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The PCA has grown to a reported membership of 338,873, with 1,639 churches (including mission churches) in seventy-five Presbyteries. Twenty churches were added to the denomination in 2006. The PCA now has churches in all fifty states in the USA and in five provinces of Canada, as well as individual congregations in Germany and the British West Indies. Over 10,600 professions of faith were reported. Contributions reported in 2006 totaled $636, 351,843.
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- MTW (Mission to the World) has 590 long-term missionaries, 150 two-year missionaries, 326 interns, and sent out 6,892 people on short-term mission trips in 2006. MTW works with 450 national partners.
- MNA (Mission to North America) reported 55 mission churches in operation in 2006. There are now 162 PCA- endorsed chaplains, 34 of whom served in the Iraq-Afghanistan war zones in 2006.
- Reformed University Ministries (RUM) now works on 102 campuses in the USA. Eight new campus ministries were added in 2006; six are slated for 2007.
- Covenant College reported a record enrollment of 937 undergraduate students in 2006. Covenant Theological Seminary also reported record enrollments and new ventures in continuing education and distance educational ministries via the Internet.
- The Administrative Committee reported that byFaith magazine had won several awards again from the Evangelical Press Association.
- Ridge Haven Conference Center reported that RH now serves some 8,000 people per year.
- Covenant College, Covenant Theological Seminary and Ridge Haven are all in Capital Fund Campaigns to improve their ministries and facilities.
- CE&P reported that some 4,000 women attended the CE&P/WIC Conference in Atlanta in September 2006.
- PCA Foundation reported asset growth to $41.5 million with ministry disbursements of $9,316,000.
- PCA Retirement & Benefits, Inc., reported asset growth to $304 million, with $345,605 disbursed in Ministerial Relief. An array of new retirement investment options for PCA Retirement Plan participants is in the offing
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