Previously Reported in NIC VOICE Annual Conference Reports Update #4:

Rocky Mountain Annual Conference

Membership stands at 69,608 down 1,009 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 33,241, down 2,223.

Wisconsin Annual Conference

Membership stands at 98,078, down 2,188 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 44,974, down 1,179. 

Central Pennsylvania Conference

Membership stands at 152,632, down 2,536 from the previous year. Average worship attendance stands at 70,762, down 2,103 from the previous year.

Holston Annual Conference

Membership stands at 168,121, down .05 percent from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 73,835, down 2.4 percent from the previous year.

North Georgia Annual Conference

Membership stands at 333,664, up 5,399 from the previous year. Worship attendance is reported at 134,307, down 66.

Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference

Membership stands at 35,247, down 915 from the previous year. Average attendance was 18,060, down 219.

California-Nevada Annual Conference

Two conference officials presented a sobering picture of declining membership and diminishing apportionment payments over the past several years. Treasurer Diane Knudsen encouraged pastors and congregations to think of the conference in connection as “we” rather than “they,” and to reach out into the community to strengthen their churches. Statistician Scott Allread documented a membership decline for the sixth straight year and a drop in worship attendance during four of the past five years. On a positive note, he pointed out that 135 churches in the conference saw increases in membership, while 129 recorded increases in worship attendance, and urged churches in decline to study what works well in their sister churches.  Membership stands at 89,115, down 1,181 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 42,358, down 1,686.

California-Pacific Annual Conference

Membership stands at 93,128 down 1.7 percent from the previous year.  Average
weekly worship attendance stands at 55,101, down 2.2 percent.

East Ohio Annual Conference

Membership stands at 185,041, down 2,313 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 70,869 down 4,629.

West Ohio Annual Conference

Membership stands at 243,888, down 6,767 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 126,407, up 2,887

Greater New Jersey Annual Conference

Membership in the Greater New Jersey Conference stands at 107,837, down 1,238 from last year.  Average worship attendance was 56,648, down 1,370 from the previous year. 

Pacific Northwest Annual Conference

Conference membership stands at:  60,499, down 1,068 from 2002.

Germany South Annual Conference

Membership (confessing members) of the newly formed annual conference stands at 18,576, down 338 members. The number of “baptized members” (Kirchenangehörige) in the new conference remained relatively stable at 15,337.

Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference

Attendance stands at 76,692, down 2.5 percent; membership is at 155,264, down 2.7 percent.

South Indiana Annual Conference

South Indiana Annual Conference
Membership stands at 115,918, down 2,756. Worship attendance stands at 65,320, down 1,877.

Northwest Texas Annual Conference

Membership stands at 67,740, up 266 from the previous year.  Worship attendance stands at 23,868, down 629 from the previous year.

The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference

Membership stands at 6,232, down 50 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 2,266, down 68.

Rio Grande Annual Conference

Membership stands at 14,927, down 212 from last year. Worship attendance stands at 5,338, down 52 from the previous year.

Florida Annual Conference

 

Conference membership in 2003 was 329,018, a decline of 3,106 people. The average worship attendance was 161,375.

Western North Carolina Annual Conference
Heard the statistical report which noted that while conference membership is up, attendance at the principle worship service is down;

 

Previously Reported in NIC VOICE Annual Conference Reports Update #3:

Virginia Annual Conference

Membership stands at 342,106, up 785 over the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 124,877, down 1,821. Two new congregations were chartered.

Iowa Annual Conference

Participation in short term and on-going groups is at 63,629 up nearly 18,000. Membership stands at 196,575 down 1,415. Worship attendance is 71,626 down 1,455

Northern Illinois Annual Conference
Membership stands at 114,151 as of the end of 2003, down 1,812 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 45,606, down 2,093 from 2002.

New England Annual Conference

Membership stands at 102,062, down 2,193 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 35,880, down 1,566.

Troy Annual Conference

Membership stands at 54,446, down 631 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 17,647, down 627.

West Virginia Annual Conference

Membership stands at 107,215, down 1,266. Worship attendance stands at 53,286, down 1,304.

Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference

Conference membership stands at 195,537, down 2,201 from the previous year.  Worship attendance stands at 69,470, down 445 from the previous year.

