Study: Protestant churches serving local schools in a variety of ways
August 9, 2025
As students head back to the classroom, they’re likely to see the impact of local churches in their schools this year.
Lifeway Research
Pastors, burnout and the myth about a mass exodus
July 31, 2025
“While this story isn’t all wrong, the assertion that pastors are leaving the pulpit in droves because of ministry burnout is a myth. The research tells a different story.”
Study: Mainline pastors less likely to hold historic Christian doctrine
July 22, 2025
According to the National Survey of Religious Leaders report, “Clergy who lead predominantly white mainline Protestant churches are much less likely to hold traditionally orthodox Christian beliefs than clergy in any other group.”
Study shows most churches still pass the plate
July 21, 2025
According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, almost 3 in 4 say their congregation collects physical offerings by passing something around at the worship service.
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.
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.
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