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54% of Protestant church attendees agree strongly that “The Bible is the written Word of God and is totally accurate in all that it teaches” LifeWay Research in The Shape of Faith to Come More Factoids

Membership and Baptism Trends in the Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptists Face Further Decline Without Renewed Evangelism Emphasis Article
Analysis of membership and baptism trends yield projections of future membership and baptisms.  Click Here for High Resolution Charts of SBC Trends

Southern Baptist Membership and Baptism Trends PowerPoint

Response to Church Outreach Varies by Ethnic Group

Response to Church Outreach Varies by Ethnic Group Article
Ethnic group breakouts within a survey of over 15,000 Americans reveal that openness to different outreach methods varies by ethnic group.

Ethnic Group Responses to Church Outreach Methods PowerPoint
View this PowerPoint to see detailed responses by ethnic groups.

Effects of Ministry Space and Outlet Expansion

Ministry Expansion Doesn't Automatically Lead to Attendance Growth Article
Only two of seven types of ministry space expansion or outlet changes correspond to growth in church attendance.  Plus, pastors estimate the percentage of new attendees to their church who were unchurched, transferred from another church or were children born to attendees.  This study of 1000 Protestant pastors was sponsored by Cornerstone Knowledge Network.  Click here for high-res charts

LifeWay Research Podcast Ministry Space Expansion and Outlet Changes
Ed Stetzer and Scott McConnell of LifeWay Research and Jim Couchenour of the Cornerstone Knowledge Network discuss the findings and implications of this study.

Effects of Ministry Space and Outlet Expansion PowerPoint
View this PowerPoint to see details on each type of ministry space expansion and changes to ministry outlets.

Multi-Site Churches Offer Plenty of Challenges, Rewards

Multi-Site Churches Offer Plenty of Challenges, Rewards
This research for Multi-Site Churches: Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation reveals the complexity in practical areas of church life that adding a new site brings.  It also reveals that many churches are seeing God use the tool of multi-site to reach more people in more places with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Inside LifeWay: Multi-Site Churches Podcast
Inside LifeWay interviews Scott McConnell and Lizette Beard of LifeWay Research to discuss key findings in the multi-site research.

Protestant Pastors Split on Reality of Global Warming

Global Warming Beliefs Among Protestant Pastors Article
This research examines Protestant pastors' views on whether global warming is real and man-made.  It also indicates how often they speak to their church on the environment.

Global Warming Beliefs Among Pastors PowerPoint
View this PowerPoint to see overall and sub-group responses to each question.

Economy Challenges Churches but Provides Opportunities

Bad Economy Challenges Churches but Provides Opportunities Article
Research among 1,000 Protestant pastors reveals their perception of the affect of the economy on their church and what their church has done to respond. 
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Bad Economy Challenges Churches but Provides Opportunities PowerPoint
View this PowerPoint to see question text and responses to each.

Americans Open to Outreach From Churches

Americans Open to Outreach From Churches Article
This study of over 15,000 Americans reveals their willingness to receive information about a local congregation and how effective they believe each approach to inviting them to church would be.  Click here for graphs

Americans Openness to Outreach from Churches PowerPoint
View this PowerPoint to see how Americans responded to each outreach method tested.

The Younger Unchurched

Unchurched 20-Somethings More Open than Older Unchurched Article
This study conducted for Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them reveals that young adults who don't attend church hold some more historically Christian views than older adults.

Parents Look Inward Not Upward for Guidance

Parents Look Inward Not Upward for Guidance Article
This study conducted for The Parent Adventure: Preparing Your Children For a Lifetime with God resources finds most parents use their own experiences growing up to guide their parenting and few look to the Bible for parenting advice.

The Role of Faith in Parenting

The Role of Faith in Parenting Article
More of this research for The Parent Adventure reveals parents' definitions of parenting "success."  Also, it measures the influence parents' faith has on their parenting.

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Previous studies conducted among populations across the U.S. can be found under Previous Studies.
Previous studies conducted among Southern Baptist populations can be found under SBC Statistics.

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