Protestant Profit & Loss

U.S. Protestantism is gaining members. It is collecting more money from them, too, and the average contribution for the collection plate is up. Last fortnight Everyone, Presbyterian quarterly, published the United Stewardship Council statistics for 1945./- Reports from 18 top Protestant denominations showed a net membership gain over 1944: 563,866 (2.2%); increase in gifts: $62,997,968 (14.9%); increase in per capita contributions: $1.90 (11.4%).

% Gain or Loss Members % Gain Total Gifts % Gain Per Capita Gifts

1941-42 -2.6% 7.6% 9.8%

1942-43 -0.1% 6.9% 6.3%

1943-44 +6.5% 12.4% 6.1%

1944-45 +2.2% 14.9% 11.4%

Highest average per capita contribution for 1945: the Nazarene Church with $55.79. Lowest: Southern Baptists, with $14.18. The Northern Presbyterian Church, with an average contribution of $27.59, edged out the Episcopalians' $27.22; Southern Presbyterians outdid them both, with $31.90. Average contribution for all 18: $24.70.

/- Not all denominations reported.

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