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Monday, May 8, 2023

How to Thrive in a Plague: Letting Vulnerability Foster Community

When I arrived at my current church as the new lead pastor back in 2016, someone asked me in an open forum, “How will you bring stability to our congregation?” They were a midsized urban congregation in the Bay Area with muscle memory for being a much larger and more complex church. They were lo

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Latest News

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Presentation: Stories of Hope & Resilience

In April, members of the EPIC team traveled to Chicago to present “Stories of Hope & Resilience: Exploring the Pandemic’s Congregational Challenges”  at the 2023 Religion Communicators Council/Associated Church Press annual Convention.

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Latest News

Friday, April 7, 2023

Mapping Our Topical Survey Respondents

In Summer 2021, November 2021, and Spring 2022, we conducted targeted topical national key informant surveys addressing the congregational response to the pandemic and related emerging issues.

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Vignette

Sunday, April 2, 2023

Ministries Find Ways to Collaborate Despite COVID

When everything came to a halt due to COVID restrictions starting in 2020, Together Chicago in Illinois and Love Out Loud in North Carolina — two ministries aimed at unifying their communities — had to keep going.

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Commentary

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The Pandemic Church: Adapting to a Digital Culture and On Demand Context

Reflections from our Principal Investigator on the role of congregations in adapting to a digital culture and the virtual “on demand” context of our society, especially in a post-pandemic world.

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Research

Monday, February 27, 2023

New Report Reflects on How Churches’ Views of Technology Shifted Over the First Two Years of the Pandemic

The second report of the Tech in Churches During COVID-19 project explores how churches' initial perceptions about technology evolved as they embraced and adapted to doing church online.

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Practical Ideas

Monday, February 13, 2023

Hybrid Hope

When I was a kid, I took myself down the street to a small Methodist church. I joined that church at the age of eight. My parents came, but they did not love that church as I did. When we moved, the first thing I did was find a local church to join. As it happens, this was a much larger and fancier

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Regional Studies

Friday, January 20, 2023

Thoughts from the Field: Dr. Allison Norton Reflects on Hartford Research Findings

In this video, Dr. Allison Norton, Regional Advisor for our Hartford research, shares some of the observations emerging from the case studies she and her team have been conducting.

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Regional Studies

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Thoughts from the Field: Dr. Art Farnsley Reflects on Indiana Research Findings

Dr. Art Farnsley, Regional Advisor for our Indianapolis-area research, shares observations on how the pandemic has impacted Indiana congregations and how the nature of community may be changing nationwide.

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