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- Christianity Today | Study: Church Outreach Expands to Meet Pandemic Needs | 12.24.21
- Baptist News Global | Survey Says: More Than Half of U.S. Congregations Started New Ministries During COVID | 12.22.21
- Religion News Service | Churches’ Ministry to Those Hurt by the Pandemic Shows ‘Monumental’ Growth, Study Says | 12.21.21
- Religion News Service | As COVID-19 Continues, Church-Run Food Pantries, Ministries Adapt and Expand | 12.06.21
- NPR | Worshipers Found Religious Home Near and Far Thanks to Virtual Services | 11.04.21
- The Post and Courier | ‘New Normal’ for Charleston-area Churches Involves Hybrid Worship, Community Programs | 11.21.21
- Spokane Public Radio | Study Shows Churches Find “New Norms” During Pandemic | 11.13.21
- Baptist News Global | Most Comprehensive Study Yet of COVID’s Impact on Churches Finds Uneven Results | 11.12.21
- Baptist Standard | Most Churches Provide Hybrid Worship As Result of Pandemic | 11.11.21
- Spokane FāVS | Study Shows Churches Find “New Norms” During Pandemic | 11.10.21
- Religion News Service | Amid COVID-19, most churches provide hybrid worship, half stopped picnics | 11.10.21
- Religion News Service | ‘COVID has been harder on us’: some Black churches remain hesitant to reopen | 10.04.21
- Connecticut Public Radio | Hartford Institute for Religion Research Leads Study of COVID Impact on Faith Communities | 08.12.21
- Connecticut By the Numbers | Record-Setting Grants Set Stage for Breakthrough Research at UConn, Hartford International University | 08.02.21
- United Church of Christ News | UCC Included in $5M Study of COVID and the Church | 08.02.21
- Philanthropy News Digest | Hartford International University Receives $5 Million from Lilly Endowment | 07.31.21
- Hartford Courant | Hartford International University Gets $5.3 Million Grant to Study COVID’s Impact on Congregations | 07.27.21
- The Christian Post | Hartford International University Gets $5M to Study Impact of Pandemic on Churches | 07.26.21
- Hartford International University | Hartford International University Receives $5 Million Lilly Endowment Grant | 07.26.21
- Spokane FāVS | We want to know how your congregation has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic | 03.15.21
- Hartford International University | EPIC Project Beginning Outreach to Congregations on COVID Impact | 03.15.21
- Hartford International University | Sarah Brown Hired as Project Director for Grant to Study COVID Impact | 03.02.21
- Hartford International University | Lilly Endowment Awards $300,000 Planning Grant to Study Pandemic Impact | 02.15.21