According to the official record keepers, 2,350 commissioners attended the 52nd General Assembly, the second-highest number of registered commissioners for an Assembly in the PCA’s history, topped only by Birmingham in 2022 with 2,383.
What can we learn from analyzing the attendance data? Here are 10 items of interest.
1. The Assembly was composed of 1,595 teaching elders and 755 ruling elders. Ruling elders counted for 32% of commissioners, on par with the historical average.
2. The five states most represented among registered commissioners:
| Georgia | 365 |
| Tennessee | 216 |
| Florida | 189 |
| South Carolina | 171 |
| Alabama | 167 |
3. The five cities most represented among registered commissioners, based on the church’s address:
| Birmingham, AL | 50 |
| Nashville, TN | 32 |
| Chattanooga, TN | 28 |
| Greenville, SC | 27 |
| Atlanta, GA | 27 |
4. The presbyteries most represented:
| Tennessee Valley | 117 |
| Metro Atlanta | 91 |
| Calvary | 88 |
| Nashville | 79 |
| Evangel | 73 |
5. Number of commissioners’ wives who registered: 514
6. Presbyteries with the most registered ruling elders:
| Tennessee Valley | 49 |
| Metro Atlanta | 35 |
| Calvary | 31 |
| Nashville | 30 |
| North Texas | 29 |
7. Presbyteries with the most registered teaching elders:
| Tennessee Valley | 68 |
| Calvary | 57 |
| Metro Atlanta | 56 |
| Evangel | 50 |
| Nashville | 49 |
8. Most represented churches:
| Perimeter Church (Johns Creek, GA) | 20 |
| Christ Covenant (Matthews, NC) | 15 |
| First Presbyterian (Jackson) | 14 |
| Briarwood (Birmingham) | 14 |
| Christ Presbyterian (Nashville) | 12 |
9. Most popular months for registering:
| January | 894 |
| February | 325 |
| March | 216 |
| April | 266 |
| May | 322 |
| June | 327 |
10. Commissioners represented 49 states; only North Dakota had no commissioners. Every state was represented by two or more commissioners except for Nevada and Vermont, which had one commissioner each. There were also 13 commissioners from Canada.
Bonus: Congratulations to Ruling Elder Dean Abbott and Ruling Elder Matthew Zolnierek for representing the alphabetical bookends of the commissioner list. When arranged alphabetically, the first commissioner listed is Abbott from New Life Presbyterian in La Mesa, California, and the last commissioner is Zolnierek from Grace Point Presbyterian in Severn, Maryland.