 Arkansas Annual Conference

Membership stands at 139,139, down 924 from the previous year.  Worship attendance stands at 57,246, down 2,807.

Louisiana Annual Conference

Membership stands at 126,846, up 239 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 48,387, down 778 from last year.

Desert Southwest Conference
Desert Southwest membership stands at 44,778, down 326. Average weekly worship attendance is 30,854, 8.9% of membership. (Editor's note - these numbers do not appear to be correct (% attending 8.9%)

 

Previously Reported in NIC VOICE Annual Conference Reports Update #2:

North Indiana Annual Conference

Membership stands at 101,267, down 1,653, Worship attendance stands at 68,694, down 2,783.

Minnesota Annual Conference

Membership stands at 86,072, down 2,512 from the previous year.  Worship attendance stands at 43,060, down 749.

West Michigan Annual Conference

Membership stands at 68,422, down 1629. Average worship attendance is 45,273, down 135.

Central Texas Annual Conference

Membership stands at 157,454, up 553 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 47,500, down 845.

Kansas West Annual Conference

Membership stands at: 87,520, down 762 from the previous year.  Average attendance stands at: 37,197, down 737 from the previous year.

New Mexico Annual Conference

Membership stands at 40,653, down 1,068 over the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 17,776, down 227.

Mississippi Annual Conference

Membership stands at 190,472, up 483 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 77,914, up 439.

South Carolina Annual Conference

Membership stands at 242,057, up 237 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 100,123, down 1,029.

Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference

Membership in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference stands at 94,262, down 623 over the previous year. Average worship attendance stands at 36,006, up 570.

Wyoming Annual Conference

Membership stands at 60,525, down 3,895 from the previous year. Worship attendance remains steady at 16,318. 
Missouri Annual Conference

Membership stands at 176,251, down 1,861 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 84,457, down 1,232 from the previous year.

Oklahoma Annual Conference

As of Jan. 1, Oklahoma Conference membership stood at 248,364, a decrease of 2,265; worship attendance for 2003 averaged 62,191, a decrease of 1,160; church school enrollment stood at 85,068, a decrease of 556; and church school attendance for the year averaged 33,860, a decrease of 1,009. During 2003, the conference received 7,013 members.  Of that number, 2,679 were by profession of faith.

Dakotas Annual Conference
Current membership stands at 43,684, down 625 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 23,116, down 244.

New York Annual Conference

Membership stands at 129,696, up 802 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 34,824, down 6,428.

North Texas Annual Conference

Membership stands at 159.014, down 2,276 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 62,483, down by 112. According to the statistician’s report, North Texas Conference churches actually received 11,654 new members (8.2 percent) in 2003 over 2002, and 4,039 came by profession of faith, more than any other year of the past decade.  Most obvious reason for the decline in membership – after seven straight years of growth – was that more than twice as many names as usual were dropped from church rolls by Charge Conference action (6,683 compared to 3,265 in 2002).

Southwest Texas Annual Conference

Membership stands at 120,428, down 487. Worship attendance stands at 51,000, down 147. 

Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference

Membership stands at 146,813, up 94 from the previous year.  Worship attendance stands at 67,624, down 83 from the previous year.

Memphis Annual Conference

Although church school enrollment in the Memphis Conference is up by 970 from the previous year, membership stands at 89,920, down 1,178 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 36,038, down 493.

North Alabama Annual Conference

Membership stands at 157,862, down 1,408 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 74,066, up 227.

North Carolina Annual Conference

Membership stands at 234,056, up 1,356 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 89,950, down 38.

South Georgia Annual Conference

Membership stands at 139,917, down 1,419 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 53,537, up 145.

Previously Reported in NIC VOICE Annual Conference Reports Update #1:
 

Detroit Annual Conference

Membership stands at 105,351, down 942 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 51,459, down 623

Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference

Membership stands at 202,302, down 2,532. Worship attendance was down 3 percent.

North Central New York Annual Conference

Membership stands at 79,895, down 1,566 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 25,027, down 613.

Red Bird Missionary Conference

Membership stands at 1,367, up 3 over the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 747, down 63.

Alaska Missionary Conference

Membership stands at 4,044, down 88 from the previous year. Worship attendance stands at 2,594, down 28.

Germany North Annual Conference

Membership stands at 7,774 confessing members, down 112, and 4,985 baptized members (up 144).