmation
Yes No No Resp
C35 Congregation Carrying Out a Mission Plan
Yes No No Resp
Adult Bible Studies
Yes No No Resp
C36 Lay Ministry Theological Education or Practical Training Program Vacation Bible School
Yes No No Resp
Yes No No Resp
C31 Curriculum Used
Augsburg Fortress Resources.... Concordia Publishing Resources. Sparkhouse... Create Own Materials... Independent Publishers... Other Denominational Publisher. No Response to Any...
C32 Early Childhood Education Center, Kindergarten and/or Day School
Yes No
C33 Languages In Which Liturgies are Conducted
Amharic... Haitian... Piaute... Anyuak... Hmong... Portuguese... Arabic... Hungarian... Sign... Batak... Indonesian... Slovak... Burmese... Inuipiat... Spanish... Cambodian... Japanese... Swahili... Cantonese... Kiswahili (East Africa)... Swedish... Cherokee... Korean... Tagalog... Creole... Lakotah... Taiwanese... Czech... Lao... Tamil... Danish... Latvian... Telugu... Dinka (Sudan)... Maban... Thai... English... Mandarin... Tigrinya (Ethiopian Dialect).... Estonian... Navajo... Ukrainian... Finnish... Norwegian... Urdu... French... Nuer (Sudanese Dialect)... Vietnamese...
50 16 2 31 34 3 37 27 4 53 13 2 37 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 17 13 27 24 14 8 12 56 53 21 19 20 26 35 7 8 20 7 61 3 4
German... Oromo (Ethiopian Dialect)...
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 If Not, Developing a Mission Plan
Synod... Churchwide... Other... No Response to Any... 28 0 1 39 Yes 4 No 59 No Resp 5
C39 Hunger Ministry Participation Once a Year... Several Times a Year... Year-round... No Stewardship Program... 20 6 15 23
Helpful Stewardship Resources Make It Simple... Giving Magazine... Stewardship Key Leader...
7 5 2 Competencies of Steward Leader.
Consecration Sunday... Other... No Response to Any... 7 14 6 42 Interested in Stewardship Resources
Yes 35 No 24 No Resp 9
No Response to Any... 4
