Research and Trends

It Takes Everyone

When every member shares the work, the whole body is better for it.

Addicted to More

Around half of evangelicals say they find their own measure of success and worth in obtaining more things.

Faith Rising: Gen Z and Millennials Lead a Comeback for Jesus

We need to encourage faith sharing not through pressure or guilt, but by inviting people to see that their neighbors may be far more open than they assume.

Research: Can We Speed Christ’s Return?

Pastors are more than three times as likely to believe Christians can speed up the return of Christ by the spread of their faith than by backing certain geo-political changes.

The Top 7 Trends in the Local Church

The trends most commonly reported by church consultants

7 Major Church Trends for 2020

Here's where the church is headed in 2020 and beyond.

Pew Analyzes Online Sermons

What do churchgoing Americans hear each week?

The Most Significant Cultural Shifts of the 2010s

These are the trends that the church needs to pay attention to in the new decade.

How the U.S. Economy Is Affecting Church Giving

Tracking church giving trends

How U.S. Adults Perceive Evangelicals

Evangelicals seen through a political lens

Research: The Opioid Crisis and the Church

How churches are responding