Research and Trends

Discipleship on Purpose

Sharing the gospel and teaching each other should never stop. Starting and maintaining the relationships to foster both evangelism and discipleship is also nonstop.

A Time to Rest

Too often pastors and ministry leaders limp into their vacations and crash into their sabbaticals.

Study: A Surprising Number of Christians Say They Aren’t Voting

Millions of Christians are unlikely to vote.

Survey Names ‘Most Sinful’ States

WalletHub compared the 50 states across 43 key indicators of immorality.

Pastors Remain Optimistic About Church Growth

LifeWay Research: Seventy-nine percent of pastors say weekly worship attendance at their church will increase in the next five years.

What You Need to Know About Millennials, Gen Z and Social Media

There are striking differences between the ways millennials and Gen Z consume media.

Young Adults Leave the Church, Still Believe in God

LifeWay: Those who stopped attending church are more likely to say they believe in God, but are uncertain about Christianity.

Barna: Over Half of Churchgoers Don’t Know the Great Commission

Allen Yeh: We need a new "William Carey" moment in the church.

When and Why Young Adults Leave the Church

LifeWay: Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22.

Majority of Pastors Had Previous Career, Survey Shows

Barna: Roughly one-quarter (26 percent) remains bivocational.

Study: America’s Trust in Clergy at a Record Low

Views of the honesty and ethics of the clergy have been steadily declining since 2012.