Study: Pastors less engaged with counseling resources, more isolated
July 8, 2025
Compared to a decade ago, pastors have less training in counseling but are more hesitant to refer church members to professionals.
Lifeway Research
Study: Evangelical pastors more likely to be bivocational
June 9, 2025
The National Survey of Religious Leaders report revealed 35% of all clergy in the U.S. serve bivocationally, holding an additional job outside of their congregational ministry.
Study: Rate of pastors leaving pulpit each year remains unchanged in last decade
May 29, 2025
Despite the unique pressures pastors routinely face, only 1.2% of evangelical and Black Protestant pastors leave the ministry each year, according to a 2025 Lifeway Research study.
Evidence Christianity is no longer in decline? Here’s what one new study says.
May 20, 2025
Recent Pew Research confirmed earlier trends of a plateauing of the religiously unaffiliated and a pause, at least, of the decline in Christianity.
SBC membership decline continues; baptisms jump more than 10%
April 30, 2025
While the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Church Profile has shown a surge in baptisms and rising attendance, the SBC’s 18-year membership slide continued in 2024.
Study: Half of Protestant churches seeing growth
March 19, 2025
U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that have grown within the past two years and those that are plateaued or declining, according to an Exponential study by Lifeway Research.
Study: Is Lent off the radar of most Americans?
March 5, 2025
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending during Holy Week, Lent serves as a time of preparation for the Easter celebration in many Christian traditions. The practice often involves the spiritual discipline of fasting.
Study: Fewer than 1 in 5 churches teach prosperity gospel
January 22, 2025
A Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors finds few hold or teach beliefs connected to the prosperity gospel.
Church membership, same-sex marriage views, sports among 10 ministry trends to watch in 2025
January 13, 2025
As pastors and church leaders think about ministering to their congregations and communities in 2025, they should keep these 10 trends in mind.
Study: Engaging the Bible and ways pastors encourage it
January 9, 2025
“As we’re preaching and teaching, it would be so much better if we knew our church members were reading and studying the Word of God on their own,” said Dwayne Milioni, pastor of Open Door Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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