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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Pastors, learn to lean into your ‘two-timing’ congregants
Pastors, learn to lean into your 'two-timing' congregants This column by Michael Woolf was original published by the Religion News Service. (Photo by Saulo Leite/Pexels/Creative Commons) I’ve been a pastor for more a decade, meaning there are few awkward conversations I haven
Sunday, July 6, 2025
55% of Churchgoers Say Faith Grew Stronger During Pandemic
By Tracy Simmons | Hartford Institute for Religion Research The global pandemic that shuttered churches, canceled religious gatherings, and forced millions into isolation had an unexpected effect on American religious life: it made most churchgoers' faith stronger, not weaker. A comprehen
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The Multi-Church Movement: Five Years After COVID Changed Everything
Maki isn't alone in her multi-congregation worship pattern. Nearly half of church attenders now regularly participate in other congregations.
Monday, June 16, 2025
Liturgy in the Living Room: New Study Shows Online Church Isn’t Killing In-Person Attendance
Faith leaders have struggled to understand their online attendees since the pandemic began. Delivering online worship requires significant resources and constant improvement, leading to frustration about knowing so little about viewers on platforms such as YouTube, Faceboo, and Vimeo.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Churches See Growth, Renewed Faith 5 Years After Pandemic Disruption
A comprehensive new study reveals that American churches have not only weathered the pandemic storm but are experiencing notable growth and renewed engagement among their congregants.
Friday, May 30, 2025
WEBINAR: Attending Church in a Post Pandemic World- Insights from 24,000 Churchgoers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neOHRYAarz8&t=2s Watch a recording of our EPIC Webinar held on June 18th, 2025 Five years after the pandemic, how are churchgoers perceiving and understanding church life and what has changed in their engagement? How have their experiences of corporate worsh
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Spokane’s House of Shalom Brings Worship to a Coffee House Atmosphere
By Lucille Stutesman I FAVS News “It’s not the building that you go to, it’s the people that you’re doing life with.” This is what Tyler Kern’s Home of Shalom is based on: the idea that church is people, not a building. Kern, who moved to Spokane from Michagan last ye
Friday, March 28, 2025
Consuming Faith: Reimagining Congregational Communities in a Digital World
By Colleen Hill I Hartford Institute for Religion Research Five years after COVID-19 lockdowns began, digital religious connections established during the pandemic have endured longer than anticipated. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research found that in 2023, congregations prima
Monday, March 24, 2025
Five Years Later: How COVID-19 Reshaped American Religious Life
By EPIC Staff The Continuing Impact of Technology on Congregations: Hybrid Worship, Online Giving, and Implications for the Future What began as an emergency response to immediate challenges evolved into a profound transformation of congregational life in America. Our longitudinal researc